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More Severe Reaction First Gluten After Starting Diet

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Krystens mummy Enthusiast
Krystens mummy
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Ok so I have been on this diet for around four weeks.

Before going on the diet I was eating a regular gluten diet toast in morning maybe some pasta a couple of beers etc...... I would only get bad symptoms in cycles of about every two weeks.

In between I felt fine. So I decided to test how sensitive I actually was and ate half a sausage.

Well four hours after eating I started to get the back pain that I associated with eating too much! It was only half a sausage! I have yet to vomit but I figure that might not happen cos I didn't eat that much.

Has anyone else had worse symptoms after accidental glutening once going gluten free. It astonishes me that I could eat heaps before and now since cutting it out only a little gives me symptoms.

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gfp
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its not only NORMAL .... Its a sign you are otherwise doing very well!!!!!!

Your body is adapting to a life without this Toxin ..

Imagine not drinking alcohol for 10 years then drinking a 'normal' amount...

Imagine not drinking coffee then having a double strong caffine packed one....

Imagine after years of living in downtown (??LA/NYC?) you move to the clean countryside and your blocked nose gets better... then you go back for a day.... suddenly the air 'tastes' polluted....your sinus's are not used to it and you get worse than you were when living there.

your body was previously doing its best to cope with a toxin it received everyday....

Your body has now obviously decided it doesn't need to .... its returned to a more normal state.

We all make slips, don't beat yourself up but instead take this as a sign....

1) This is how gluten affects you.

2) You are doing really really well because your body already got rid of it...

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted

This is normal and is your body telling you that you have made the right choice to be gluten free and it really, really doesn't like it when you add the toxin back in. Even tiny amounts are going to restart the antibody effect which is what you are seeing. I hope you recover from your glutening soon.

samcarter Contributor
samcarter
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I had a similar reaction after just one week off gluten. I wondered if i was really just imagining things (pre-gluten-free diet) and i ate a very small piece of cake, a bit before dinner.

Within about ten minutes I was having the "hot flash" reaction I remembered. I started to feel a little sleepy. Later I had the munchies and a carton of yogurt didn't sit well in my stomach (usually it feels great to eat a small thing of yogurt!) Then by bedtime I was having really smelly gas--and for the past week, not eating gluten, I hadn't had ANY gas, let alone foul-smelling stuff. This morning I had the usual painful intestinal cramps while going to the bathroom. I hadn't had that in a week. (I tell you, when I went off gluten, it was a revelation to use the bathroom without having pain!)

Just reinforces my feeling that gluten does not like my body, and vice versa!

GFinDC Veteran
GFinDC
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I think it is much more noticeable when I eat gluten now than before going gluten-free. Before I Was always in a bad state GI wise and had other symptoms like swelling feet, sleep problems, and brain fog. Now if I get glutened I notice the symptoms because they are not how I am used to feeling. I am used to feeling better now! Stay on the diet and get used to that feeling for a change. It's a good thing.

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