Ha, if anyone knows me they know I am a MAJOR pizza and pasta lover. BUT, as of lately that isn't the case... I have been reading up on the "gluten free" epidemic. And yes, it is an epidemic. One that genuinely irritates me to the core when I see people going "gluten free" because I want to be healthy, but still stuffing their face with a fat potato or even some damn good Tillamook cheese.
People that have heard; read; seen celiac/gluten intolerance are taking it in as an entire diet. People that want to get ahead of obesity are cutting things out. And I get it. It's good to cut the carbs from your diet. BUT. Did you know that if you were actually to talk to a doctor, nutritionist, or even GOOGLE it...you would probably only be told it's good if you have Celiac to cut out gluten entirely? Do you know what Celiac is? What it does?
I am using Wikipedia University, so bare with me...but it sums it up in the best, but it's the most blunt way for my readers to understand. If you follow Wikipedia's link to--Coeliac disease, you will get a very different view on what gluten may do to one's body.
Did you know your loved ones, from this disease can end up with colon cancer? Stomach ulcers? IBS? Colitis?
I don't want to be the ass that is saying you are going gluten free and don't even experience diddly shit with what it actually does...I just want to be the ass that's factual and lets you know PERSONALLY what this intolerance and disease may cause.
I was first introduced to "gluten free" when I was in 4th or 5th grade. My mom was officially diagnosed with Celiac after extremely difficult years trying to figure out what was knocking her down. I remember, once she was diagnosed, she couldn't eat my birthday cake or traditional birthday pizza, she had dreams about delicious treats--and I couldn't do a damn thing to help her But, I had to remind myself where she was WHEN she was consuming these products that were poison to her body. I remember her being extremely sick (still experience this) if ONE little particle of gluten gets into her system. It isn't a fad for everyone. It's an actual way to stay alive. The same way people who are allergic to bees carry an epi pen, we have to avoid gluten.
I never thought I would have to experience this tragic thing. No more pizza after a drunken night of Coug Football? No more taking whiskey shots at the bar? And dam, I can't even have a regular cheesecake at my own wedding????
Remember those nights drinking in college? Waking up the next morning with an extreme hangover? Headache, nausea, etc? Or when you are sick with the flu...migraines, bone aches, can hardly function on 14 hours of sleep?? Guess what a gluten intolerance can do to you? Same shit, different story. And guess what going gluten free, if you aren't diagnosed can do for ya? Make you damn sick. It is all in moderation.
And IF you are reading this, you know I am so blunt, to the point where I say things I shouldn't. But guess what? I am writing this because I am annoyed and concerned. I am writing this because, tonight I am wide awake--puking my guts out, with a rash that makes me look like I rolled in poison ivy for 6 hours straight and a headache that won't go away. All because I took a SINGLE shot of whiskey and ate a cheeseburger on a bun (I have no self discipline). I wanted to test it, I am still in disbelief. But here I am, sick, overwhelmed and already running on two hours of sleep since this happened TWO days ago.
Don't stop your little body from eating gluten, unless serious things arise. Don't stop living because you want to be healthy. There are MANY other ways to go about the healthy. I am telling you from research, experience, and just plain annoyance...you're doing more harm than good.
Love you lovas.
K. Huck (I know, no more Lemanski. But Huck is WAY cuter and WAY happier. ;) )
