Joan provides a lesson in wheat/grain withdrawal

Joan reminds us of an extremely important aspect of our wheat- and grain-free lifestyle: the need to correct common distortions of bowel flora. Wheat and grains are known to disrupt gastrointestinal health causing, for instance, impaired gallbladder release of bile, impaired pancreatic release of digestive enzymes, damage to stomach parietal cells that produce acid, exert direct toxic effects via gliadin-derived peptides, wheat germ agglutinin, and others. Combine grain consumption with exposure to such things as intermittent antibiotic use, antibiotic residues in meats, sweeteners such as aspartame, perhaps chlorinated drinking water, and many others, candida and other undesirable species multiply and create an entire collection of health problems of their own, called dysbiosis or, if ascending up the small intestine, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Joan clearly starts her Wheat Belly transformation with such a bowel health disruption underway: “These are my comparison photos after six months grain-free. “The first two months in January-February were the hardest. When eliminating grains and sugar, I did not instantly feel fantastic like many others report. Instead, I felt miserable. Luckily for me, I realized I was experiencing candida die-off (nausea, fatigue, brain fog, aches, and insomnia). Once I got through it, I slowly lost some weight (15 pounds to date), and slowly my energy increased. “People should understand that weight loss and improve...
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