For those who can't eat WHEAT or GLUTEN: I have a discovery

I figured out all on my own that I couldn't have wheat. It was giving me digestive and other issues such as flu-like symptoms whenever I ate it (and immediately). Milk and milk products (like sour cream) take a day for me to notice and they are less severe. I can have cheese and icecream just fine.

So I thought "WHEAT-FREE FOR ME!" and this is what I've been doing. But sometimes when I ate wheat-free things I was getting REALLY BAD acid reflux. I like to buy these one cookies from time to time as a treat called Nana's Wheat-free Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are super delicious and pretty healthy. BUT, I will say that I have discovered that MOST people (like me) who have a wheat intolerance (like me) also need to avoid barley. Barley can cause discomfort (as I have come to find out). Barley flour is in those cookies, and a lot of times in other wheat-free items (they will add malted barley) and so on.

So my new thing is to avoid Barley and most the "wheat-free" items, since they could be tained with barley, which gives me digestive issues. This is something for ANYONE with a wheat intolerance to look into. Now, I am sticking to a gluten-free diet and unless the noodles or whatever pre-packaged foods I buy say "gluten-free" on them (and I will STILL read ingredients), then I won't buy it. I've been doing this lately and my digestive system is thanking me. I have finally figured out why I had heart burn so much when I eat healthy.

Barley is a new thing on my food avoidance list. Just keep this in mind if you still don't feel so well (listen to your body) and you've cut out wheat. So much for my FAVORITE cookies in the world, I'll have to make and bake my own.