The main reason I have decided to do this is because after reading a magazine article it basically led me to believe I may be Gluten Intolerant. What really stood out for me, was that it stated the red rash/pimples on my bottom that I've had since forever are often caused from a gluten intolerance. In the past I've been told they were a bacterial infection but after years of bacteria body wash things have never changed. So maybe it is gluten? We shall see.
A few other things finalised my decision to give this ago and quit gluten for a month to see if it really changed how I felt. I often feel lethargic and sluggish, embarrassingly I have to admit I often have a problem with flatulence and my main problem is that I seem to have a really weak immune system. I've always blamed this on the fact I had pretty server glandular fever when I was 18, so basically I'll give anything ago to try and improve my immune system.
So my plan is to log what I eat every day, log how I feel, log my weight and log the condition of my skin. I plan to log my weight in Kilograms and my mood, energy and skin condition on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best and 1 being the worst. I will also give a general description too.
I plan to initially do this gluten free diet for 1 whole month, until August 1st. I want to see if I feel differently or if it makes no change at all. If it it seems to make a huge change to my health and just general well being I'm going to go have myself tested for gluten intolerance with the doctor. If it returns positive then I guess I'll continue with this and if it turns out negative I think I'll just dramatically reduce the amount of gluten I have in my diet.
