The gluten free diet will not only help you heal, it will transform your health, in many unexpected ways. Simply follow a few tips and hints, and you will be amazed at how much better you feel, and how much your family's health is improved as well.
Cooking gluten-free meals at home may seem impossible when you can't use any of your recipes.
But don't despair: gluten free cooking requires mindfulness, and a few special ingredients, but not much else.
Many of us in the United States have become lazy cooks, using canned soups, prepackaged sauces and seasonings, ready-made side dishes, and other prepared foods.
As more and more people consider how they can improve their health and well-being, they have developed a growing awareness of the nutritional nightmare of packaged processed fats and chemicals sold as prepared food here in the US.
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People concerned about their health have turned to the wisdom of other cultures, where people prepare meals with healthful, fresh foods, locally produced whenever possible, and use only small quantities of minimally processed ingredients such as flours, baking soda, yeast and other items.
Even if you don't need to eat gluten-free, this culture of meal preparation from fresh wholesome foods will improve your health and well-being.
Just by making this change - no longer using mixes and prepared or processed food products - you are most of the way to making safe, nutritious, delicious gluten-free meals, at home and on a budget.
Learn about ethnic foods and preparing foods from traditional cuisines:
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Part of the prepared-food mindset so prevalent in the United States lies with the FDA, the USDA and other US governmental agencies. By trying to control how food is sold and served, and also by catering to the lobbyists for huge agribusinesses, the food supply in the United States has long ago ceased to be healthful, wholesome or nutritious.
If you live outside the United States and Canada (since Canada has many of the same or similar influences as the United States), try returning at least to the principles of traditional diets. The cultures of most countries are supportive of this kind of lifestyle, at least to some degree.
If you live in North America, consider using farmer's markets, having a garden, and skipping the center of your grocery store. If you shop the outside perimeter of grocery stores in the United States, you will find all your whole foods and minimally processed foods there. You may have to search a bit for the organic foods, which are recommended, but even if you don't buy all organic, merely eliminating the packaged processed foods from your diet will revolutionize your health.
Look around your grocery store or supermarket next time you're there. You will find the produce, meat, and dairy foods on the perimeter of the store, and the packaged food up and down the aisles and in the other refrigerated cases. You will save money by foregoing the processed foods with mostly chemicals and empty calories, and have that much more money to spend on real foods like veggies, fruits, meats, cheeses, butter, eggs, yogurt and milk. Pick up teas and coffees, and stop at the liquor store for some bottles of wine too. And don't forget the herbs and spices.
You can return to a simpler diet based on traditional diets. When you cut out the processed, chemical-laden food substitutes, you don't have to worry about saturated fats, starches and sugars, calories or fiber. All those issues will balance themselves out on their own. You won't get too much or too little.
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Find recipes for quick and easy gluten free meals from this mother-daughter team. They've got supper covered.
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You also don't have to starve yourself. You can eat well, and fill up, without ever overeating. You can eat elegantly, if that is important to you. You can eat gluten free easily and without worry. You can manage your type 2 diabetes much more easily; you will move toward your ideal weight, blood pressure, cholesterol & triglyceride levels; and, you will look and feel better, without ever once feeling deprived.
You can eat well, save money, and improve your health, just by making these simple changes. Why would you ever consider anything else?
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