Grain-Free Diets

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Have you tried a grain-free diet? What were the effects?

I'm not grain-free but I watch my grain intake. If I don't I get trapped air causing stomach cramps and I will fart loud and a lot. I also feel more bloated and foggier in my head if I eat a lot of bread. I eat corn cakes as a staple instead of bread.
I avoid wheat pasta of all types at all times and eat corn varieties.

I did for six months, but still ate rice and gluten-free grains like sorghum and millet. In that time, I met several others who did the same (gluten-free, not grain-free, though) and said that they had some good results. I couldn't tell a difference, but heard from two sources that the after-effects of grain can last up to a year, so you have to go for at least a year to know for sure if you are getting noticeable symptoms due to the grain.

I say "noticeable" because after learning about the enzyme inhibitors on the outside of grains, it seems that our bodies weren't designed to consume unsprouted grains. This makes me wonder even about rice, and that there may have been an awareness of this issue which was the reason for the fermented rice products to develop. Ideally, I'm trying to eat only soaked or sprouted grains and nuts.

After the six months were up, I did try eating a whole lot of bread at one time, and found that I got immediately very drowsy and soon thereafter fell into a coma-like state of sleep. So even though I couldn't tell any day-to-day symptoms, that type of a gluten challenge tells me there's an issue.

I've been paleo for a little over a year now and it's helped a number of health issues I've had either go away completely or become far less severe. The only challenge for me while eating grain-free is making sure I get enough carbs because, otherwise, I find that I feel exhausted after working out. But, I eat plantains, sweet potatoes and other starchy veggies regularly and those healthy sources of carbs seem to help me maintain energy levels while not exacerbating any health issues.

I have to eat gluten free as I'm gluten intolerant. My grains now are rice, potato, tapioca, etc.

The vet put my dog on a grain free diet.
Before, she was always a bit constipated. Now she eats salmon and sweet potato dog food and she poops much better.

I did much better on a slightly modified paleo diet (I did eat rice).

When school started getting a bit stressful, I fell off the wagon. I was eating lotsa fast food and lotsa bread/tortillas etc.

I could actually feel my joints burning after a high grain meal. Now that school's out, I plan to get back on my modified paleo diet.

I avoid wheat and other high FODMAP foods like garlic, mushrooms and onions as they make me bloat and look 9 months pregnant, not to mention the diarrhea. I eat gluten free breads and pasta but not to avoid gluten but to avoid wheat. My digestive system thanks me.

I follow some of the nutritional advice of dr. joel fuhrmann on PBS, who advises folks to try his "nutritarian diet" expressed in the following acronym-
G-BOMBS-
Greens
Beans
Onions
Mushrooms
Berries
Seeds

I myself avoid 'shrooms because I think they taste like mold. but I avoid all "white" foods such as anything that's a refined carb. IOW no more bread and pasta. quinoa, brown rice, shirataki [great replacement for pasta in spaghetti, btw] and buckwheat are friendlier. I strictly limit potatoes and corn. no popcorn as that is among the most highly acid-producing food there is. strictly limited soda water, also acidic. don't fear fat, it "sticks to your ribs" and keep you feeling full and satisfied. this has enabled me to maintain a sub-25 BMI well into my 5th decade of taking up space on earth before this I was on the typical SAD [Standard American Diet] and I had chronic inflammation issues such as recurrent sinus infections, frequent colds, swollen extremities, brittle blood sugar et al. all gone with the new diet.

My family's gone "gluten free" because of my dad. Not so bad, but it's not "grain free."

I'm into fitness, and I avoid "grains" for the most part because there's loads of carbs I don't need added to my diet.

Grains are great if you're burning 5,000+ calories a day and don't want to be eating all the time. If you sit at a desk all day, you don't even need 2,000 calories a day.

Gluten free isn't 100% grain free, but avoiding something becuase it technically grain is silly. A lot of these general rules, are simply to make is simple to understand.

Gluten free really isn't that hard. It is basically fresh meat, fish and veg.

Forget about the substitutions. You don't need them. Most of the products marketed as gluten free you don't need. The only substitution I have is Pasta, and I don't even need that.

My body seems to function much better on a grain free diet. I originally went on it to help with crippling joint pain after contracting Ross River Virus, then stayed on it because I had less digestive issues, less skin problems and more energy as well as painless joints.
I eat quite a bit of saturated fat in the form of eggs, coconut cream/oil, olive oil, avocados, oily fish, fatty cuts of grass-fed meat, nuts and seeds, organic butter and ghee. Moderate amounts of vegetables (except white potato), most of which I grow myself - but only small amounts of fruit. I also avoid legumes.
People seem shocked by my diet. They think I'll get high cholesterol and/or get fat. Hasn't happened yet. I've been on this diet since 2009.

I am wheat, oat, barley and rye intolerant. I eliminated those grains from my diet, approximately 15 years, ago. My diet is very much the same as Raleigh's, with a bit of auntblabby's added to the mix. Although, I keep red meat, rice and quinua consumption to a minimum, as I maintain optimal physical and mental energy when I go easy on those items. I can eat corn, although, I choose not to, due to the prevelence of GMO corn getting mixed in, with the non GMO. However, I do like a good, hard shell taco, every now and then, which are in fact, made with corn tortillas

I neglected to list the effects, within my initial post:

-Lethargy dissipated
-Awake refreshed/invigorated
-Sustained mental energy/alertness throughout day
-Tics decreased to a large degree
-Eczema completely cleared up and never returned
-Lost 20 lbs in the first 8 weeks
-Edginess dissapated, entirely
-Sensory processing issues decreased sinificantly
-OCD symptons went from severe to alternating mild to moderate
-Things that would normally affect me, profoundly, began to just roll off my back, so to speak
-For the first time in my life I could stay focused and absorb every detail of a conversation, and thoroughly enjoy conversing

The effects of the diet have been life changing for me.

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