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breaking bread, gluten-free style

When I first learned that my body wanted to be a gluten-free zone, I threw myself into the life-style. I bought a lot of “gluten-free” items, only to take a step back, look at the items (and the long list of ingredients) only to decide that those products probably wouldn’t be much better for my body than gluten itself.

Today, while rearranging the kitchen cupboards, I found a bag of Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free bread mix (which you can buy here or at your neighborhood grocery store). I was a a little skeptical (I was a bread-making aficionado before I went away to college), but ultimately decided that I might as well try it– after all, if it was awful, I’m sure I could have turned it into a rocking bread pudding.

Here’s the scoop.

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My Gluten-Free Life

Since the turn of the new-year, I’ve been forcibly pursuing a gluten-free lifestyle. This was recommended to me by my PCP and I’ve been running with it.

This has been a big challenge. I’m a huge foodie. I love to try new restaurants, I love to eat bread, I love experiencing the song and soul of a place when I visit.

It’s more than just bread. Gluten is found in soy sauce (no Chinese), some rice (people add wheat), pretty much every boxed food or canned soup ever created, and the list goes on and on.

However, I’m not crushed by this decision. Since cutting out gluten, I’ve lost weight, I bruise less-easily, I have had less headaches, less GI-issues, less sickness. It has been a relief to finally have a”bad-guy” that I can point at and blame so I don’t feel as crazy.

I’m hoping to add some recipes to the blog as I continue through this lifestyle.

Are you gluten-free? How did you transition? Have you found any great brands or recipes? I’d love to hear about your experience!