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Being unable to eat gluten or processed sugar, there's very little processed food I can eat. Once you start reading labels, you will be shocked at the needless sugars thrown into everything we eat. Read your chicken stock label if you don't believe me! Gluten and sugar are hidden in many foods by many names. Celiac.com has good information on the G-F side. For the sugar side, I just tell people I can't eat anything that rhymes with gross (glucose, fructose, lactose). Of course, I can eat fructose in fruit and lactose in milk. In my particular case, it's when these sugars are processed out of their natural sources and shoved in something else that they make me sick.

Cooking gluten or grain free means you can't find everything you want in the aisles of your neighborhood grocery anymore. Here are a few resources.

Best source for rice, tapioca, and potato flours is your asian grocery. The closest one to us is almost an hour away, so we stock up when we go.

http://nuts.com/ Nuts, dried fruits (many with no added sugar), shredded coconut, coconut and almond flours

http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/ Coconut oil, coconut flour, selection of gluten-free products

www.amazon.com has a subscription service for Bob's Red Mill products - you get a good price if you subscribe to have 4 lbs delivered at intervals you select.

Vanilla extract in the grocery aisle is loaded with corn syrup, so I can't touch it. Trader Joe's carries a delicious Bourbon Vanilla Extract that is both gluten and sugar free.