Gluten And...?

[Brett31m]

So the gluten free diet has helped me immensely, but I feel as though I have plateau-ed in my healing process. I am still getting the bloating and gas, however, it seems to only be during the first half of my menstrual cycle. Once I approach ovulation all the way until the end of my period, my stomach is bloated, gassy, and distended.

Is there any type of food intolerance that fluctuates with the menstrual cycle? Lactose intolerance?

Thanks in advance.

[dilettantesteph]

I find that my glutening symptoms worsen with my menstrual cycle. You may be getting some gluten cc.

[gf-soph]

I am doing an elimination diet at the moment, and one of the information pages for it said that hormones can definitely affect food intolerances. This was tied in with recommending women with food intolerance go off the pill and see if their symptoms improve, and was also put forward as an explanation of why there may be more women with food intolerance. There isn't any more specific information that I can see, other then a vague suggestion that some food chemicals can mimic hormones, but I can't find anything detailed to back that up.

The diet is called the RPA elimination diet, and focuses on salicylates, amines, glutamate, and a lot of artificial additives and preservatives. The website I mentioned is www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factallergy.htm

Perhaps you could do some sort of elimination diet and work out your triggers, and then you can plan you eating around your cycle to minimise symptoms?