Day 10
Curious about gluten and why the issue?
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and spelt. It acts like a gooey “glue” substance that binds foods together.
This is difficult for many people to digest and thus, many folks may find themselves sensitive or intolerant of gluten. Some folks even develop celiac disease.
The idea of “my grandma ate this way and lived until 90” doesn’t really work anymore because of how we engineer and farm our food, the lack of nutrients in our top soil, the decline in our gut health, and the decline in our immune health. Now we have the benefit of evaluating these things, studying gut health more than ever before, and moving forward to being a healthier version of you. Thankfully, Arbonne makes this easier too.
GLUTEN RESPONSES:
Official worst-case scenario and autoimmune response to gluten is Celiac Disease.
Next up, an estimated 50% of the population have gluten intolerance-- not an allergy, but gluten can still trigger a variety of negative responses in the body.
And then some people, well they just feel better not eating gluten. In fact, I’d say that EVERY single person feels better while avoiding gluten.
GLUTEN SYMPTOMS:
Some of the more obvious gluten intolerant symptoms can be having diarrhea to having bloating or rancid gas to skin breakouts. While those are more blatant symptoms, less noticeable is that the immune system can also be suppressed from the inflammation gluten triggers.
Remember your food can be fuel or poison, it can add health, or it can take it away. Furthermore, food sensitivities and allergies don’t just affect the gut, but any other system in your body too. And gluten triggers an inflammatory response in your body which creates stress in your body which creates more issues, issues we tend to accept as “our normal” when it doesn’t have to be.
Now besides the gut issues, including bloating or stomach discomfort and muffin tops, where else can gluten intolerance/sensitivity show up? Well, anywhere in the body really.
Including:
Brain fog
Acne
Depression
Anxiety
Eczema
joint pain
ADD/ADHD
weight gain
Infertility
and more…
WHAT TO DO:
The recommendation becomes leaving gluten behind for at least a solid 30 days, and seeing how you feel. And that is what we are doing on this challenge. Keeping gluten free and freeing our body to have the opportunity to heal and reset.
Now just so you know, boxed gluten free food is still processed food, and we are reaching for whole foods as often as possible!
Final note to appreciate: every single product in Arbonne-- from nutrition to skin care to cosmetics and hair care--is gluten free!