Gluten free alternatives

Nutritional Therapy
Written By Doneisha Dodd

Gluten free diets have become very popular. People with Celiac disease cannot have foods with gluten. Others have a gluten sensitivity and some avoid gluten because it is trendy. A gluten free diet should only be done if it is necessary for health reasons.

Here are some gluten free alternatives.

 Alternatives for wheat

  • Almond flour

  • Buckwheat flour

  • Cassava flour

  • Coconut flour

  • Garbanzo/chickpea flour

  • Sorghum flour

  • Teff flour

  • Tigernut flour

  • GF Flour blend such as

    • Bob’s Red Mill

 Alternatives to pasta

  • Banza Chickpea Pasta

  • Chickapea

  • Konjac/Miracle Noodles

  • Cassava Noodles

  • Quinoa noodles

Organic brown rice noodles

 Alternatives to dairy

  • Almond

  • Cashew

  • Coconut

  • Hemp

  • Macadamia or Almond Milk such as

  • Earth’s Own* Organic Unsweetened

  • Canned coconut cream can be diluted with water to thin to a milk-like consistency.

    • Look for BPA-free label on the can

 Alternatives to butter

  • Coconut Oil

  • Avocado Oil

  • Coconut Butter

  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Doneisha Dodd
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