Soon after being diagnosed with ALS, my wife began to read and she read, I read but, it would depress me so that I stopped reading about ALS.  Now, I’m doing something about it.  Its not only about losing weight but eating better and cutting out the foods which could contribute to your illness.  I have lost over 35 pounds in 8 months just by switching to a gluten – free diet.  Gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley and any foods made with these grains.  Avoiding wheat can be especially hard because this means you should avoid all wheat-based flours and ingredients.  These include but are not limited to:

• White Flour
• Whole Wheat Flour
• Durum Wheat ( a kind of hard wheat grown in arid regions, having bearded ears and yielding flour that is used to make pasta)
• Graham Flour ( denoting unbolted wholewheat flour, made from this) graham crackers
• Triticale ( a hybrid grain produced by crossing wheat and rye, grown as a fodder crop)
• Kamut
• Semolina (the hard grains left after the milking of flour, used in puddings and in pasta)
• Spelt ( an old kind of wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains)
• Wheat Germ ( the embryo in a cereal grain or other plant seed)
• Wheat Bran ( pieces of grain husk separated from flour after milling)

These are foods that are usually made with wheat include:

• Pasta
• Couscous ( a type of North African semolina in granules made from crushed durum wheat)
• Bread
• Flour Tortillas
• Cookies
• Cakes
• Muffins
• Pastries
• Cereal
• Crackers
• Beer (witch in include wheat barley)
• Oats
• Gravy
• Dressings
• Sauces

You made be thinking, what will I eat.  But there are still plenty of gluten-free foods out there.  Here are your choices from many fresh, healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, beans, dairy, nuts lots of nuts, and gluten-free grains like quinoa or rice.  So don’t get discourage there are lots of foods mention that are gluten-free.

More food you would not suspect to have Gluten:

• Broth in soups and bouillon cubes
• Breadcrumbs and croutons
• Some candies ( limit sweets)
• Fried foods
• Imitation fish
• Some lunch meats and hot dogs
• Malt
• Matzo
• Modified food starch
• Seasoned chips and other seasoned snack foods
• salad dressings
• self-basting turkey
• soy sauce
• seasoned rice and pasta mixes

So there you have it, many additives and ingredients in packaged foods that may contain gluten.  Alway check  labels before making any purchase.  For a more comprehensive list of gluten containing additives, search CELIAC DISEASE or google.  Causes and effects from gluten.

Please click on this link: