I've been living a gluten-free life now for about four years. If you've never tried to go gluten-free, I would suggest that it's about one zillion times harder than you think it is.
But why, I hear you cry - do people stuff pizza down your throat when you're not looking? Do they bribe you into doughnuts and steal your porch if you don't eat bread?
Well, no. Obviously. But what they do do is put gluten in sausages. Yes, sausages. Not all of them, but enough so's you can't eat sausages ever again without reading the packet.
And crisps. And sauces. And soup. And...well, pretty much everything you can think of. Just about the only things you're safe with, completely, totally, safe with, are the things like apples and lettuce which you know are entirely natural with no added anything.
It's a real drag standing in the supermarket and reading all the little packets. People look at you like you're nuts or they try to shove you out the way. You want to say "I'm doing this not to inconvenience you but to ensure that my stomach doesn't explode on Thursday", but you don't.
It's not an easy life, this.
hey,
im 13 years old and i just went to the hospital last night for HORRIBLE stomach pains that i've been having on and off for about 2 monthes now and yesterday it hurt so bad that i went to the ER. But the nurse recommended a no dairy and no glutin diet. So i've been searching the net for things i CAN eat. So if there is by any chance a person out there with IBS and knows what they can eat please contact me.
thenk you,
Stacey <3