Gluten free?

[Clara9]

If you've tried gluten free for a month and haven't seen any benefits would it still make sense to continue our c can you quit add it hasn't helped you? Have than but within limits tpoab.

[Lalatoot]

To try gluten free you must be strictly gluten free. There can be no half measures. A month is not long. To give it a fair chance would be 3 or 4 months. Everybody is different and for some the benefits only appear long term.

[Clara9 in reply to Lalatoot]

I've been strictly gluten free. So maybe I should give it another month then.

[MaisieGray]

It's said that the effects of gluten on the body can be felt for up to six months, so a month, or even two, wouldn't really be sufficient for you to experience and benefit from being gluten-free.

[Tikaneko]

I have been GF now for about 18 months and yes I feel the benefits of it. I did it because I read that Gluten affects thyroid meds and I had just been diagnosed with arthritis and going GF was recommended as part of an anti inflammatory diet. So two birds as they say.

[Clara9 in reply to Tikaneko]

How soon did you feel benefits?

[Tikaneko in reply to Clara9]

Not for a while, at least 3 months then I just got better and better. Now I have a clear head, I feel my meds are doing their job.

[Cooper27]

The only way to know if you properly react to gluten is to try a little bit and see what happens. You may not feel the benefits of cutting it out yet, but you'll know if it makes you ill after a month without.

I'd try a small amount (like a Ritz cracker sized amount) and give it 3 days to see if you have any reactions. If you don't, then you can still consider keeping it out for longer, but at least this way you'll know if you're intolerant.

[Babette]

+1 for introducing a bit of gluten and seeing how you get on.

After 3 weeks of going gluten-free, missing bread, feeling really, really hungry, and not feeling any benefits (apart from less gas), I ate a home meade pizza and was ill that night and felt "hungover" for the next 3 days. I think I'd become used to feeling sluggish and it was taking my body a while to recover. I've been gluten-free for a few years now and feel ill every time I'm "glutened".

[shaws Administrator]

I was strictly gluten-free for one year but had no benefits at all, so stopped doing gluten-free just recently.