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.
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.
I have celiac's disease and have been gluten free for ~8 years, but I'm not super knowledgeable on veganism so here's an info dump that may or may not help.
Have you got any other allergies or dietary restrictions? Lots of gluten replacements in recipes or vegan replacements are nut based, use soy, or involve coconut, or the replacement is nonvegan/nonglutenfree. Make sure you aren't trading a stomach ache for an anaphylactic reaction (my cousin literally almost killed himself eating vegan tacos made with cashews).
You're gonna want to get comfortable with naturally gluten free meals, many of which are also naturally vegan: rice, potato, bean, and chickpea dishes, or veggie based meals like salads, chilis, curries, and soups, or start using veggies to replace the things you cut out (cauliflower wings, lettuce wraps, vegan cheese, spaghetti squash instead of pasta, etc) until you find gluten free versions of stuff you like that are also vegan.
Celiacs like me often replace gluten based staple foods with storebought gluten free versions but those versions aren't necessarily healthier for you (and often aren't vegan); if it's carbs/sugars/artificial ingredients in the glutinous foods that are upsetting your stomach then the gluten free substitutes might actually be a lot worse for you. Consider asking your doctor or having your mom ask hers for a blood test looking at transglutaminase levels (do it before you go gluten free or it wont tell you shit) or ask for an endoscopy to look for damage from gluten intolerance/celiac's disease/crohns/colitis; they can be very similar in effects but how you change your diet to adapt to them is very very different. A lot of the gluten free substitutes off the shelf are both heavy in corn (will make you fatter) and expensive - i think i paid $8cdn for 6 frozen english muffins (had eggs and milk), and like $4-6cdn for frozen bread (one brand was vegan, one had eggs). If you want to make your own breads you will need to research a lot of flour mixes and the upfront costs may be very high while you figure out your preferred method (you will almost certainly want xanthan gum if you won't be adding eggs).
Assuming gluten is the issue, here's a shit load of things I've learned, I err on the side of caution due to celiac's but you might be able to be a bit looser about cross contamination if you haven't got that:
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.
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.
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
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.
Yeah. Thanks for the solidarity here. Made me feel a bit better, plus good info.