Teppy, how long were you on the gluten free diet before you started to notice a difference with your IBS?
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sj - Jun 13, 2012 8:26:28 am PDT #15183 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2012 8:29:54 am PDT #15184 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Teppy, how long were you on the gluten free diet before you started to notice a difference with your IBS?
A few weeks, maybe? The GI symptoms went away pretty quickly, as long as I didn't decide a slice of pizza and birthday cake were a good idea. Gluten gets me in the gut every time.
sj - Jun 13, 2012 8:33:19 am PDT #15185 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
A few weeks, maybe? The GI symptoms went away pretty quickly, as long as I didn't decide a slice of pizza and birthday cake were a good idea. Gluten gets me in the gut every time.
Thanks. I've been considering trying it to see if it would help, but I wasn't sure how quickly I could expect results.
WindSparrow - Jun 13, 2012 9:09:39 am PDT #15186 of 30001
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JenP - Jun 13, 2012 9:12:18 am PDT #15187 of 30001
Thanks so much, Steph, that's perfect. I figure there are a bajillion and one resources, so I appreciate your sharing what you've found useful.
WindSparrow - Jun 13, 2012 9:13:18 am PDT #15188 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Also I might establish my girl-geek cred. by mentioning that I knew about the X-Men before the movies came out, and Doctor Who before Eccleston. So if you have some particularly juicy things that you feel make you a more attractive girl geek, feel free to add them.
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JenP - Jun 13, 2012 9:17:24 am PDT #15189 of 30001
Oh, and thanks for the Paleo rec, too. You'd think I'd have thought of that after recent discussion in Natter, but... I did not.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2012 9:27:00 am PDT #15190 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, and thanks for the Paleo rec, too. You'd think I'd have thought of that after recent discussion in Natter, but... I did not.
Paleo is useful for GF people, but if the GF people don't need or want to give up all grains, it's kind of limiting. But you can be sure the recipes don't have gluten in them, so there's that.
I see a lot of GF bloggers moving towards only grain-free baking with almond and/or coconut flour, which is nifty from a "vast sea of ingredients" perspective, but annoying from a "holy crap, almond flour is expensive!" perspective.
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2012 9:41:54 am PDT #15191 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm oddly jealous of gluten-allergic people. In a totally unrealistic way, of course (munches on breakfast toast). Just, for a while there, I hoped it was to blame for some of my health issues. It would have been really hard for me to stick to, but at least it would have been a diagnosis. But the GF period didn't really make much difference to my symptoms.
Ginger - Jun 13, 2012 9:56:34 am PDT #15192 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm so sorry, Karl. I know it's hard, but I would rather go the she did than to have make those decisions or have my family deal with them.