| I wanted to refuse, but the only reason I insisted on | | | | - Unprocessed Meat |
| trying it for a month was to prove to the naturopath | | | | - Arrowroot |
| that this wasn't the cause of my health issues. | | | | - Carob |
| Didn't I eat my words (and less gluten) after just 2 | | | | - Quinoa |
| weeks! | | | | - Tapioca |
| So you want to find out what foods do and don't | | | | - Amaranth |
| contain gluten? The most simple answer to this often | | | | These raw ingredients have special conditions: |
| over-complicated question is this... wheat, rye, barley. | | | | - Oats - they have long been one of the 4 grains |
| Avoid these 3 things and you are on the right track. | | | | which were confirmed to contain gluten, but it now |
| These raw ingredients DO contain gluten: | | | | seems it was only by association. They have always |
| - Wheat | | | | been processed together with wheat products so |
| - Rye | | | | there were always traces of gluten present in oats. |
| - Barley | | | | Improvements in processing have reduced this and |
| These raw ingredients DON'T contain gluten: | | | | many nutritionists now consider oats to be gluten free. |
| - Rice | | | | HOWEVER: we recommend seeking personal advice |
| - Corn | | | | on oats and looking for organic, individually processed |
| - Beans (chickpeas, lentils, red kidney beans, lima | | | | oats which are certified gluten free. This information is |
| beans, soy beans etc) | | | | always changing so keep up with the latest news |
| - Vegetables (potato, sweet potato, broccoli, zucchini, | | | | from your local health food shop... or us of course. We |
| carrot, tomato, corn, snow peas, peas, beans, green | | | | still consider oats to be one of the 4 grains containing |
| leafy vegetables, pumpkin, onion, beetroot, capsicum, | | | | gluten, but believe this will not be the case much longer. |
| chilli, herbs, ginger, garlic) | | | | |