I am, by no means, a wheat, gluten, or grain expert. I didn’t write Wheat Belly and I didn’t write Grain Brain. Hell, I didn’t even read either book yet. From what I’ve read on various medical, health, and alternative health websites in the past few weeks, the mental and physical challenges from wheat and grains are real. They are real for me. Maybe I’ve made them up…to be real in my brain…because I need them to be real.
I don’t care. I’ll try it. I’ll try an elimination diet to see if I’m a non-celiac gluten sensitivity sufferer!! In the name of science!! I’m skeptical, as always, but I’ll try it. I’ll try anything to feel a little more even keel…a little less roller coaster of emotions and energy levels.
I think the hardest part to digest (hahahaha, get it?? hahaa) in all this wheat/grain business is all the previous years of my life. What if this really is the answer and the cure to my emotional instability and increasing forgetfulness? It’s hard to think about all the struggles as a kid and teenager with anxiety and sadness. It’s hard to comprehend that it could all have been solved had I been eating less whole wheat. I mean, my mom worked at a natural bakery. We ate so much bread. So much good bread too…which it seems is a little worse in this whole grain game. It’s a confusing thing.
I started on this whole research expedition because I had stanky farts for about a month. All the other symptoms were there, I just connected the dots. I’ve just resorted to the fact that I will always have those bumps on my arms…keratosis pilaris. I’ve been struggling with the brain fog and lethargy for quite some time. I’d researched about sugar, hormonal imbalances, candida overgrowth, adrenal fatigue before. I’d made a significant effort to eliminate processed foods and sugar completely. I was completely addicted. Still am! I cut out sugar for a long time to no avail. Still addicted. You better believe I had those Reese’s peanut butter cups after my wholesome dinner of zucchini and lentils tonight!!
How would my life’s path have been different had I eaten a completely different diet from childhood? It’s a little too mind blowing to comprehend for me at this time. Onward and forward. I like vegetables and I like fruit. No biggie, right?
Yeah, until there are bowls and bags of trick or treat candy haunting me from the kitchen!! The Horror!!!
The Brain of Kate 