We all get embroiled in certain eating habits that we know, deep down, aren’t good for us. But we all react to certain foods in specific ways. Gluten is a very good example of a modern allergy that we can suffer but not do anything about it. If you are someone who hasn’t noticed you had a gluten intolerance until recently, but you are caught in the habit of having toast for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, and pasta for dinner, it can be a hard habit to break. So, how can we overcome some form of gluten intolerance and live a healthier life?
Acknowledging The Symptoms
Generally, they vary, and can range from a mild feeling of lethargy to cold and flu-like symptoms. But the most common one is stomach bloating. You can very easily eat foods to reduce stomach bloat, but if you have other symptoms, and you suspect that gluten is the culprit, you need to start on your journey to overcoming this. We can ignore the symptoms, and justify them to be part of who we are, but when you take part in an elimination diet, where you remove gluten from your eating habits for a month, you may very well notice a big difference. But if you like gluten, and you want to have a little bit, what can you do?
Finding The Appropriate Healing Methods
An allergy to gluten is very much like other allergies we have in life, and research has shown that it’s linked to our gut-brain axis. Fixing the gut can be done through various methods and foods, like prebiotics and probiotics, and when you have an adequate amount of these in your diet, you may find that the symptoms disappear pretty quickly. But for those that are lucky in this respect, a bit more needs to be done. As well as the aforementioned elimination diet, it could very well relate to processed foods. In which case, living a healthier lifestyle is vital.
Having A Healthy Life
For some people who perceive themselves to have a gluten intolerance, it may very well be to do with eating so much processed foods. For these people, the real solution lies in avoiding processed foods and having a whole food diet. You may notice that having a little bit of bread now and again is ok, and this may very well be for the reason that you aren’t eating that highly processed stuff you can get from the supermarket.
Overcoming gluten intolerance is not a one-size-fits-all approach unfortunately, there are many subtle levels; and if you suspect yourself to have a gluten intolerance, and you’ll find that, after eliminating this from your diet, you feel so much better than that, when you reintroduce gluten back into your diet, all the old symptoms come flooding back. In which case, do you want to live your life feeling like this? This is why so many people are removing gluten from their diet, because they don’t want to go back. And if you feel that you’ve got some form of intolerance, or you feel sluggish or tired, it may very well be an intolerance, not just to gluten, but to potentially any other food!
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