Thank You

[notme]

thank you all so much - i am trying to do the glucose free thing - 2nd day - my guts feel muuchh better and i am not throwing up but i am so completely angry/depressed/sore! all my muscles feel like i have the flu but i had never heard of any of this withdrawal stuff before. thank God i don't have to kill everyone and this should pass???? thanx! arlene

[Lisa]

Welcome! I am assuming your meant "gluten" free diet.

Keep hydrated, that will help. Hope you feel better and there is lots to learn here.

[kareng]

Get some Dove dark chocolate or some other kind. It makes you feel better and you deserve it!

[notme]

Welcome! I am assuming your meant "gluten" free diet.

Keep hydrated, that will help. Hope you feel better and there is lots to learn here.

omgosh - sorry (i have a type 1 diabetic son - "glucose" just rolls off the keyboard) yes, gluten-free. i had no idea that i would have any kind of emo/bio reaction! my husband googlied y'all and watched me cry when i read that i am not alone

[notme]

Get some Dove dark chocolate or some other kind. It makes you feel better and you deserve it!

is that safe? i am freaking over everything that contains gluten. uhhh... soy sauce??? whaaaaat?

[Takala]

You just have to train yourself to read labels, like a reflexive reaction, before you eat anything.

This is an auto immune disease reaction which interferes with how you absorb nutrients, hence, the very real physical reaction in turn effects how efficiently your brain is working- or is sort of sputtering and short circuiting. Taking gluten free vitamin and mineral supplements helps to overcome this. Some brands of vitamins will say "gluten free" right on the label. B complex vitamins really help. Calcium and magnesium also help reduce sugar cravings.

You may need to change your diet to eat more fresh vegetables and good fats. Olive oil is your friend, so is coconut oil or coconut milk if you are also having problems with dairy. Sometimes people find out that they are rather carbohydrate intolerant overall if they just try to substitute gluten free baked goods for regular baked products. Other people discover they also don't do well with certain common ingredients in gluten free baking, so they have to learn to bake their own customized versions if they want something fresh and not resembling a cardboard styrofoam brick. If you bake, use new bakeware pans so you don't get cross contaminated. You also will need your own dedicated toaster. If cooking rice pasta, your own colander. Some families go gluten free at home to make things simpler.

Some brands of chocolate are safe at this time, but always read the labels to be sure.

A short cut is to google:

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gluten free dove chocolate

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and see what comes up. You can do this with any sort of food. There is also a search function here on this site. Check the date on the information, as sometimes an old story comes up and it turns out this was from years ago and the manufacturer may have changed the formula so it is not gluten free anymore.

Regular soy sauce usually contains wheat. There is a brand of very good soy sauce called "San J" which is wheat free soy sauce and so far, is okay.

[notme]

thank you all very much the first morning in years i didn't spend making 300 trips to the bathroom!! sorry if that is tmi, but i am celebrating maybe i will gain weight! good point about brain function - this diet change affects every function of my body. i have to remember that. i am a breadaholic but i have always cooked and eaten minimally processed foods so that won't be that much of a stretch - label reading on everything else! making roasted tomato-garlic soup to can today: it will only include whatever i put into it. wow.

i should have done this two months ago when the doc advised instead of being in denial...

[ravenwoodglass]

The important thing is your doing it now. I am glad you are having a good response. We do sometimes have ups and downs at first but we are all here to help in any way we can.