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Fell off the Gluten Free Wagon and Then Back On

This is my journey of on and off the wagon this week. Weird roller coaster ride.

Off the Gluten Free Wagon
1, Uh oh..thought I would try a frozen pizza two Friday's ago. Simple easy. An hour later...headache. No fun. I was hoping it would not be like the ginger ale incident and have a headache for 8 hours. I went to bed hoping that when the food is out of my system, the headache will be gone too.

2. I was on the go-go-go with family.  From family in town for one day to hospital visit and multiple hospice visits. No time to stop and eat a sensible meal. I tried a hamburger and fries on different days. I ate as little of the bun as possible and did not have any "gut" reaction or headache response. I thought...good, but odd. Always keeping in mind I am trying to find the food answer to health.

On the Gluten Free Wagon
1. On another day I ate some "Gluten-Free" labeled brown rice seasoned chips. Just because I felt like it. These are labeled with everything the food movement is talking about; Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Organic, No GMO, Whole Grain and Vegan. According to all sources these chips should be the healthiest food on the planet. I didn't think twice of eating two servings because it was labeled with all the things I wanted in a chip. It does have a huge list of ingredients. The chips tasted amazing while I was eatting them. It was like a party on your tongue.



OH MY GOODNESS. My body had a crazy reaction.Tummy hurt within 10 minutes and I had bad taste in my mouth from evening through the morning. Couldn't brush it out. Couldn't floss it out. Couldn't tongue clean it off. Sooooo gross.

2. Yesterday I ate a boxed sandwich with gluten free bread. We were at an all day conference for my independent business and some lovely person who ordered the boxes thought of those GF and Vegan people. I didn't quite trust it..so I didn't eat the bread, but I did eat the potato chips. The ingredients were simple. Potatoes, vegetable oil, salt. I had no physical reaction except...YUMMY.

So my health-a-licious experiment so far is leading me to believe that I may not have a gluten sensitivity, but a spice sensitivity. Or a processed food sensitivity. There are not many spices in hamburger buns and probably only a few ingredients in creating them, but many steps in processing for pizza and spicy seasoned chips. My homemade GF pizza a few weeks ago was amazing with no physical reaction. Interesting.

I will not stop the gluten-free experiment, but may try to add in a couple of my favorite foods that over the years, I have felt are healthy. Like whole grain wheat cereal, homemade bread. Not many spices in those recipes. In fact, just yeast and salt. Leaning towards everything homemade and earth fresh.

Away.....we go.
Have a Happy Healthy Day.

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