I hate hearing so many people nowadays say "Oh I'm gluten intolerant" Its as if its more a trend than a disease
I wouldn't dismiss nor linearly stereotype anything until I felt and experienced it. For a real difference.
I make no claims nor condescendence over which diet is more correct (other than my belief that yes, everyone is in one part or another - gluten intolerant). If you
do tolerate gluten well then by all means my hats of respect goes for you, and as accordingly to your own genetics and endocrine / hormonal profile.
I was born and bred as rice & nuts eating diet background (rice is technically gluten free)
but I used to then spent YEARS stuffing over gluten & corn based carbohydrate sources - cereals, white breads (including brown, & wholegrain breads), and bucketloads of WHITE semolina / durum based pasta. I’ve sold to the cliche bodybuilding idea simply eat anything big to get big. Ate lots of fruits too with all that sugar.....
My following four symptoms of experience with gluten; which I thought were normal occured to me every
single day of the year without me realising it:
1. Satisfied after each and every meal, but felt “nagging”-like feeling in the stomach. Something is "sticky" and not ‘finished’ even with all fibres and vegetable intake.
2. Several recurrent episodes of lower back pain.
3. Gassing and constant forced moments of “holding” it in public environments.
4. Mild confusion / mental fog at times upon moment/s of conversations.
….Oh - and all this happened during my early year/s of strength training and I was already well-versed with maintaining my digestion health with probiotics. I thought the above was normal but was I ever wrong...
Since adopting part of the keto diet principle, avoided all artificial sweeteners, increased my (good / natural mineral) salt intake and
went back to my root/s of gluten free carbohydrate sources - rice and potatoes during backloading period phase/s for each day -
I have almost none of the above problems other than of course - DOMS (delayed onset muscle sorenesses) and minor joint/s ailments at least once a week from training.
My quick "test" for all
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Here is a test for all it's worth whether anyone believes or aware in this or not - if anyone spent all their life eating at home whilst
sitting down - try have your usual 3 main meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) as to the point you are normally full -
but standing up from start to finish. If you feel any type of heaviness in the lower or upper back... well - you are not alone.