Yes, I want to be the meme.

The glutens hurt my tummy and I feel awful about the meat industry.

Can someone point me to some learning resources? I'm hopelessly lost.

  • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Huh. The shampoo thing has me wondering now, been having a lot of dry and irritation from the shower lately.

    I need to look more into this, I do wonder if it might be something like that now. I don't have a doctor lol, but I might be able to find out more from my mom.

    Thanks for the info. This was all really helpful.

    • Shmyt [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      Something like that happened to my mom who is celiac and my aunt who isn't but does have a gluten intolerance, but me and my siblings have never really had it. It could be unrelated though, some shampoo brands are just a fuck and wreck your scalp if you stop using it for more than a day or two; head and shoulders really fucked me up with that one.

      • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, I've cut out regular shampooing mostly at this point. I try to shampoo like once every two weeks lol, but I use conditioners since otherwise my hair turns into white-guy dread locks.

        It's probably unrelated, and I definitely don't want to seem like I'm coming at the Gluten-free thing from the angle of diminishing how bad it really is for a lot of people.

        I just know when I've been cutting them lately my whole system really does feel lighter and less "hurty". But I'm mostly basing it on my mother's experience with it.

        Going just keto might be the better option for me as well, I've done that in the past (never attempted to mix it with veganism though) and I noticed a lot of similar benefits to my digestive system.

        Idk I turned 28 and I feel like my whole shit is falling apart now, so I'm going to be eating better no matter what lol

        • Shmyt [he/him,any]
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          4 years ago

          I feel that falling apart bit, I've gotta see an alergist in a few months because even after fixing gluten I'm still feeling like I'm held together with tape and meds that barely work. I've been loooking in the mirror like "well I gotta fix up this beard or get in shape for when my shoulder length hair finally decides to just vanish at 30 like my dad's did". I might try to swap to a conditioner wash routine, maybe that will buy me a couple extra years of my mane, or at least make it healthier and definitely a genetic hair loss and not my own damn fault lol.

          Any way to eat cleaner will definitely help you feel better, so even if gluten free or keto or something else doesn't totally solve the issue, keeping vegan will have good health results in the long run. But you do cut out several similar things for both gluten free and keto so I'd bet you're right about the issue being related to wheat products somehow, its just a mess trying to figure out the exact reason for feeling off.

          • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah. Thanks for the solidarity here. Made me feel a bit better, plus good info.