Hello - I'm new and a celiac

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Okay, I was told to send an email to say hello. My name is Julie. I live in

Emeryville and work in Oakland. I'm a single athletic 33 year old. Not looking

for a date. Looking for a group to keep me on the vegetarian path. I buy only

organic veggies and fruits as well.

 

I'm an East Bay native, love to garden, although I currently live in a large

loft with no garden :-(. I don't criticize others for eating meat. My

reasons not to are personal health, political, and spiritual. I recently tried

eating meat again- go ahead and gasp -- and noticed I lost weight in the month I

was eating meat--I like the weight loss but not the meat eating--so I think I

tend to bulk up too much on carbs when eating vegetarian and would love to get

more ideas on bringing in more protein into my vegetarian diet. I also am very

busy and it's sometimes hard to plan balanced meals on a busy schedule. Also,

sometimes I get a low blood sugar feeling after eating, brain stops working at

work. I need to work on my diet to keep the brain energy flowing since I get

paid to think at work. Looking for some good advice.

 

Eating vegetarian is a challenge sometimes because I am also a celiac, which

means I cannot tolerate gluten which is in wheat, barley, rye, and there is a

debate as to whether it is in oats as well. Yep, I can't eat most breads,

pastas, soy sauce, etc. unless they are wheat free. It is not an allergy but

an auto-immune disease (my body attacks my g.i. track when there's gluten

sightings) that's genetic--so I can't even cheat or I end up getting really ill,

so would love to hear from anyone else that is a vegetarian and a celiac. If

you are curious and want to know more about it, check out www.celiac.org.

 

I won't be able to go to the picnic on the 24th, but hope to attend other

events.

 

Namaste,

 

Julie

 

 

 

 

 

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