I have Celiac Disease. For those of you who do not know what that is, here is a basic description:

Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disease that damages the villi of the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. What does this mean? Essentially the body is attacking itself every time a person with celiac consumes gluten.

So, eating gluten free is hard enough considering it's everywhere! But, trying to make good food choices while avoiding gluten is even more difficult. I eat a lot of lean meats which fill me up, but sometimes eating a simple piece of meat over and over becomes a bit, well, to be honest, nauseating. A piece of chicken breast, a broiled, ground turkey patty, sliced deli meats. We all know that what we decide to eat is a big deal because what we pick is pretty much going to be all we get in.

So, if anyone out there who has had the sleeve also has Celiac Disease, let me know what your meals look like. There may be something in your meal plan that I'm not thinking of.

Hey there! I don't have celiac disease, but I love a Protein bar called "Think Thin" that is gluten free--I eat one a day, 20 g protein, no sugar, no gluten, and they are YUMMY. Just tossing that out there in case you haven't heard of them. You can buy them online or in some grocery stores (I have bought them both ways--cheaper online at Amazon).

Best wishes to you...

Meg

My daughter has 2 children with Celiac disease. She has a great blog with recipes on it. I know, not just for sleevers...but maybe some ideas there for you.

She also knows I'm getting the sleeve, so if you send her an email on her blog, she can probably come up with somethings for you. She has been asked to speak by

the kids nutritionist at several events, because she really seems to have this stuff down. I'm so proud of her. She is always researching and making up new recipes.

http://gluten-freefoodstorage.blogspot.com/

Hope that helps.

I don't have Celiac, but a good friend of mine has two chuldren with autism who are on a very rigorous, casein and gluten free diet. Here are some blogs she uses:

http://glutenfreemommy.com/

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/food_blog_spotlight_-_gluten-free/

http://www.food.com/recipes/gluten-free

I believe she just makes the adjustments for casein as needed.