Healing Time After Glutening

[Guest adamssa]

hey suzana,

since candida is kind of a complex issue, try reading about it stopyeast.com.

since the symptoms of candida and celiac often overlap, i think the best way to know if it's an issue for you is to do the spit test, (they have a link on it there). this way you can know if it's contributing to what's going on with you.

best,

sara

[Yenni]

So I was reading somewhere on here the other day that it can take something like 3-6 weeks after a glutening for your body to heal. (Please correct me if I'm wrong because I really can't remember. gfp, I have a feeling it was in one of your posts, too...) This includes even just a small amount ingested from CC.

I have been gluten-free for about 2 1/2 months now and I read all sorts of stories about people who don't feel any noticable effects of being gluten-free until 1+ years. I know aside from the first week and a few days here and there, I still feel pretty much like crap.

And I also know I keep making all sorts of weird little newbie mistakes, most of which I'm probably not even aware of.

Could it be that although I've been practicing gluten-free eating for 2 1/2 months now, my body has never truly been gluten-free due to my mistakes and the lag time of a glutening?

I mean, maybe it takes us SO long to feel better because of the combination of us having to figure out all the places gluten hides, and our body having to recover from each of those instances.

Does that make any sense? I haven't been sleeping much this week and that was something I thought of as I laid staring at the clock last nite. Just a thought.

-Courtney

I feel I could have written your post myself. I agree with your theory.

[MistressIsis]

You're doing great don't give up!

I've been gluten-free for 2 years this month and I was lucky that I started feeling better within days. Bloat was gone within a week. I lost the 15lbs I couldn't get off for 4 years in maybe a month. The 1st 6 months or so were scary,I didn't know what was ok & what wasn't. I was already afraid to eat anything and that got worse for a few weeks. I got depressed and mad and sad and irritated with how little food I could find. Wouldn't go into a grocery store for months unless it was straight to the salad bar. But then....hmm, I can have this & this & this & this and life got better. I had more energy, I wanted to go out with my friends again. Work was no longer the part of my day that I HAD to get through so I could go lie down again. I could suddenly have dairy again..oh man, WHOLE MILK!!

Still, there are certain cheeses that are aged on bread, Blue Cheese is one, so you have to watch those also processed parmesan cheeses things like that.

Make sure you have a good list of foods to avoid that lists the different names for close to the same item.

When I go to a new restaurant etc I write this list as a standard of what I can't have & it seems to have worked everytime. Even when I travel.

Cannot have:

anything made from Wheat, Oats, Rye or Barley

including

Modified Food Starch

Hydrolyzed Vegatable Protien

VanilliaN

Maltodextrin (anything with MALT in the name)

Artificial Flavoring or Color

Somehow that seems to get into the chef/cook's head what it truly is about. So far I've had nothing but good experiences from Boston to Atlanta to Mexico (for 2 weeks!)

I've been told that with no mistakes it can take up to 2 years to heal completely depending on how much damage you have. But unless I've had small bits of CC, I've been back to myself again.

* just thought, you know what the weirdest symptom I had as? The color in my lips faded until there was no color but a line of red around the outside! (I'd always had good color barely needing lipstick) a month or so after going gluten-free, I looked in the mirror & was shocked to see I didn't need lipstick anymore.