Rokaab
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
As Lucylocket61 mentions, yes unfortunately they are, if you have diabetes your're more likely than the average person to have Coeliac as well (don't know how much mind) and yes it is a PITA!Sorry but i noticed your also a coeliac? diabetes and coeliac disease arent usually things that pair up and its considerably unfortunate if they do,
I mostly just go to the FreeFrom sections is my local supermarket - Asda is my nearest one and it's selection is OK (though they have never stocked the shelves in my local one when I seem to go along ...), Morrisons and Tescos are supposedly very good but neither are particularly close to where I am. It has involved a lot of ingredient list reading to see what I can and can't have - for instance tortilla chips - the asda homebrand ones were ok when I last had some, but branded ones I checked were not.Also do you know any shops that sell gluten free food at reasonable prices? My coeliac friend whom at one point in her life lived in the same city as me suggested morrisons but they dont deliver and I feel like theres a limited amount of shopping we'd be able to carry 0.6 miles? Thats why i do the monthly asda shop its litterally delivered 10 feet from my fridge
As for eating out, a lot of the big name Pizza places now have gluten free menus (Pizza Hut, Pizza Express, Prezzo), Indian restaurants tend to be mostly gluten-free - though you'd need to check with them about contamination from gluten, I've found a number of other pubs and places (ones that do not cost an arm and a leg) have GF menus but some can't guarantee no contamination - luckily for me I can cope with small amounts - all that small amounts do to me is make me fart a lot