Gluten Elimination Diet

If you suspect you may be intolerant to gluten there are two steps to take to know for sure.

• Completely avoid all foods containing gluten for a limited period of time
• Challenge yourself by eating a small amount of gluten and observing your body’s reaction.

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The first stage is avoiding all gluten.

~ stop eating all foods that contain:

Wheat, Rye, Barley and Oats.

You have to ask the cook or read the labels on all foods products unless you are certain. Many people suffer from allergies to gluten in New Zealand and other countries and it is a legal requirement for manufacturers to state if the food product contains gluten.

You may be amazed at how many manufactured foods contain gluten in one form or another. The good news is that there are many gluten free alternative products on the market, including breads, pastas, cakes and snacks. Most of these are made with grains like soy, corn and rice, all of which you can eat.

The second stage is challenging your body with a gluten containing food.  The usual time period to eat a diet completely free of gluten before doing the challenge is 7-10 days. The typical amount of gluten to challenge with equates to 2 slices of bread or a small bowl of pasta.

If you have an intolernace to gluten then what may happen during the gluten-free stage is that some health symptoms improve or you simply feel significantly better. Then when you eat some gluten there is an obvious negative reaction that happens within 30 minutes to as much as 48 hours after you eat.

The main point is that the results should be clear cut, ignore any mild drops in energy etc as down to the power of suggestion, you are looking and listening to your body for a certain physical response to show you that gluten really is a problem. This reaction will usually be stronger than your usual level of intolerance because the week or 10 days that you avoided the gluten makes your immune system hypersensitive to it

If you do have sensitivity to gluten, there are a few points to bring to your attention.