Gluten AND sugar withdrawal anyone?

[Skoit]

I'm having a bit of a rough time, I cut gluten and felt great for about three days then it felt like a form of withdrawal hit. I also accidentally cut my sugar intake almost completely because almost every bit of sugary things i'd have contained gluten, or milk. Anyone ever experienced something similar to this? Or any form of advice? 

[GodsGal]

On 8/26/2021 at 10:48 AM, Skoit said:

I'm having a bit of a rough time, I cut gluten and felt great for about three days then it felt like a form of withdrawal hit. I also accidentally cut my sugar intake almost completely because almost every bit of sugary things i'd have contained gluten, or milk. Anyone ever experienced something similar to this? Or any form of advice? 

Hi Skoit, 

I don't know if anyone has studied gluten, sugar, dairy addiction. What I do know is that it took a while for my body to get adjusted to the new diet. Stick with it. It will get better.

Have you worked with a dietitian? They can help you make sure that you are getting the nutritional balance you need. 

Part of it for me was also the mental/emotional grief work I had to do. It was pretty rough. Here are a few things that helped me:

1) Counseling has been really helpful. 

2) Don't eliminate anything that you don't have to. I found that the thought of giving up anything that I didn't have to (food or otherwise) was more than I could handle. 

3) Make sure that you keep any food items that you enjoy and can eat easily accessible. 

4) I have found several local friends who also have NCGS or celiac disease. They have been a great help and encouragement. Are there any celiac support groups in your area? 

5) Find some good, gluten free herbs and spices and experiment. So far Morton & Bassett's are my favorites.

6) Give yourself plenty of grace. 

I hope this helps! 

[Scott Adams]

Gluten withdrawal is real, and can take at least two to three weeks to get past it. Sugar is very addictive as well, and refined sugar, in my opinion, is more like a drug than a food. 

[Flash1970]

On 8/26/2021 at 7:48 AM, Skoit said:

I'm having a bit of a rough time, I cut gluten and felt great for about three days then it felt like a form of withdrawal hit. I also accidentally cut my sugar intake almost completely because almost every bit of sugary things i'd have contained gluten, or milk. Anyone ever experienced something similar to this? Or any form of advice? 

Cutting gluten is very hard.  I had physical withdrawals for about a month.  I didn't start seeing any difference until about 4 months.  One day I woke up and I didn't  have severe pain in my joints.  Sugar is hard to stop.  Try to at least use honey or another natural sweetener like maple syrup.  Just limit the amounts.  At least they have more ingredients than just plain sugar.  Eat lots of fruit,  it helps.  Watch the gluten free products,  they are full of rice syrup and rice flour and other things that don't help.  It will get better.  You will adjust and find a diet that works for you.  I personally follow a modified paleo diet.  I just can't give up potatoes or chocolate.  I just eat high cocoa content with little sugar.  So hang in there,  it's hard at first and you'll definitely feel worse than you ever did.  Don't give up,  keep to the gluten free diet.  Don't cheat,  because then you're back at square one.  

[Beverage]

Look into candida albicans overgrowth in the intestines. It could be dying off as a result of cutting out the foods that feed it, which is a good thing, but when it dies off quickly, it feels horrible.  I had it and it felt like I was hit by a truck, a very big truck. My naturopath had me go on a rotating supplementation of vitamin C, garlic, oregano oil, and some other things for awhile until it all cleared up.   Do searches on candida die off and herxheimer effect or reaction.

[Skoit]

5 hours ago, Beverage said:

Look into candida albicans overgrowth in the intestines. It could be dying off as a result of cutting out the foods that feed it, which is a good thing, but when it dies off quickly, it feels horrible.  I had it and it felt like I was hit by a truck, a very big truck. My naturopath had me go on a rotating supplementation of vitamin C, garlic, oregano oil, and some other things for awhile until it all cleared up.   Do searches on candida die off and herxheimer effect or reaction.

Hey! Thanks for the replay, I actually DID go through a candida die off but I was wondering if I cut the die off diet too early and it came back. This actually reminded me of that. It almost feels as if i'm going through a lesser version of what I went through when it was dying off before.