maridadi

Thank you all soooo much for your responses. I am so amazed by how supportive this board is. I have not read any Paleo books, specifically. I am just trying to stick with whole, unprocessed foods at this point. I've read some threads here about how people have been negatively affected by (non-gluten) grains, so I figured I'd steer clear for awhile. Also...

So I've been back and forth over this gluten thing for quite awhile now. Since my last "denial" phase, which consisted of about 2 weeks of incorporating a lot of gluten back into my diet, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I do have celiac. So, for the past week, I have eliminated gluten, this time for good. I also decided to eliminate dairy, as...

Thanks, Sylvia! Thanks eatmeat! I can't tell you how much that helped. It's been really interesting putting all these puzzle pieces together, but frustrating without a "real" diagnosis. I've even started to look back to my childhood and wondered how much of the debilitating anxiety I felt as a kid could have had to do with gluten. I remember school lunches...

I was never officially diagnosed w celiac. I eliminated it due to what seemed to be continuing rapid weight gain regardless of caloric restriction and excessive exercise. When I got the gluten out, things did seem to improve, but there were a lot of other variables, so I've never been sure if I can chalk it up to an intolerance/celiac. I do have the gene...