Hi John,
If your symptoms are severe enough and you really notice a difference when you stop eating bread, over time you will probably learn to avoid it always, that’s what happened to me, first with wheat, and now with gluten.
]]>Wow, I just read this and wish I had found it earlier. My doctor pretty much acted like he didn’t have a clue about the problems I was having and told me to write down what foods affected me the most. I realized that bread was what was causing me the most frequent problems. I started looking into gluten free foods and still had problems eating them. I thought maybe it was yeast and looked for yeast free foods and still had problems. I try now to avoid bread, but sometimes I just can’t help and eat bread and then I pay for it. I think this post has convinced me to try going bread free for a while. Thanks.
]]>Thanks for your story Christine.
I’m sure others will find it very inspiring and motivating.
To me, the lesson is: give up something that seems big (bread) and you will find out that it is 1) small, and 2) holding you back in a big way.
Drop the bread and move ahead!
To your health!
Doug
]]>I am at a point where I feel i am finally understanding my body. I have never been tested for my allergies. I believed i had simple allergies like everyone else and popped a benadryl or whatever when my head felt the size of a building. I realized however i have many a food allergy or better yet intolerance. I realized i was thin as a twig my whole life and was told by a gastroenterologist that i had not a full blown lactose intolerance but a fat intolerance. I always felt bloated after milk, and was ridding myself of important nutrients running to the bathroom. I had numerous female problems and recurrent yeast infections. Why no gyno ever mentioned that it might be a symptom of a yeast allergy i do not know. I went on a bread fast one week and realized i did not need coffee in the morning to feel alert. I felt more awake and less tired. I was eating bread for all three meals! No matter how much i exercised or ate well, (bread was never left out of course), i never felt energized. Now i take b supplements and eat crackers (yeast-free) instead of bread, exercise and in 3 months no female prob.’s, yeast infections, and my energy is increasing. I also am unable to drink whole milk and eat ice cream but I can drink organic 2%. I am heavier than ever. Now to survive when the weather changes……ugh Christine
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