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Let the Gluten Go -- #2 in a series
Oct. 5th, 2011 02:49 pmThis article is based on a one-month “test diet change” plan I concocted for a friend back in January 2011 and posted at www.blog.bookviewcafe.com. Here’s a tweaked version for my personal blog readers.
How food, diet, and dieting affected my writing and my life. And maybe effects yours…
All right. You‘ve thought about my proposal made in my earlier post called “Testing the Waters,” and you have decided you’ll give at least a month of being gluten-free a try. Reasons to give this a chance include the following things.
* Other diets have never worked, or lasted
* Exercise alone has not worked, or stopped working
* Giving up everything you enjoy didn’t work
* Your stomach and/or lower GI tract hurts a lot, and you haven’t been able to figure out what’s causing it.
* You are overweight, or underweight, and would like to be closer to a normal weight.
* You show signs of blood sugar fluctuation or diabetes, or autoimmune diseases — arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, persistent Lyme disease, brain fog, fibromyalgia, pain in and gurgling from the GI tract, IBS, colitis, insomnia, brain fog, ADD, memory loss, persistent muscle ache, IQ drop, persistent hormonal flares – things that are NOT NECESSARILY JUST AGING.
* You are in a category some scientists think may trigger recessive genes controlling gluten intolerance in adults (See Epigenetics):
1) You have been, or continue to be in a high stress situation.
2) You have ever been in a serious accident, and your weight/joint/brain fog issues really started during or after that point.
3) You have ever been seriously ill, and your weight/joint/brain fog issues really started during or after that point.
Are you still with me? As you can see, the potential here runs from small but significant problems all the way to catastrophic problems. And we’re going to investigate whether gluten might be contributing to your problem.
( Caveats, specifics and good news )
Not ready to join the game? That’s okay. Keep thinking about it, and keep reading. I’ll be back soon with “What can you eat? What can you not eat? You can eat the world!”
Let the gluten go!
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Katharine Eliska Kimbriel is currently working on a new Alfreda book, a contemporary fantasy series, and a Nuala short story.
How food, diet, and dieting affected my writing and my life. And maybe effects yours…
All right. You‘ve thought about my proposal made in my earlier post called “Testing the Waters,” and you have decided you’ll give at least a month of being gluten-free a try. Reasons to give this a chance include the following things.
* Other diets have never worked, or lasted
* Exercise alone has not worked, or stopped working
* Giving up everything you enjoy didn’t work
* Your stomach and/or lower GI tract hurts a lot, and you haven’t been able to figure out what’s causing it.
* You are overweight, or underweight, and would like to be closer to a normal weight.
* You show signs of blood sugar fluctuation or diabetes, or autoimmune diseases — arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, persistent Lyme disease, brain fog, fibromyalgia, pain in and gurgling from the GI tract, IBS, colitis, insomnia, brain fog, ADD, memory loss, persistent muscle ache, IQ drop, persistent hormonal flares – things that are NOT NECESSARILY JUST AGING.
* You are in a category some scientists think may trigger recessive genes controlling gluten intolerance in adults (See Epigenetics):
1) You have been, or continue to be in a high stress situation.
2) You have ever been in a serious accident, and your weight/joint/brain fog issues really started during or after that point.
3) You have ever been seriously ill, and your weight/joint/brain fog issues really started during or after that point.
Are you still with me? As you can see, the potential here runs from small but significant problems all the way to catastrophic problems. And we’re going to investigate whether gluten might be contributing to your problem.
( Caveats, specifics and good news )
Not ready to join the game? That’s okay. Keep thinking about it, and keep reading. I’ll be back soon with “What can you eat? What can you not eat? You can eat the world!”
Let the gluten go!
************************************************************************************
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel is currently working on a new Alfreda book, a contemporary fantasy series, and a Nuala short story.
