Recoverie wrote:
Thanks for your input. How long did your friend go gluten free before her symptoms improved?
I've been vegan since 1995. It never was a problem until a year and a half ago. It's become substantially worse since January of this year, even causing me to miss work and workouts every month (a week and a half each time).
Everyone's different.
In 2009 a friend suggested that my "IBS" symptoms might mean I was gluten intolerant.
Having nothing to lose, I decided to cut out all gluten and see what happened.
(For anyone considering this I emphasize the importance of reading labels and understanding what contains gluten - like wheat, flour, soy sauce, etc. If you don't read EVERY label, you could very well miss something with gluten in it, find your symptoms don't improve, and give up - just because you didn't read a label.)
Anyway, long story short, within just
1 week, I could feel a *significant* improvement in my digestive system.