Living the gluten-free life has brought about many painful adjustments over the years and has also made me realize a few things. I’m generally an impatient person with a very short fuse who hates waste. This kind of personality is… Continue Reading…
March 3, 2016
I’m not on a diet. I’m not a gluten-free fad dieter. I’m not on any kind of special diet like the Paleo Diet or the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I don’t cut out whole groups of foods just because I think… Continue Reading…
February 21, 2016
My wheat allergy blood test was a Class I result, which means it was a low positive. My doctor had the following to say about my result. “Wheat testing at level that is unlikely to be clinically significant. More likely… Continue Reading…
February 3, 2016
A bully forces you into playing a game of Uncle. The bully grabs your arm and begins to twist. You resist and hold on for as long as you can, but you finally have enough and shout “Uncle!” However, the… Continue Reading…
January 23, 2016
This week has been tough, and I’ve been dealing with a lot of negative feelings. I’ve decided to use this blog post to vent and get those feelings out in the open. Perhaps you have thought and felt many of… Continue Reading…
January 17, 2016
Another complicating factor in my gluten-free life is dealing with multiple food reactions. The additional foods I’ve had to eliminate are flaxseed, guar gum, and vinegar. My hope is that one day I can permanently reintroduce these foods back into… Continue Reading…
January 14, 2016
I can really identify with the lyrics in Twenty One Pilots’ song “Stressed Out”. It seems to deal with how life changes from one phase to the next, and the changes aren’t exactly what you want or expect. While the… Continue Reading…
December 22, 2015
I’m sure all of us who are gluten-free wish for certain things that would help make our lives better and easier. I decided to put together a gluten-free Christmas wish list with some of the things I wish we had… Continue Reading…
December 15, 2015
I hear about celebrities and others going gluten-free, and they tout it as a miracle. They’ve lost weight. They have a lot more energy. They feel better and more healthy in general. They may even have issues that have improved… Continue Reading…
December 8, 2015
I feel like a crazy person at times. I get paranoid when my food or something that might come into contact with it, like my hand or a utensil, grazes a surface or an object that I know hasn’t been… Continue Reading…