Welcome

Hello y'all! Welcome to my blog. I hope this blog is of some use to you. I have recently (since Jan 1) started a gluten free diet to try and help with some digestive issues I've been having. I happened upon this diet purely by accident. My doctor didn't have any answers to my problems and I was getting more and more frustrated with always feeling bad. Then I heard that my sister-in-law was just diagnosed with gluten intolerance. I jumped online to see how I could help her. (It was around Christmas time so I thought I'd get her a gluten free cookbook because she loves to bake.) Before looking for the cookbook, I googled "Gluten Intolerance" because I wanted to know what that meant exactly. During my research I was surprised to see that the things I had been experiencing were symptoms of gluten intolerance. I immediately decided I would start a gluten free diet, after the holidays of course, and see if my symptoms went away.

I have been on, what I call, a gluten 'lite' diet for a week now. I say lite because I have been mostly gluten free but have been eating some gluten to use up already opened boxes of things or the last of my Christmas candy. Even though it takes around 4 months to get the full affect, I feel so much better already. I can't wait to see how I feel after a few months.

I mainly wanted to start this blog because I was forgetting which brands of gluten free produces I liked and which I didn't. Instead of just writing it down I thought I'd post it so if someone else was wondering about a product they could read this and decide if they wanted to try the product or not. No company is paying me. I'm not selling their items. I'm just trying to help others, and myself, decide which brands taste the best. And let me tell you, gluten free foods defiantly have a different taste. I read on someone's blog that it takes a few weeks for your taste buds to change and your body to stop craving wheat so easing your way into GF diet is a good idea.

If I talk about a product that you have tried, please post your comments about it and whether or not you liked it, even if you don't agree with me. Everyone's taste buds are different so I may like something you don't or vis versa.

As you can tell by the second half of my blog title (yes I know it doesn't flow well), I am also starting to juice. My new juicer will arrive tomorrow so I will start posting soon after. Again, I didn't want to forget my recipes or things I liked or didn't like so I'll be posting here. Feel free to comment or post your own recipes.

Thank you for joining me on this new journey!