Ah, I'm not here. Long story short, the setback I had turned out to *not* be minor, then other things came up, then next thing I know I went gluten-free and decided I could only do one major "thing" at a time so made the decision to keep eating sugar.
And now, only one week gluten-free, I'm having such wonderful results, I'm really thinking gluten was my problem all along. In looking back over the past few years, every time I tried to go sugar free I cut down my bread consumption too and maybe that's the reason I always felt good. Like when I did South Beach Diet and felt *great* the first few weeks and then when you start phase 2 (where you still cut sugar but add in healthy grains) I didn't feel as good and eventually stopped
. I always thought I overate bread because of sugar but now I'm wondering if it was the other way around. Oh, and the little clue that I never got sugar highs, just got sugar crashes within an hour after eating sugar? Because my sugar of choice is almost always laced with gluten and maybe it was that affecting me. I haven't binged this week but have eaten plenty of treats with no crashes so that's a big clue for me.
Sugar is related to grains though, and there are also links between gluten intolerance and diabetes plus even more problems my family has (I don't know if there's an alcoholism link yet), so I haven't ruled out that I might have a problem with both. For now I'm concentrating on gluten though. I've read it takes 6-8 weeks to completely clear it so after 2 months off the gluten if I still think I need to I'll try cutting sugar again.
Anyway, good luck to everyone! I hope you do well and find the health you are looking for
