My Gluten-Free Experience

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Eusebius

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Sonsowey said:
I urge people to do this kind of self-experimentation honestly.

Exactly. Everybody should be willing to try, say a wheat-free diet for a month and just see what happens. Do the same with dairy, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, legumes etc at different times. You will learn a lot about your body and mind and you will probably fix long-standing problems you never knew you had.

Personally my revelation was dairy. My family all swear by it back to my grandparents. Milk, cream by the bucketload. Turns out I was intolerant and never knew it. Digestion is way better now.
 

RIslander

 
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An interesting fact is that 10,000 years, the amount of time humans have existed alongside agriculture, is only around 250 generations. Can we really evolve to an entire shift of diet during that small a time frame? Bacteria evolve quickly to antibiotics because their lifespan is only a few hours. They see 250 generations in less than a week.

My stance, after years of research and reading on this topic, is that gluten is bad for everyone. Sure, you may not feel any different with or without it, but it's still having a negative effect somewhere in your body and you'd be better off without it. Also, gluten has become more "gluteny" over the last few decades as foods have become processed. For example, I feel shitty after eating gluten in the US. But I had no problem eating bread in Peru, where it's minimally processed (still better off without it) Milk is another example of how bad our food is in America. I had it still-warm from the grass-fed cow in the Peruvian countryside and felt fine after, but half a glass of it from a US supermarket and I'm shitting myself for the next 2 days.
 
Yeah gluten free is the way to be!

Yeah I've too decided to go on gluten free diet. I recently read the book Wheat Belly by Dr.William Davis.

He gives some examples why wheat gluten has been terrible for the human body for nearly 100 years now. He noticed that people in the 50's were not nearly as obese as the people today.

Through some of his personal findings he shares some serious reasons why wheat gluten has caused some serious health problems over the last 50 years or so. Many of the problematic diseases have been caused by the over consumption of wheat gluten.

If you want to know more about wheat gluten I suggest you take a look at this book.

Best of Luck man!
 

Bad Hussar

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Went 100% gluten free for three weeks, and have now been 99% gluten free for a few months. Results are a bit underwhelming. Some benefits re gas/bloating but not really very big. I keep at it since I have a psychological aversion to cheap and nasty carbs, unless I am doing a lot of physical activity. And then I'd go for liquid carbs or fruit rather than bread anyway. In my mind most foods made with wheat are rip-offs. They just add the cheapest possible calories to a meal. Nearly every Italian restaurant in this country is running the same scam. Having pizza and pasta dishes as main meals. It's ridiculous. If there are any Italians reading can you confirm whether in Italy, or Italian communities abroad, this is acceptable behavior? I always thought pasta was a side dish/appetizer in a real Italian meal.

One thing I noticed when re-introducing the odd gluten product is that wholewheat gives a much bigger adverse reaction(indigestion/bloating) than white flour products. Has anyone else found this as well?
 

germanico

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Just because you can tolerate it, just because your body can process it, does not means its good for you.

Just look at high fructose corn syrup.
 
This study on gluten consumption in regular children (i.e. not selected for gluten intolerance) is revealing.

Breakfast Staple Types Affect Brain Gray Matter Volume and Cognitive Function in Healthy Children

In conclusion, we have analyzed the relationships among breakfast staple type, gray matter volume, and IQ in 290 healthy children. We showed that the GMR of the rice group was significantly larger than that of the bread group using global gray matter volume analysis. In this analysis, the rice group was shown to have significantly larger regional gray matter volume in several regions, including the left superior temporal gyrus, and the bread group was shown to have significantly larger regional gray matter volume in several regions, including the bilateral orbitofrontal gyri. The full-scale IQ and the POI of the rice group were substantially and significantly higher than those of the bread group. Our study suggests that breakfast staple type affects brain gray matter volume and cognitive function in healthy children; therefore, a diet of optimal nutrition is important for brain maturation during childhood and adolescence.

Gluten makes you stupid, even if you don't have clinical celiac or gluten intolerance. They did not find an asymmetric effect, in which some individuals had much lower IQs but the rest were fine. The whole bell curve of gluten eaters was shifted lower.
 

Laurifer

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I've tried a few gluten free varieties of hamburgers and pizza to see how I would feel afterwards when compared to their gluten counterpart.

I have to say I do feel a noticeable difference when i opt out of gluten. My stomach doesn't come out so far that I could make my self look pregnant if I force it (lol).

I think from now on ill always try and go for gluten free pizza when its available. Just not having the bloated over-filled feeling is worth it alone.
 

RIslander

 
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Bad Hussar said:
Went 100% gluten free for three weeks, and have now been 99% gluten free for a few months. Results are a bit underwhelming. Some benefits re gas/bloating but not really very big. I keep at it since I have a psychological aversion to cheap and nasty carbs, unless I am doing a lot of physical activity. And then I'd go for liquid carbs or fruit rather than bread anyway. In my mind most foods made with wheat are rip-offs. They just add the cheapest possible calories to a meal. Nearly every Italian restaurant in this country is running the same scam. Having pizza and pasta dishes as main meals. It's ridiculous. If there are any Italians reading can you confirm whether in Italy, or Italian communities abroad, this is acceptable behavior? I always thought pasta was a side dish/appetizer in a real Italian meal.

One thing I noticed when re-introducing the odd gluten product is that wholewheat gives a much bigger adverse reaction(indigestion/bloating) than white flour products. Has anyone else found this as well?

Italian-American food is very different than actual Italian. Italy is a diverse country though. In the north, pasta is rarely found and typical meals include fish, game meat or poultry with a veggie or canollini beans for a side. You'll see pasta in central and southern Italy (non tourist-zones) but its usually a small side dish. Pizza is very thin crusted and more about the toppings.

 

FilipSRB

Woodpecker
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I'm currently on a gluten free diet to see if it will help me with my psoriasis for the last month and a half. I originally planned to go for 3 or 4 months, but when I saw that OP started noticing the benefits after 9 months, I think I will try it for a while longer.
 

MY DETROIT PLAYAS

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Got a lady friend who thought she had IBS for years, but she still would eat shitty foods

Finally, she got serious about seeking out some help with a nutritionist who told her to completely cut out the gluten

The result? noticeable weight loss, the bloating is gone, and she has more energy

Those foods you can't resist: pizza, burgers, pasta can be duplicated at home with a gluten-free version
 
MY DETROIT PLAYAS said:
Those foods you can't resist: pizza, burgers, pasta can be duplicated at home with a gluten-free version

After a while of eating only meat, fish, vegetables, fruit and cheese I didn't even miss those foods, whereas before I'd always go through them like a train.

Real food, especially unadulterated protein, fills you up and from my experience, nuke cravings.
 

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Ostrich
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So true - from what I hear the first week or two is always the hardest. Discipline & being prepared seems to make all the difference

You build up a whole new tolerance & palette

Inspiring stuff!!!
 
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