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Good luck getting a definitive diagnosis. If you are diagnosed with celiac disease you will need to follow a strict gluten free diet. Even if you do not receive a celiac diagnosis you may want to try to be completely gluten free to see if that fixes your IBS. Reducing gluten may help, but it may not be as helpful as being gluten free for several weeks.

I am glad you mentioned Trader Joe's. I am sure that this will be quite helpful for you. I do a lot of shopping at Wal-Mart. Their Great Value store brand labels things as gluten free. This has significantly helped in keeping my grocery bill down. Gluten free shopping can drain the bank account quickly. I also get some of my flours from Asian food stores. This can help save money on flours, but you need to check the manufacturer. Just because it is rice flour or tapioca starch does not mean that it has not been cross-contaminated with gluten.

For cereals my family eats a lot of Chex. The gluten free kinds of Chex are labeled.

When in doubt call or check the website of manufacturers. There are a lot of ingredients that contain hidden gluten. There are also a lot of items cross-contaminated in the manufacturing.

I get recipes for making things at home from http://www.allglutenfreerecipes.com/

I hope this is helpful. Be patient as there is a lot to learn about the gluten free diet. Remember that you are not alone. There are many more of us out here going through the same struggles learning what to eat and not to eat. In the end, you will feel so much better that it will all be worth it!

my roomates father is gluten intolerant.. and she just bought him a gluten-free cookbook for his birthday... it was very extensive and had some great ideas like breads and pizzas!

try buying one of these cookbooks for some ideas that are of everyday foods, just with gluten-free ingredients!!

good luck! :]]