Gluten free food is all well and good, until you see the prices. A small 400g loaf of bread usually goes for about 80p yet a gluten free loaf is £2.99. Likewise with the noodles, a packet of wheat noodles or spaghetti can be as low as 20p but finding rice noodles for less than £1 is impossible. There are unscrupulous people making a LOT of money out of this and they know full well people with celiacs and other conditions that require a specialised diet have no choice but to fork out.

I have asthma is various degrees but always a pain...giving up wheat and grains,along with sugar and dairy(yes I have a taste here and there...) literally changed my life,my body,and no more horrible meeds!
S&F!

As a child, I was diagnosed by an allergist with wheat, egg, citrus (and tomatoes), soy, and peanut allergies. Those were just the foods. I was also allergic to grasses and trees, dog and cat dander, feathers, and cockroaches. Cockroaches were also counted in with the food allergies, of course, because it's an allowed component in processed foods. This was 40 years ago.

I had desensitization shots for two years. I could breathe, at least, but other symptoms appeared over time. I have always been very athletic, which served me well, and I only needed to eat twice a week really. I was slim and healthy, but if I ate things I had been "allergic" to, I suffered. So I ate a lot less.

Interestingly, I chose to become a pastry chef. Studied in Paris and all.

Well, in about the mid-90s, I started having all manner of pains and skin rashes start up. Having had children meant that I started to eat "normally", as mothers do to encourage their children to do so as well. It had a profoundly negative affect on my body. Pair that with having taken a desk job too...you can imagine how that turned out for me. Badly.

Now I avoid all grains - even rice causes pain - because I have celiac disease, but even more so than the celiac guides describe. I don't substitute it with something else because you cannot fool your body. All those carbs are bad for us. Starches are not good for us. I eat nothing with any part of the egg in it. I don't eat anything with soy. Try that one! And the citrus allergy is actually a citric acid intolerance. That's E330. Look for it. It's everywhere. It's also a naturally occurring substance in most fruits, berries, and a lot of veggies. They use it in cheese- and wine-making. Peanuts, or more rightly all tree nuts and legumes, are out of the question.

You have to think about what you put into your body. Do you need it? You really don't. I assure you, we do not need the volumes of food we're told we need. We do not need the foods we're told we need. Our foods are now poisons. Eat a lot less. Don't try to fool your body with substitutions for things that already hurt you. Think how you could feel without even those. You'll save a lot of money too. Let yourself feel hunger. It's good for the soul. You'll appreciate food much more when you have it.

GF free foods may be expensive
And eating HEALthy may seem expensive all together, but
the cost of a doctor and meds are fare worse and more expensive in the long run.
Something else to consider..
I recently had my Amalgam fillings (AKA- mercury) removed
After reading about the hundred or so side affects that mercury poison does to your body
I decided to have them removed,.My specific reason was Tinnitus( ringing of the ears)
this has many causes but one link was mercury poisoning, that was the deciding factor for me.
Another side affect that Mercury causes is food allergies,.(please do some searching on this)
But a word of caution about Mercury filling removal,. it must be done by a dentist that IS concerned for your
health,. as improper removal can cause neurological damage. There are only about 50 or so specialized
dentists that carry a concern for your health when it comes to this procedure. Mercury IS very toxic.
and requires a hazmat licence for disposal.( So how is it the got into our heads in the firstplace?) Do a search.
Anyway, many things can cause food allergies Mercury is one of them,.
Another is a clogged colon and lower intestines.
This is where Candida causes an issue,.(do a search)
For those that can do rice products I like the brand Tinkyada Brown rice pasta.
It comes in all shapes and sizes (spirals, spaghetti, shells,ect.ect.) and is Wheat free, GF free.
and really cant tell it isnt the standard pasta.
Also I would recommend reading the book by Kevin Trudeau "Natural cures they dont want you to know about"
It is a good place to start when it comes to opening the eyes. It is a few years old but has great tips to a healthy body.