Who quit eating gluten and did it help?

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I've read several post where people quit eating gluten and they claim it really helped. I'm not allergic to gluten and have had the test done twice with each result Stating I was fine but I think I

Seeing a coorolation between an increase with my anxiety and when I eat gluten.

 

If anyone has stopped eating gluten I'd love to hear the results. Did you stop because you were allergic or did you stop just as a way to try and heal?  As I look back to the day I quit I was completely gluten free...well as best I could and I don't remember my anxiety being this bad. As a matter of fact my anxiety had progressively gotten worse the Past few months because I started eating bread. Tell me your story.

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Yeast raised bread most definitely causes me a lot of extreme anxiety. But for some reason pasta isn't quite as bad.

 

My doc ran a genetics test for celiac and found that I'm predisposed, so I've cut out gluten entirely. It's not easy to do, there's gluten in everything.

 

Some say that if gluten has wrecked your gut that it can take 6 months or more to fully heal.

 

May want to cut out casein at the same time. That's really hard to do when you're an ice cream lover like me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am a endoscope biopsy diagnosed celiac and cut out all gluten about 6 years ago.  To be completely honest, I can't tell any difference at all.  I only avoid gluten because of fear of stomach cancer that runs in my big extended family, many of whom are celiacs.

 

I still have major GI inflammation that started when I was 3/4ths through my taper.  I'd say you have enough on your plate without omitting gluten if you don't have to.  Its very difficult in the beginning because, as smoke says, gluten is in everything, even some canned tuna.

 

If you are concerned, please do get tested as it's nothing to mess with.  But embarking on a gluten free diet is daunting and, in my opinion, requires a life long commitment.

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In my case I stopped eating wheat - sort of as an experiment - and it really helped stop my intense food cravings that I've been having during the withdrawal... I actually just cut out all wheat, not necessarily all gluten which may be in other things in small quantities (I'm not allergic to gluten).  The reason I did this is because I read the book "wheat belly" and was really surprised by some of the things in modern wheat that act like psychoactive chemicals in the mind - in addition to the excessive gluten that is in modern hybridized wheat that was not in ancient wheat.  Sounded a bit crazy to me at first, but seriously - look up the book on amazon.  You can read a lot of the book for free on there.  And, there are many interesting critiques online that covers different sides of the issue as well.  Cutting out wheat didn't make my withdrawal dramatically easier or anything, but it did curb the need to constantly eat. 

 

Here's a good summary and critique of the book:

http://blog.cholesterol-and-health.com/2011/10/wheat-belly-toll-of-hubris-on-human.html

 

The caution about going gluten free is that you might substitute things with tapioca flour, potato starch, etc... in foods like cereal bars, cookies, and anything else in the Gluten free aisle at Whole foods...  The problem with these foods is that they have even higher glycemic index than wheat gluten itself.  So, it might not contain gluten, but it might be worse for blood sugar than wheat.  It won't affect celiacs but it'll raise blood sugar sharply.

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I don't have full blown Celiac, but I'm gluten intolerant.  When I had more food choices I cut out gluten for a while, and it did help.  I was less anxious and my head was clearer.  I now have to eat bread because it is one of the few things that doesn't cause a b/w type of food reaction.