Reporting back
Well as we are now on week three of the new way of eating (not to be called a diet as that sounds as if the intention is to lose weight when my intention is not to be hungry!) I thought I would take stock of what I have been doing and what I think about it. Firstly and very clearly, having given up bread and wheat products is having a definite and good effect on my wellbeing. In some ways I am quite sad about this as I love bread and baking so in a contrary way I was rather hoping that giving up bread would make no difference. Not so. There is not much doubt that my IBS is much better on a wheat free diet. That is a bit ironic since I didn't decide to give up wheat with an eye to improving the IBS but more because it seemed possible that it might help with hypothyroidism. I have no idea what sort of impact it is making on the thyroid issue but there is no doubt at all that it is helping my gut! Hi ho. I will have to keep the ve...