After Cutting Gluten Out Of Your Diet, Is This What Happens?

[blondebombshell]

i did a bad thing today. i have been gluten free since august now and was making a cake for a co-worker today and licked the spoon of the batter. within 10 minutes my leg was full of hives.

it was never like that before. i would be able to 'cheat' and have a piece of bread or something and be fine...then wake up with hives on my calf. now within 20 minutes i am full of them! is this what happens after being gluten free for some time and then introduce it to your diet?

[Welda Johnson]

Hi,

Yep! Your body is now working for your well-being and health. As you stick to the diet and perhaps learn even more foods which are not healthy for your particular makeup, you will become increasingly sensitive. But I think that we also become increasingly sensitive as people, so that is also good!

Whereas we may have had some self-destructive tendencies in the past, I believe that once we make the decision to seek good health, our bodies realize that we mean business and help us out. I first learned that I was intolerant of all grains, then all milk & dairy, then egg whites & yeast, and, finally, I stopped all meats & poultry because I would have asthma after eating them.

Yep! Our bodies are with us in this quest. It feels so good to feel good--after years and years of struggling with ill health and working so hard to learn what was causing the symptoms. I wish you well as you continue to increase in well-being, and as you make choices which will benefit you greatly. Welda

[MDRB]

Pretty much

I went gluten lite for about six months before I had to go back onto gluten to get a biopsy. I was so so much sicker than I had ever been before. I have now been completely gluten free for a couple of months and even the tiniest amount (like a food additive or cross contamination) makes me sick within an hour or so.

I guess as our bodies get heal and get healthier, we become more sensitive to whatever is making us sick.

Good Luck

[jhow32000]

I'm not going to give you a lecture about the serious effects of cheating since you didn't do it on purpose. But yes, after going strictly gluten-free if you get contaminated foods you will most likely have an immediate and more severe reaction than you noticed prior to going gluten-free. It is a good incentive not to cheat. Everyone notices some different symptoms flare up with contamination--for me this is immediate bone and joint pain, severe stomach pains and a terrible acne flare up after about a week.

[mysecretcurse]

I'm glad I saw this thread. I have been noticing an increased sensitivity myself since giving it up, and I was wondering if that were normal.