I recently discovered that I may not have an issue with gluten at all. What I thought were issues with gluten may have been issues from the wheat allergy all along. I’m thankful that I may no longer have to… Continue Reading…

Last week, I decided to leave almost all of my support groups or at least to stop visiting them. I had determined that they were just not meeting my needs and were becoming more and more unhelpful. It’s been a… Continue Reading…

These were ingredients that were once reactive. I’ve recently tried foods and drinks with these ingredients and have noticed no ill effects from them. I’m very happy that these can now be a part of my diet again, even if… Continue Reading…

My first day gluten-free was on September 11, 2012. I recall the actual day itself being pretty uneventful. That night and the days following, I began to notice such a huge difference in how I felt that I knew gluten,… Continue Reading…

Just when I thought my list of reactive foods couldn’t get any weirder, I recently discovered I was reacting to acesulfame potassium, an artificial sweetener used in many food items, particularly diet beverages.

I was just fine on my thyroid medication for many years. However, first going gluten-free and then modifying my diet to have a better copper-zinc balance have caused quite a few struggles. So many symptoms and changes have made it… Continue Reading…

When I was trying to figure out how vinegar was making me react over two years ago, I did a lot of reading and research online about the gluten content of vinegar and whether or not it was gluten-free. All… Continue Reading…

In one of my support groups, one of the members posted that she had symptoms after eating gluten-free flour tortillas. In response, I suggested that she consider xanthan gum if the tortillas contained it since it can be wheat-based. I… Continue Reading…

When I initially began researching wheat allergy, I knew that there was an association between allergy to grass pollens and positive IgE testing to the wheat protein. I had read that low positive results on the wheat food IgE tests… Continue Reading…

I discovered last weekend that I don’t react to vinegar!  I cut vinegar out of my diet almost two years ago when I began to notice symptoms after ingesting food items that contained vinegar.  Recently, I really began to question… Continue Reading…