Any Celiacs out there?

cunny678

I have been a Celiac on a gluten free diet for about 8 years now.

Thought I would start this thread as I would be interested in tips and recommendations on peoples experiences with buying food, restaurants, takeaways and life in general?

Beer is always a problems for Celiacs but I quite like Estrella Damm Daura. Its a nice lager thats not expensive unlike most gluten free beers

Any comments / tips welcome

cunny678

Looks like just me then

Foster

Looks like it mate

IronGiant

Very few it seems, a forum search on celiac brings up a few threads, but no sufferers and a search on coeliac brings up 2 people who have it, but I don't think we've seen either of them posting in here.

colonelblighty

Not coeliac myself but our son has type 1 diabetes and many of the other families we know are afflicted with the coeliac disease as well as the diabetes. All of them state how difficult it is to manage.

SammyO

Plus me but I can't really help because I don't live in UK and never even visited there Almost all special diet groceries that I use are made in my country, and I think that theyre not exported abroad.. And the beer is a problem at here in Scandinavia also

cunny678

I have had it for about seven years now and am used to it. But it does get a bit boring and repetitive! Its most difficult when I am out and about or on holiday as  not everyone really understands it and you dont want to end up ill on holiday

cunny678

Thanks for the input - perhaps we have some closet Celiacs

cunny678

This is a good beer and not over priced like most gluten free products:- Daura, suitable for coeliacs ★ Summer Spot 2012 · Estrella Damm beer · Barcelona 1876

Budweiser is supposed to be gluten free, but I have read conflicting reports on it. I am OK with one or two but no more than that! Fortunately the UK is a good place for cider with lots of different brands.

What do you drink?

SammyO

Same here, at home things are quite good nowadays, but of course the amount of choices is limited compared to normal people But at holidays I usually have really hard times, I like to travel but now for the last 6 years it has been little complicated because in some countries they are never even heard about condition called coeliac disease, like in Thailand. I could only it safely in some Swedish steakhouse, where was swedish chef preparing the food just for me

What comes to drinking (and eating also), my diet has to be naturally gluten free, so there is only few choices available. One is called Mongozo, which is made from quinoa (not all mongozos are suitable) and the other one I cant remember now. I usually drink cider, and I must say that all the best ciders come from UK, all the Finnish ones are rubbish