I decided to challenge myself to eat gluten free for 2 weeks. I have found lately that I often feel icky, bloated, etc around dinner time or after eating. I thought I would see if this improved or not if I eliminated gluten for awhile.
I have to say, I did pretty good! The first mishap was that I failed to think about dinner at the Maroon 5 concert. Food was included but it was barely vegetarian, let alone gluten free or vegan. I had bread and cheese for dinner on day 4. I did well until a week later, when I absentmindedly ate one of those little mini pretzels. The last mishap was day 13 at a company offsite. They had a vegetarian meal for me — a gluten filled veggie burger, bun, pasta salad, garlic bread, and cake. I skipped the cake, but I must confess that I had 5 pieces of garlic bread (they were small pieces!!!)
Officially, yesterday was my last day. On two of the days I had gluten, I felt really crappy in the afternoon/early evening of the next day. Oddly, the day I had the most gluten, I felt fine the next day. What I realized is the first two days where I had gluten, I also had a LOT of cheese. I eat vegan about 75% of the time (or at least, I try to) so I wonder if it was the cheese.
Guess I know what the next dietary challenge will be!
Hmmm gluten may not be the culprit. A lot of people seem to be able to handle it just fine. Dairy on the other hand is known to be pretty hard to digest, so you may have an issue with that. I know it’s tough though – cheese is tasty stuff!
I might try dairy free when I get back from my trip… I don’t eat very much dairy anyway, at least usually.