If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Mr Shakespeare that sounds great.... but was I eating food that was poisoning me?
My best friend since first grade decided to go Gluten free in January... I was intrigued, and asked around about it. Found out that her mother had also gone gluten free, and my mother had seriously reduced her carb intake...... what was their common reaction. They felt a lot better.
Things about me. I am in theater... I dance, i am very active... and i kept gaining wait. I did have abdominal pain... weak sense of smell, was stuffed up/ cold like symptoms often.... bloated.... you get the picture. I felt like my body was just getting bigger and bigger and there was nothing i could do about it.
The last week in January 2010. I thought.... hey maybe I should try going gluten free. And thus started my journey. First i had to figure out what was gluten... what is it in.... how to recognize and avoid it. (i also decided to give up alcohol for lent to help me see the difference in how the food effects me without that clouding my system)
Gluten: Gluten is a special type of protein that is commonly found in rye, wheat, and barley. Therefore, it is found in most types of cereals and in many types of bread. Not all foods from the grain family, however, contain gluten. Examples of grains that do not have gluten include wild rice, corn, buckwheat, millet, amaranth, quinoa, teff, oats, soybeans, and sunflower seeds. (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-gluten.htm)
SO i have eleiminated these things from my diet.
Things i have noticed:
I can SMELL THINGS (for better or for worse)
I lost 15 lbs quickly..... hmmm interesting
I have a lot more energy
Interesting! Another thing is one day I decided.... "Hey i don't really think i have a problem with gluten." ....and decided to eat brunch at Piper's Pub. an Irish Boxy. which is a potato pancake that engulfs other stuff. I used to eat this whole thing.... when i went the one weekend after going gluten free... i got sick after 1/4 of it.
Interesting...... I will be updating you all with how this goes..... OoOoO and adding my recipes!!
Kait! Quinoa is delicious and super easy. You should eat more of it. Complete protein in one simple grain. You could eat nothing but quinoa for your diet and survive, which can't be said about very many other foods! (not that you'd want to, but just sayin)
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Nick
Super sweet! thanks Nick!!
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