It strikes me that many people are coming to the understanding that gluten isn’t all that good for us mere mortal humans. I’ve been of this thought for a little while. My mother is coeliac which means gluten is a complete no-no. So, I’ve been monitoring myself when I eat gluten-containing foods. I have found that if I ever get a crook tummy or a bit of wind (well, more than normal) it’s after I’ve eaten bread or pasta or pizza…you get the idea. Now, I don’t eat these foods very often (although I really like to) but my ad hoc investigation seems to validate the ideas of Robb Wolf and other.

So, here’s the challenge:

One week of not eating anything that contains gluten. That should be simple enough.

If you’re up for it, the bigger challenge is to go one month without gluten.

I expect that anyone who takes up this challenge will be feeling a whole lot better about themselves very soon.

Someone very near and dear to me is living with Coeliac Disease which Wikipedia describes as:

“an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine that occurs in genetically predisposed people of all ages from middle infancy. Symptoms include chronic diarrhoea, failure to thrive (in children), and fatigue.”

It isn’t a nice disease to live with and requires a restrictive diet for effective treatment. Now, I don’t have Coeliac Disease so will not get up upon my soapbox to disburse sage advice. What I will say is this: all diets are restrictive! And they should be, it is only by removing those inclusions that cause illness or other unwanted effects that any diet can work.

The Coeliac must be careful to ensure that they do not digest any gluten in their diet. I know a perfect diet for these people – The Paleo Diet. No gluten to be found anywhere!

And before anyone comments that I am prescribing a difficult diet to follow, I’d like you to know that I follow it myself and with great results.