Changes To Expect After Quitting Gluten (They’re Not All Good)
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You might be grumpy
Interestingly, some studies support the idea that a gluten-free diet can improve mood disorders for those who do, in fact, have a gluten sensitivity. While other research has shown that going gluten free has made depression worse in some cases. I can say from personal experience that when I went gluten free, I would have days I felt very grumpy because all of my comfort foods contain the proteins. I love pizza, pasta, and classic hero sandwiches. Yes, there are gluten-free varieties of these, but none have exactly the same consistency as the real stuff. In those moments when you really want a gluten item to lift your mood and have to settle for something that’s not quite right, you can feel, to put it bluntly, blue-balled.
