A Simple Question...

[adelaidez]

A very very simple question really, i was wondering if you go gluten free and then eat gluten after a few days or a week it will make your symptoms last longer and could change them? And possibly make them ten times worse?

I use to keep giving up and binge on gluten food, i must say ive done it like 8 times(excluding the diaries I had to do) but now my stomach lasts ages for bloating, and bloats even more after eating, i realised after 2 weeks gluten free it nearly went but then boom the other day i got glutened, not purposely this time, because i live in a house full of gluten eaters.

Im just curious, and i hate how its been 3 days and im still in pain and still cant wear any of my clothes

[Tim-n-VA]

The time off of gluten is a little short but the general pattern is that when you've been off gluten and they go back the symptoms are worse. That is a reason that you should always get all of the mainstream medical testing done prior to starting the diet.

The best explanation that I've heard equates it to a tolerance level or "getting used to it".

[GFinDC]

Totally agree here. I was very surprised to find my sensitivity to gluten got extreme after going gluten-free for a few weeks. I think of it as my body's immune system actually got a chance to rest and go back to a somewhat normal state for a while, as compared to pre-gluten-free when it was constantly fighting off the gluten invaders every day. Well rested soldiers fight harder as they say. Or is it well fed soldiers fight harder. Maybe it's both!