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Originally Posted by Frownland
It ain't like it used to be, with all the uppers you could take and cigarettes you can chain smoke to curb that pesky waistline while still being able to afford a TV dinner in your sexy new microwave.
But I still think gluten intolerance is largely bs. Sorry you feel otherwise, it's obviously affecting you more than I.
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I don't do uppers or smoke cigarettes but I do fancy my liquor ... and somehow I'm still in the same shape I was 10 years ago.
I'm really tired of
gluten intolerance being a blanket term for perfectly normal people who sometimes feel a little bloated after they gorge themselves on disgusting s
hit. The only people who are legitimately affected by gluten are those (such as myself) who have celiac disease. There are at least three other people in my lineage that are alive today who have been diagnosed with it.
My aunt was on death's doorstep when she was diagnosed. It took her less than a year to go from a healthy, proportionate woman to a 91-pound, frail, ill one. She was eating normally, but none of the food she was eating was being properly digested and she was constantly in the bathroom with an upset stomach. She would have died within the year without her diagnosis and without being able to figure out how to change her diet in order to nourish her body.
I was diagnosed about 5-7 years later. My hair was like straw, and it was falling out. I weighed 99 pounds - down from about 120 at the time (which I'd really love to feel again but not in that manner) despite eating just the same as the rest of my family. Several times a week I fainted just walking from my bedroom to the kitchen. I was so sick that I missed a lot of school, couldn't focus on anything. Everything I ate just made me sicker. I've always had digestive issues but they reached their peak severity when I was about 15.
For people with celiac, gluten is poison. Notice how I said "people with celiac".
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