Check these pages out for first-person accounts of the widespread health benefits some people have gained from going on a wheat-free or gluten-free diet. Find tips on how to enjoy a gluten-free diet with less hassle and expense.
Wheat/Gluten-Free Diets
Deirdre Layne | Modified on Feb 04, 2015
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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Hey, thanks for this site. Got back early from work I thought I ate something have gluten which I'm allergic to. I had all the symptoms of Food Poisoning. Vomiting, the runs, difficulty breathing. I googled some home remedies and I found this site. Thank God I work at the health supplement store. I got probiotic and activated charcoal ACV from my net. Within 20 min. the runs stopped! Thank YOU!
Dietary Changes
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I was suffering from severe pollen allergies this past month, thanks to an early spring and higher than usual pollen count. Before the allergies hit, I was getting virus after virus since the late fall. I figure I had about 8 low grade viruses, which I rarely get. I realized that my immune system was compromised and that things would only get worse unless I changed my diet. I have intense cravings for sweets and I know that sugar was probably causing some or all of my issues. So I cut out the cookies and desserts. In their place, I bought the highest concentration of dark chocolate and ate a small piece whenever I had a sugar craving. It worked!
I also decided to eliminate wheat products from my diet and go gluten free. I focused on easy to digest food a la hunter and gatherer style, like chicken or turkey protein and plenty of mixed green salad. I got off all starchy vegetables like potatoes. 24 hours hours my skin was glowing and I started to feel better. 48 hours later my allergies were gone. Brain fog also disappeared after 48 hours and I stopped forgetting things. I lost 5 pounds in the first five days since I wasn't eating any bread and crackers and had probably cut my calories in half by doing so.
A week later, relatives came to visit and I lost my will power not to eat sugar when we went out to restaurants! In3 days, I gained back all the pounds, my allergies started to return, and my brain fog returned full force. Oh and my skin lost its glow. All this just with the addition of sugar, mind you!! I managed to stay off of gluten during their visit. When they left, I resumed my low sugar diet and within 24 hours I felt better again. The pounds are harder to lose this time around, but my will is made of steel. I am fed up with feeling lousy.
Hope this helps people out there suffering from poor dietary choices. Blessings to all of you, Becky.
Quinoa
Can anyone tell me whether quinoa is a grain or a seed as I am trying a grain free diet, thanks
(Somewhere, Europe)
02/04/2015
Leanne, it's a seed.
