The body goes through changes when people adopt a gluten-free diet. Many find their health problems melt away. But what about when they accidentally ingest gluten? Gluten Free Works wanted to find out whether folks discover their symptoms change in intensity after they have been gluten-free for awhile, so we posed the following question on our Facebook page…
Do you notice when you accidentally eat gluten that your symptoms are WORSE now that you have been gluten-free for awhile? Or, are they not as bad??
What about you? Are YOUR symptoms worse when you ingest gluten now that you have been gluten-free? Why?
Leave your comments below!
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Author Information: John Libonati, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher, Glutenfreeworks.com.
Editor & Publisher, Recognizing Celiac Disease.
John can be reached by e-mail here.
Tags: Celiac disease, facebook, Gluten free, Symptoms
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Before going gluten free, I had severe headaches, neck and back pain. All that is gone!!!! BUT, now, when I cheat, I get MAJOR bathroom issues!!!!! Is that “normal”?
I am so glad I found this site. I have been gluten free for almost two months. It is the best thing I have ever done. I have had bits here and there of wheat, but almost none. Last night, however, my daughter made a loaf of banana bread. Dad, of course, is obligated to eat some; not one, not two, but three slices. Well, last night I fell asleep quick, but woke up about an hour later with anxiety, rapid heart beat, and honestly, feeling like trip to the ER might be in order. It was as if every system was out of whack. I went to sleep and had very weird dreams and when I woke, could still feel many of the same effects, but less severe. I flooded my system with water, went for a long walk, and fasted most of the day. It almost 4:00pm and I do feel almost 100%; not quite, but close. I started searching the web to see if there was a connection between the eating of the bread and my symptoms. I am so glad I found this site as I got my answer. Honestly, I am shocked at the effects it had on my body. And to think my body was so use to gluten that about my only symptoms prior to going gluten free was upset stomach and bloating feeling.
I have just recently been GF and noticing that I feel so much better and that I do not hurt, it is an amazing new journey.. but today I accidently ate a few meatballs with my brown rice pasta not even looking at the meatball bag and within an hour felt bloated, gassy and sick to my stomach with strange bowel movement. I could not figure out what it was that I could of eaten then I realized I ate the meatballs, not “my” meatballs but kirkland’s and read ingredients, wheat flour, enriched white bread crumbs. etc, NEVER AGAIN!!
I’ve been gf since the beginning of summer and yes, I just don’t feel as happy and healthy if I eat gluten.
Christie made the most insightful comment, regarding our immune systems. When we with celiac exclude gluten, our immune systems gather strength, become hypervigilant, and can be much more destructive. Additional organs and body systems can become targets of your immune system, if you ingest gluten after being gluten-free for a time. As celiac chef Sueson Vess answered the question by someone newly diagnosed, “Do people on this diet cheat?”, “If you cheat after being completely gluten-free for 6 months or more, you will know why we don’t.”
I read the book, Dangerous Grains and am now putting together my puzzle pieces. Three times now when a restaurant did me wrong, I got bloating within 30 mins., then over next 2 days got sacral ileitus, and mouth sores. The last time this happened my head did not feel normal.
I was asymptomatic before going GF but if I eat wheat now I certainly notice symptoms – both minor issues I just always ‘lived’ with as well as actual acute symptoms. Cross contamination doesn’t seem to overtly bother me but I still try to minimize it do to any unseen consequences.
I have Celiac. My worst symptoms were when my villi were damaged. I was glutened for the first time in a year or so last month. Had very mild symptoms that resolved in two-three days. I didn’t like it and won’t be eating at restaurants again for a long time.