I recently made a decision to try gluten free food to see if it made me feel any better. I am a sufferer of migraines and constant tummy upsets, and after trying different things over the years, it was time to give this a go.
Now I was pretty excited to do something different, it gets you out of the hum drum of life. I didn't find it difficult as it is a lot of healthy eating which I already did but I had to change a lot of dressings and sauces as a lot of these have gluten in them. After looking around at different shops, I was quite surprised to see the number of things I could get. Yes it is a little more expensive but i found myself getting interested in food all over again. I was planning in advance what I would eat and made sure I had plenty of left overs to take to work the next day for lunch. This helps out a lot. There are so many great foods you can still have such as rice, potatoes and bread (gluten free of course). I have a new love which is quinoa. So yummy to have mixed through your salad or to have on its own with some roasted sweet potaoe and pumpkin..
I have now been gluten free for just over a month and I have to say I love it. I found that it wasn't helping my stomach problems at first, but I am now feeling a lot better. I will continue monitoring myself to see if it comes back again. One major highlight for me is that I'm not fighting my headaches as much as i used to. In between my migraines I would get bad headaches nearly every day. This has pretty much stopped but am still getting my migraines ( I wasn't expecting it to get rid of them).
I will continue along with my gluten free life as it has made me feel a lot better and given me more energy and will post recipes that I find along the way which are simple yet yummy. Most of the recipes I find are American which is a bit annoying with measurements and names different to Australian.
