Dear my fellow glutenadverse friends. Whether you’ve been diagnosed as coeliac, found yourself bloated and constipated after inhaling the entire bread basket at dinner, or you suspect that your digestive system has declared allout war with gluten. I would like to welcome each one of you to a new chapter in your relationship with food. A chapter which will see you transform from being mystified by your digestive difficulties, into a truly enlightened state of awareness. A chapter which will allow you to explore new and exciting flavours, textures and alternative ingredients, those which will nourish and compliment your body as opposed to fighting against it. But most of all, a chapter whose character journey will have both ups and downs along the path to discovering the most optimum and healthful diet you can achieve.
When I decided to go gluten-free, a good 2 years ago now, I recall being concerned about missing out on some of my favourite foods. Goodbye pasta, crusty loaves were to be a thing of the past and I definitely wasn’t prepared to talk about pastries. Perhaps you resonate with some of my initial worries? Like with any change in lifestyle and habit, a change in diet can be a cause for concern. Not surprising, when you throw into the mix the possibility of said diet positively influencing your health and wellbeing, you might even experience a societal added sense of pressure to succeed. But before we launch into a tangent, leaving ourselves positively un-motivated, through much personal trial and countless errors, I have compiled a simple go-to guide to tackling your first few challenges as a freefrom individual.