Holistic Vegan

I'm really excited to share this news with you, but I felt it was important as it could help other people finding themselves with the painful symptoms of a swollen, achy tummy that I endured for a number of years until I realised that I had a problem with my diet. I went wheat free almost a year ago as I announced in my blog Is it time to Ditch Wheat? on May 19th 2019. I did however wonder and discuss in the article the possibility that our favourite grain was being made indigestible by a number of factors - the cooking method and more importantly the now common practice of using glyphosate as a desiccant on wheat crops to maximise yield. Since then, I do still have the occasional Gregg's sausage roll which I always regret two days later when the painful symptoms show up. Sometimes it's worth it because they're so darned delicious...but as a general rule, I've stayed wheat free as far as possible. A few weeks ago, I remembered the curious story told to me by

I recently had to take this subject seriously because I've been struggling with a painful, sore and bloated tummy which has been getting worse for a few months now. I was told back in 2016 that I should avoid wheat as I had a mild intolerance to it, ironically whole wheat affects me worse, so I was told if I did eat wheat to stick to good quality white flour but to avoid it as much as possible. I did try going wheat free for a while, but it was a pain. And the shop bought bread was so expensive! I quickly got bored and wheat crept back into my diet again. Everything seemed ok, but I did notice that my tummy was always more bloated when I ate wheat than not. I reached a point earlier this year when I realised that I needed to take another look at my diet because I was starting to really struggle with nasty symptoms. I took the decision to ditch the wheat as advised, and after a couple of slip-ups (darn you, Gregg's vegan sausage roll!) I'm now entirely wheat free. My