If you could...

luvscowznh · Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 423 Location: Groton, MA

I would probably keep some stuff GF, but would enjoy Papa Gino's pizza again (as well as some other New England based chain restaurants..) I would also LOVE to have my mom's baking again and not having to bring my own food everywhere. Being able to stop somewhere for a quick sub or sandwich while we're out shopping would be great.

--Manda
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ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 5109 Location: Nebraska

Good question! I would certainly revert back to NGF if I could. It would be purely for convenience*. It's hard to have to plan every single speck of food in advance.

* And because I'm seriously longing for some fishy crackers right now.
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ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 5109 Location: Nebraska

I would like to officially emphasize the above statement. This week alone I'm missing out on home-made cookies and a lovely authentic Japanese meal with friends. I can't even drink the f****** tea because I don't know what's in it. Next week I'll miss out on pizza with my coworkers.

YES. I WOULD LIKE TO BE NGF NOW PLEASE.
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celiacmaine-iac · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 1489 Location: Maine

Sorry Os

I wish I lived near you because I'd bring you the biggest, baddest batch of homemade GF cookies I could make!

I think what it comes down to with most of us is probably not the dietary restriction per se. It's just wanting to be "normal."
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jsb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 66 Location: Florida

I learned to be an adventurous eater in college - before that, I was very picky and ate only bland food. Until going GF, I prided myself on being willing to try (and often liking) food from many other cultures (excluding, perhaps, anything that contained insects in any form). Now, I'm afraid to try new restaurants or eat food that my friends make. It actually wounds my pride that my step-FIL refers to me as being "picky" - as if this were a choice (yeah, I'm really picky because I choose not to be sick for the next several days just so I can eat something you made). That is so frustrating - there are so many tastes out there to discover that I just can't or won't try now.

OTOH, I was in the grocery store while hungry today thinking about this question, and glad that I couldn't pick up a lot of the junk food that would normally tempt me when I'm too hungry to care about good food choices. Wink

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HadassahSukkot · Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 321 Location: Hessen, Germany

We wouldn't go back.
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lbd · Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 70

No, I wouldn't go back. I feel so much better now - no migraines, flatter stomach, no aches and pains. I feel like a previous poster does - I think gluten is a toxin for everyone and I am beginning to believe that all grains and legumes fall into that category. I am reading Primal Blueprint right now and it is very interesting.

Laurie

baldridgem · Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 110

Stay GF. No going back-even a little could be doing harm

The Edifying Conscience · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 3000

The question was, if you could would you go back to a NGF diet. To me that meant then one would not have CD or symptoms of gluten exposure. Of course if one was celiac then he/she wouldn't start eating gluten.

So, if you could eat gluten and be healthy would you?

celiacmaine-iac · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 1489 Location: Maine

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3561 Location: Washington State

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10974 Location: WI, USA