A Gluten-free Diet

We have bought the water equipment. Not surprisingly, the taste of the treated water is much better. Both Hubby and I take our home water to work as workplace is where we drink most water in a day.

Another step we have taken towards healthier living is the adoption of a gluten-free diet. A gluten-free diet is basically an intestine-friendly diet. We have all learnt at school how food is digested and the importance of intestinal lining which prevents toxins as well as absorbing nutrients. The problem with gluten inclusive food is that, they contain ‘sticky protein’ that is artificially encumbered within our bodies to the extent that we begin to ‘gum up’. In simple terms, gluten is a glue. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that if we consume a lot of gluten inclusive food it’ll add burden to our intestine wall to the extent that the intestine wall can no longer effectively absorb nutrients or repel toxins. A lot of common disorder imbalance including anaemia, asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, boils, skin disease, fatigue, flu, menstrual problems, obesity etc can be attributed to gluten although it may not be the only cause.

Unfortunately most of our daily food contain gluten, to name a few: wheat, grains, sandwiches, breakfast cereals, pizzas, pastries, buns, spaghetti, noodles, biscuits, cakes, muffins, muesli bars, crumbed schnitzels, sausages, pie…. Gluten is everywhere!

We are what we eat. Yet under this modern day lifestyle our bodies are unnecessarily exposed to abuse in all sorts of ways including eating whatever is tasty. Good health relies on sensible eating instead of buying into whatever product marketing presents to us. It’s time to take charge of our own lives by eating healthy and living healthy.

It’s not going to be easy in day-to-day life to adopt a gluten-free diet, at least initially. For example, my local super market doesn’t sell gluten-free bread. For certain items we have to look up the Internet to find where the suppliers are. And then we have to learn to read labels. But who can say that this is too much bothering? If we bother to live, we must bother to look after ourselves!