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Hello Listmembers,

I am sorry to say that the slim fast company will not guarantee any of its
products to be gluten free.  I received some great advice about other
options for a quick meal or snack.  Thanks everyone for all your help!!

Drink Boost(the bars are not gf), glucerna by ensure, Nestle Sweet success
balance bars - (except honey crunch), genisoy bars
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However, I hope you are working with your Food Service Director at college
to make sure the college provides you with a gluten-free diet.  Under the
American with Disabilities Act, any college receiving ANY FEDERAL MONEY is
required to abide by this act, which covers celiacs.

We have 4 celiacs in our group who started college in September and I
gathered some information for them.  Most colleges are most cooperative, but
you have to take the initiative and make an appt. to visit your food service
director.

Give him a copy of the diet (Basics for the GF Diet from CSA/USA, Inc., P.O.
Box 31700, Omaha, NE  68131) Also a list of the vendors that are in the
Commercial Products Listing that you may order from CSA/USA for only $8.00.
By asserting yourself with your food service director you are helping not
only yourself, but paving the way for other celiacs who will be coming along
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Most meal replacement drinks have canola oil.   Boost Plus is the only one
that I have found to be gluten free and says so on the package.  Slim Fast
has canola oil.
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Slim-fast isn't good...too much sugar,try hard boil eggs,gen-i-soy or other
protein drinks made into a smoothie.Also you can keep on hand sardines or
tuna or other canned fish and eat with crackers,lots veggies,protein bars
with a fruit juice..I hope this has helped..jody
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Glucerna by Ensure is a good-tasting canned drink (similar to Slim-Fast,
but better tasting I think) that is gluten-free and lactose free.
Intended for diabetics and usually found in the diabetic section of the
pharmacy (instead of the Ensure section).  I drink it when I don't have
time for anything else.
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I am a dietitian and I recommend Boost or Ensure to my patients who are
gluten-free.  (Consensus is that Boost tastes best --)

Also Carnation Instant Breakfast (NOT the chocolate malt flavor) is
gluten-free - I called Carnation a few weeks ago to discover that.
It comes in packets to add to non-fat milk (or soy milk) and cans, both
of which are safe if not `choc. malt'.  Also CIB is most economical.
I drink the vanilla on the way to work each morning.  Comes sugar-free
too.  There are other brands too, but these are found just about in
every grocery store, pharmacy...

The fat in any of these supplements is, for the most part, not saturated
fat which is the BAD fat.  SOME monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fat
is necessary in the diet each day (our bodies use it to make hormones,
new cells [the cell walls of every one of your cells is made of
unsaturated fatty acids] etc.)  Also you'd be hungry every hour if your
diet had NO fat.  And it's necessary in your diet to carry fat-soluble
vitamins: A, E, D, and K.

As for gluten in the supplements, I'd stay away from 'store brands'
which are probably more likely to contain glutens.

I also carry raw peanuts (or other nuts/seeds) to snack on during the
day, nuts/seeds with raisins or any other fruit is good too (nuts/seeds
contain protein, fiber and monounsaturated fats.)  Small yogurt cups
pack well (unless it's 100 degrees out!) and those little pudding cups
(gluten-free ones) are handy to carry, with fruit and rice crackers (or
other 'safe' crackers.)  Those little fruit cans w. 'pop-tops' are good
to carry too.

Peanut butter and jelly's always good (gluten-free bread, p.b. of
course.)  Again, 'natural' p.b. has monounsat. and polyunsat. fat -
processed p.b., even if gluten-free is not as healthy, has 'hydrogenated
fats' which make them as bad (or worse, according to many studies) than
saturated fat.

Sorry for all that info. (or opinion, I guess) but that's one of the
first questions ALL my patients (GF or not) ask - "What can I eat when
I"m not home all day??"  And. I face the same problem -- everyday
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Genisoy protein bars are gluten free, and just as nutritious as the
drinks(3.5-5 g. fat)--taste almost like a candy bar
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I called Nestle last week and asked if Sweet Success was Gluten free.  I
spoke to Gloria and she assured me that all the ready to drink cans of
Sweet Success were gluten free,as were the two chocolate powder
varieties.  I found the canned vanilla much to sweet,but the others were
O.K Good luck and eat carefully, and be adventurous with our way of
eating.

Regards from Valerie and Amanda. ( mom and daughter with celiac sprue)
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wouldn't go near that stuff.....why not check out a soy protein
powder==my daughter who is 18 uses the one from Fresh Fields, and adds
it to yogurt and fruit juice.  She mixes it with a hand blender.  High
protein, and gf.