So I jumped on another bandwagon a week ago. It makes sense to me, and I'm relatively happy to follow this plan. I can see myself eating this way for a long time. One of the big things is to avoid grains. Normally this isn't that hard for me. I'm not a huge sandwich eater, and while I like the occasional piece of toast with my breakfast its too much of a hassle to get the toaster out, make the toast and then put the toaster away. So I've done pretty well avoiding most grains as of late.
On Saturday, we broke out the frozen pizza for dinner. Immediately after dinner the kids were on my nerves big time. And then my head started to hurt. And my allergies kicked up. I didn't think too much of it. Then today, after making fresh homemade butter, and whipping it to a lighter texture I was so tempted that I decided to have a piece of bread and butter. Mmmm... It was good. We buy our bread from the bountiful basket co-op and it full of all sorts of grains, no HFCS or anything unpronounceable. Its really a quality bread if you are looking for a replacement to homemade. EXCEPT... My head started to hurt, my sinuses started to feel awful, my throat started to bother me. I felt just great this morning, but less than 5 minutes after that piece of bread I felt terrible. I demanded everyone take naps including myself. I felt drained of energy.
So now, I'm very curious, if I feel this way after eating bread is it because of a grain problem? After a week of very few bread-like foods, I'm beginning to see the wisdom behind this new lifestyle. I guess we'll see how this all works out over the rest of the month.
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