If you've clicked on this post were assuming that you did so because you "Need to Know". Changing your diet is usually in the "Need to Know" category. I could have cared less about it all until I found myself at a life changing juncture called holly molly what? celiac disease!
At first it was just wading through the gluten free options...which when i began my journey, trust, nobody even cared or understood GF. Now, I actually even avoid grains. Why? Well there just low in nutritional value, which is why most cereal and bread products are fortified with vitamins and minerals.
If you want to know more about that go here. If your trying to plan a meal now or you're actually on the phone in the grocery store...ummm bookmark this post for the list! See below.
GRAINS:
Wheat
Rye
Barley, including barley malt
Bran
Bulgur
Couscous
Farina
Kamut
Orzo
Semolina
Sorghum (gluten free)
Spelt
Corn (gluten free)
Cornflour (gluten free unless the wheaten cornflour)
Cornmeal (gluten free)
Rice (gluten free)
Wild Rice (although not related to rice it is still of the Poaceae family of cereal grasses, so technically, still a grain)
OatsMillet (gluten free)
Beer (yes, beer!)
Glucose made from wheat
Teff (gluten free)
Montina flour
Graham flour (wheat)
SEEDS:
Almond
Amaranth
Arrowroot
Buckwheat also called Kasha
Cassava
Chickpeas (made into flour)
Coconut (used in flours)
Cottonseed
Dal
Fava bean
Flaxseed
Gram flour (chickpea)
Lentils
Manioc
Potato Starch/Flour
Quinoa
Sago
Sesame
Taro flour
Soy
Tapioca
Glucose made from tapioca
Plantain flour (can get at African grocers)
Yam (iyan) flour (can get at African grocers)
Mesquite flour
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