04/06/2020
First, it is the weekend..time to relax, enjoy and spend good quality times around the people we love and doing things that we value.
Second, I started a gluten free diet 3 days back and I will do this experience for continuous 3 weeks time. After that I am so excited to share with you how it feels, advantages - disadvantages and my whole thoughts about it.
So, what is Gluten?
Gluten is a type of protein found in few grains : Wheat / Barley & Rye, and it means Glue in latin, used to keep bread, pastas, cookies..etc from falling apart (works like a glue)
What is the problem with Gluten?
Many people may have gluten sensitivity without even knowing that they have it, more dangerous than that if you have a disease called Celiac disease and gluten is part of your diet, gluten may damage your intestinal lining and gluten start to pass through the lining to your blood stream, then the immune system start fighting this outsider body as it thinks it could harm the body.
What happens when your immune system fights gluten?
Inflammatory markers increase which can cause the development of many diseases like:
*Arthritis
*Eczema
*Anemia
*Malabsorption
*Anxiety/Depression/Mood disorders
*Fatigue & Brain fog
Where is Gluten Hidden?
Bread / Cakes / Pasta / cookies / Gum / Muffins / Cereals and so many.
How to protect yourself?
The number one rule, choose the unprocessed food , and go for food with gluten free (GF)labels.
I know it is not easy to take gluten out of your diet, bread is used widely in our diet, that is why I decided to try it myself first to know how it feel and how to alternate bread before recommending it to my clients.
Stay tuned in few weeks for the results of my experience!