need help.. dairy free and gluten .. newbie doctors orders .. need tips and meal ideas etc

[curvybetty]

I need help as doctors have told me to try going dairy free... due to on ongoing stomach problems .. rashes and body swelling etc medication and toxins . and trouble losing weight .. I have fibromyalgia.. which I suffer with extreme fatigue . so changes all round with eating .. so dairy free ideas .. and tips also gluten .. going back to basics ... sorry it's all mixed up it's just how I am in myself .. desperately need to lose weight as heaviest I've ever been

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

A LCHF diet is naturally gluten free, so you could try that, but just leave dairy out of your menus. Here's the link to the LCHF forum healthunlocked.com/lchf-diet and you'll find dozens of recipes online for dairy free.

[mazza36]

hi there curvybetty - why not try this in stages. Firstly reduce/remove lactose.

I suggest that if you have drinks with milk in then either try a lactose free milk (I like oat milk as it tastes the same as regular milk) or change your drink altogether. Try looking at vegan recipes as they do not contain lactose.

Once you have given the lactose reduction time to work (2 weeks), move onto gluten free foods.

if you try to do everything at once you can't really find out the cause of your problems. I always find breaking everything down into manageable bits helps the confusion.

Good luck and I hope you start to feel better soon.

[curvybetty in reply to mazza36]

thankyou 🤗

[Tumay 7lbs]

Hi, our home is dairy free too. It took me a while to get to grips to what has dairy in it but with time you’ll get the hang of it.

Don’t overthink it dinner wise. There are plenty of dinners which don’t need dairy. I even cooked lasagne without it.

Baked beans, chickpeas (onion, tomato purée, chickpeas) with rice. You can replace the chickpeas with green beans, courgettes, aubergine etc. All works fine and easy to cook. Boil some rice with it and you have a meal. Of course there are roast dinners or curries too.

We use rice milk for cereal, coffee or baking.

Good luck 😉

[curvybetty in reply to Tumay]

thankyou so much il give it a try .🤗

[PippiRuns 3kg Restart Nov 2023]

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