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How Strict "gluten-free Diet"?

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mellowyellowmushroom Rookie
mellowyellowmushroom
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I just went gluten-free after diagnosis.

How strict to all of you or any of you have to be about what foods you ate while healing? I seem to be having mild reactions to most complex carbs, maybe some fruits...and I'm worried. Though I haven't had any gluten explosion since I ate cookies last week before the diagnosis.

Did any of you develop food allergies? Did they go away? I can't do lactose either.

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I react still to some complex carbs. I did react to fruits in the beginning but after a few months was able to reintroduce those. I'm off most carbs right now as I'm dieting and I have to say I've never felt better. I think I will continue to limit carbs going forward. I guess my system is just happier without them.

mamaw Community Regular
mamaw
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How strict do you need to be? Answer:100% for life. Why cause more grief by cheating now & then!

I think many find that once they come into tune with their body they start noticing other things that cause discomfort. People will say oh it is just gas or indigestion & take a tum or something & pass it out but I feel the body is reacting to something but it doesn't jump out & scream so usually it is just overlooked as common. BUt for us who now look at our intestinal system more closely are finding that many other things come into play & we need to address those issues as well to get to a healthy state....

Humans pay little attention to what their bodies are crying out . I believe that illness & disease starts in the digestion ( intestinal tract) & next the nervous system. We all need to keep our intestinal tract healthy for a healthy long life...

blessings

mamaw

mellowyellowmushroom Rookie
mellowyellowmushroom
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Thanks.

My system needs carbs as I'm an athlete--so I hope it needn't be limited much forever.

Anyone else though who ran into other bad allergies? or who felt highly sensitive on first few weeks/months sans gluten?

chasbari Apprentice
chasbari
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I found, initially, that I couldn't tolerate any "safe" grains like corn and rice. Soy was a big source of my mistaking it for cross contamination. Dairy is on the forbidden list for now as well. I am now getting to the point where I can tolerate exercise although I have to watch overdoing it as I have a proverbially small "gas tank".. at least for now. Much better than I was 5 months ago! I have found that until I went Paleo I was only feeling "not worse" instead of better. Once I went radical with that and started to heal even my rheumatoid arthritis started to clear up. Five months have flown by and now my complaints are of overdoing things I couldn't even dream of five months ago. Good luck with your diet and healing!

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
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BUt for us who now look at our intestinal system more closely are finding that many other things come into play & we need to address those issues as well to get to a healthy state....

Humans pay little attention to what their bodies are crying out .

I was paying attention before I stopped eating gluten; I just didn't know what it was trying to tell me. I had commented many times that I felt "toxic" but did not know the cause of the toxicity. My body is still telling me something I am not in tune with yet; I still have itchy skin, not bad but mildly. Because of my psoriasis I am used to itching so this is something I have been ignoring but at some point will have to address. I am so afraid of the thought that I might have to eliminate all dairy, because I did it for three weeks and felt absolutely horrible with GI upset, etc., without my yogurt, so didn't really think that was it. But don't know what it is yet. :(

Yes, all these additional intolerances are a pain....

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