Wheat Free Diets
When you and your family members have been diagnosed with a wheat allergy and find you must switch to wheat free diets, it is easy to become discouraged.
After all, so much of what we have in our homes, ingest in restaurants, and see advertised on food commercials relies so heavily on wheat products.
Breads, cereals, prepared meals, even ice cream can all contain wheat. And what about the rest of your family? If one of you is allergic to wheat, and the others are not, will you be stuck preparing separate meals for the rest of your lives? Not necessarily!
In fact, it’s easier on everyone, especially the family member with the allergy, if the entire home becomes wheat free. One reason for this is that wheat is an allergen no matter how it is ingested.
If the allergic person inhales small particles of wheat flour, they may have a severe reaction. The other reason it’s a good idea to switch the whole household off of wheat is the potential benefits of wheat free diets.
Since food allergies often run in families, it is possible that other family members have undiagnosed, or slight, allergies to wheat as well. Additionally, it is believed by many that switching to a wheat free diet can result in improved bowel condition, higher mental acuity, and reduced digestive problems.
By learning to prepare all family meals without wheat products, the entire family may benefit. Eliminate standard toast and cereals from the morning routine.
Breakfast cereals are a big culprit when it comes to wheat, but you can get corn-based cereals in your regular grocery store, and there are now a complete range of gluten and wheat free cereals available in specialty stores (and probably your grocery store) as well.
At lunch time, get out of the habit of sandwiches. Have leftovers from the night before, or wrap your sandwich ingredients in corn or potato tortillas.
Dinner time does not have to be boring without pasta or biscuits. Have rice, potatoes, or sweet potatoes for a starchy side that everybody loves, and there will be little problem sticking to those wheat free diets.
