<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello! Thanks to all who responded, sorry I could not write back to everyone, but there were sooo many!! I believe I will trying tinkyada due to an overwhelming thumbs up, but will also be trying Bi-Auglut(?) and Vietnamese noodles! Regarding the 2nd issue, I received some good suggestions! I had originally asked if tinkyada was any good and also if anyone else had problems with fresh summer fruits and veggies. *** It is the BEST we have tried..they carry elbows, spirals, lasagna and spaghetti noodles..it is Good I and my daughter love it..only thing you must rince it like crazy! Great in pasta salad! ******* I have found the best-tasting pastas to be from Bi-Aglut The combination of corn and rice are more palatable to me than corn or potato alone. I suspect that you may have "overdone" on the summer fruit. Some of the children I care for tend toward constipation and Watermelon takes care of the problem. problem. Not only do you have extra fiber, you get a lot of water. ******* If I have made a gluten mistake in the recent past, I have trouble for quite awhile eating fresh fruits & vegetables. I can tolerate them better if I peel them and eat them with other foods like rice or as a part of a whole dinner rather than just by themselves. After I recovered from a gluten episode, I can at these foods again. ******* My non-celiac husband likes the Tinkyada pasta, whereas he has hated most of the other pastas I've tried to give him. I've used their rotini for summer pasta salads to bring to parties, and everyone liked those, too. They could not believe the noodles were gluten free! It could indeed be the fiber in the fruits. Another possibility is that some fruits are coated with pesticides, antibiotics, and wax for various reasons. Sometimes just washing doesn't get all that off, and that could be upsetting you. ******* Well, Shirley, everyone at the meeting liked the Ener-G white rice spaghetti. ******* Hi! We tried Tinkyada and were not impressed. The best pasta we've tried is Bi-Aglut (ingredients: corn starch, rice starch, potato starch, isolated soy protein, defatted soy flour, mono- and diglycerides) and I buy it by the case(it's that good!) from Dietary Specialties. It is really very close to glutenful pasta. Also regarding your diarrhea.. fruits have a lot of acid in them and I know if I eat too much I get rashes and loose stools, so you might want to cut back just a little even though they really taste good in the summer. Good luck! ******* Although I have tolerated the gf pasta's and learned not to over cook them, I absolutely love the Tinkyada pasta. This is the closest to the wheat pasta in texture and taste I found. The Gluten-Free Pantry carries these I believe,but I was able to have my local health food store order a bunch for me. This pasta holds up pretty well for pasta salad. I highly recommend it. Overall once I became gluten-free I became normal in the bathroom department(finally!) ******* I have tried Tinkyada pasta and found that, all though it was alright it semi constipated me. One thing I have found that I like is Pastato brand Mac and cheese. It's made from potato flour, gf and is the closest thing to Kraft dinner there is. I found it at the local health food store. If you get in the mood for gf junk food, this stuff will satisfy. As for the fruit, I can't eat anything except bananas without getting the trots. I take Metamucil, tsp in the morning and tbsp at night. Really helps with overactive bowels. ******* My kids are avid pasta lovers and newly gluten free. My daughter loves Food for Life's rice elbows-I think she likes mush! Recently I bought 2 boxes of Lundberg's pasta. She loved both-the rice penne and the rice spirals(or twists). My son likes Mrs. Leepers rice spaghetti. ******* I was first diagnosed with celiac in 1951, long time ago! I love the tinkyada pasta, it is even good reheated but I try very hard not to by the tinkyada pasta that states with rice bran -- too too much rufferage! Also a nutritionist once told me that for someone with digestive disorders the quantity of raw (heavy rufferage) should be watched and try to eat more vegetables that are cooked even if they are just lightly steamed, fruit is harder but often easier to digest if the skins are removed. ********* yes, I find that I have much looser bm's and more frequently. And like you, I find most all of the pastas disgusting. I am eating mostly fresh vegs and fruits and rice and gf cereals. I am a vegetarian as well, so no meat. Glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing this. ******* I think the Bi-Aglut pasta is pretty terrific. It's as close to the real thing as I've found. In fact, my husband (who wouldn't touch gf food as a rule) thinks it's really good & so I only have to cook one kind. You can get it from www.glutensolutions.com in different types (lasagna, spaghetti, fusilli, etc.) ****** We eat rice noodles from the vietnamese shop and turn them into anything and everything. They are very light and pick up the flavor of whatever you put with it. We even make spaghetti out of it and they only take 3 to 5 minutes to cook. *** I had the same problem and I think narrowed it down to watermelon. Since then, I have read in Bette Haggemens newest book that she also had a problem with watermelon after going gf. Perhaps it is one of the fruits. I finally headed my GIs advice and am taking Metumucil every night. It stopped the loose bowel movements. ******* Could be because on the diet you're actually digesting all of the foods you are eating. ******************************************************* Thanks again to all who responded!! Shirley-Anne