Eating "Gluten Free" products but still sick???

[Keshavdas]

I've been gluten free products for a few years, but symptoms of fatigue, constipation etc are returning after discontinuing consumption of special gluten free foods. I experimentally, stopped eating all the expensive, highly processed gluten free foods that I've been buying from the health food store. Low and behold, I'm experiencing pretty much the symptoms I had when I first stopped eating wheat etc. I have no scientific evidence, but my gut says that all these super processed gluten free products are not really all that healthy, that they while technically gluten free, have a molecular structure that is too similar to that of wheat based foods, and they apparently possess very little in the way of fiber. They without a doubt, break down sugar-wise in a manner no different than wheat based foods, greatly adding to and bumping up levels of bad cholesterol. Since discontinuing them I'm woozy, horribly fatigued, anxious, achy with  terrible headaches and unexplained fatigue at end of day. Please if anyone has similar experience, I'd love to hear from you.
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[knitty kitty]

@Keshavdas,

Gluten containing products are required by law to be enriched with vitamins and minerals to replace those lost in processing. 

Gluten free facsimile foods are not required to be enriched. 

We need thiamine Vitamin B1 to turn carbohydrates into energy for our bodies to work.   Meat and green leafy vegetables contain thiamine.  

If we eat a diet high in carbohydrates, we need more thiamine.  The pancreas uses lots of thiamine to make insulin and to break down those carbohydrates.  

Thiamine reduces bad cholesterol.  Thiamine is needed to break down fats, too.  

Nausea, dizziness, headaches and fatigue are all early symptoms of low thiamine.

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Thiamin-HealthProfessional/

I've experienced thiamine deficiency.  It's not fun.  I corrected my thiamine deficiency by supplementing with thiamine, a B Complex, and magnesium citrate (helps thiamine work).  

Edited July 28, 2021 by knitty kitty
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