I guess I am pretty excited about all the changes my body has been going through since I started my Gluten Free diet 2 1/2 weeks ago that I can't stop talking about it. Well the next thing I noticed and it became more apparent this week is that the "brain fog" is lifting. It's not like I was going around with my mind all muddled all the time,but just a kinda vague foggy feeling. And truth be told I guess I didn't realize how much I had it until I have started to feel it "lift".
When you feel crappy and your body is out of sorts it takes a toll on your emotional outlook. Basically I think you get mildly depressed. I was finding I was overly sensitive to stuff. Things people said ,or didn't say, would bother me.(yes you can get upset when you "feel "your being neglected ) Things I usually could let roll off my back would just piss me off.
Plus I just felt "out of it" . Concentration not terrible but definantly compromised.
Well this week I have felt like a big ol weight has lifted from my mind. Like the sun burning off the early morning fog. My energy level keeps going up and so does my mood.
All this from a diet change...blows my mind. How powerful it is. I always knew how important eating right was . And I DID eat right. Seriously I have taken supplements and eat in mostly a healthy diet for years.Anyone that knows me knows this.I exercise,I do yoga ect. I ate raw for 6 weeks once and went from there to a vegan diet for 6 years. I only left that when I just was not feeling well and noticed I needed some meat protein.
So now finding how Gluten sensitive I apparently am and how it had slowly been eroding my health has been nothing short of a revalation to me.
I really feel this change is going to be something that is going to affect my life in more than just feeling better way. I'm not sure how ,but I can feel my advocacy side kicking up.....
So true- I think a great amount of my depression was diet related. I've been better in the last 4 years than before. I def have mild depression anyway but I've found it to be much improved since eating GF.
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