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I did the Whole 30 to figure out my issues with swelling, joint pain, fluid retention and weight gain.

During my reintroduction of gluten, I immediately get bloating, stomach ache (fullness/nausea) and diarrhea several times after eating. Like, I'm down for the rest of the day.

I never had this issue before whole 30.

Am I all of the sudden intolerant of gluten?

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It's probably not 'all of a sudden'... when we constantly eat gut inflammatory food (prior to Whole30) our body tries its best to minimize the damage by making a mucosal layer in the lining of the stomach... when you stop eating that food (whole30), that lining sluffs away and there's nothing to protect your gut... You may have been gluten intolerant your entire life but when we don't remove the inflammatory foods, we don't know what the joint pain, stomach ache, fluid retention is from...

Sorry to hear that you're not feeling well after eating it... the good news is that now you know and you can make informed decisions about whether it's ever worth it to you to eat gluten containing foods.

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Coming from someone who has been medically diagnosed as gluten intolerant long before discovering Whole30, I can say that your symptoms sound an awful lot like mine! I was diagnosed in 2010 and as soon as I stopped eating gluten and wheat, it was amazing to see the changes. I dropped so much weight so fast and I felt sharper and clearer, happier and more confident. I had no idea how badly it had been affecting me until I took it out. But the REAL shocker was when I put it back in; I accidentally had a slice of pound cake that I was assured was gluten free, and after I had eaten about half of it I realized the thing was loaded with gluten. I was immediately nauseous and full of bubble guts, and the next day my sinuses were blown up so much that my vision was blurry, my head throbbed, and I was completely exhausted. It literally took me about a week to feel better. But I had been eating gluten my whole life before I took it out and never had such an extreme reaction - so just an example of how eliminating and reintroducing a food can really look like (basically echoing Sugarcube's point!).

 

On the bright side, there are SO many gluten-free options now that are amazing and you really never have to feel like you're missing out (except homemade bread and pizza... those things just can't be replaced. I never think they're "worth it", but you might!). We've come a long way. :)

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