Coeliac Disease
Matthew Bailey
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I have coeliac disease and could do with tips on nutrition!
I struggle getting my nutrition right during the day which is impacting on training! I tend to eat a lot of fruit for snacks but when I run, this doesn't agree with me if I overload!
What do fellow coeliac sufferers use as snacks?
And what foods do you consume other than energy gels during a race?
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Hi Matthew!
Although I'm not a coeliac myself, I thought I may still be able to offer some suggestions!
In terms of snacks during the day I have anything from: nuts, nakd bars, yogurt mixed with oats, yogurt and berries, rice cakes with cashew butter (any nut butter) or perhaps a smoothie.
I found the same sort of thing with fruit on my runs, so perhaps a rice cake (or similar) with a nut butter and a little chopped banana could help keep you going on your run?
And in terms of foods during a race, depending on the distance, you could perhaps try making oaty flapjack bars but using GF oats instead? Or homemade energy balls - dates, nut of choice and cocoa for flavour. During a recent sportive I took a couple of fruit & oat bars with me plus a banana, nakd bar and a couple of other pieces to snack along during the course of the race - whilst also picking a couple of bits up from the food stations.
Hope that was somewhat helpful!
Hi Matthew,
My wife and I are Gluten intolerant, so to an extent we know your pain.
I make energy balls like those above but using chia seeds that work well for middle/full distance events. As well as flapjack using Agave syrup and dried apricots/nuts. If you are having tummy trouble I would avoid date/figs although they are great at binding food (energy balls/flapjack) together. There have been some recipes in 220 earlier this year which you could customize to remove the gluten.
I too struggle to find GF energy bars so everything is homemade.
Other than that I mainly use powder drinks and energy gels.
Would you like a couple of recipes?
My mother was diagnosed as Coeliac later in life. I love bread but it no longer seems to love me so at 49 I suspect I may be going the same way. I'd love some GF or very low gluten recipes to try please.
I was diagnosed coeliac 2 weeks ago. I'm 'transitioning' to a true GF diet, but its difficult - as my go to fuel choice is pasta (especially the Chris McCormack routine of lasagne the night before a race!)
I've found that I'm not a fan of GF pasta, so I now eat a lot of rice. I was also recommended 9 Bar energy bars too as they are GF too. The Indulge Chocolate and Raspberry are my favourite.
As someone who doesn't like nuts, I've struggled to find 'flapjack type' recipes I actually want to eat. I think a lot of it will be trial and error. I've been looking on Google and PInterest for recipes and there's a whole world of GF food out there!