Wheat Free Living - Easier Than You ThinkI haven't written much about the way that we eat other than we make the choice to eat real organic food. Life-affirming food each and every day. Today I would like to share some wheat-free living tips I have found useful! It is easier than you may think! I say this because it took me a long time to make the choice to remove wheat, grains, and gluten. I thought it was going to be so hard to do and I would miss bread so much. This has not been the case. I only know this because I have now been living wheat-free, grain-free and gluten-free for over 8 years. I began this part of my journey with a simple 30-day experiment. I made the commitment to myself to eliminate wheat and gluten for 30 days and then decide what the next month would look like. The most exciting thing about this lifestyle change is in the first three or four days I began to see changes to how I felt. And food has never been such a joy! After giving up the wheat, grains and gluten I felt so much better, feel great after meals, everything tastes are so much more amazing because of our real food, organic, pastured, grass-fed life-affirming meals. Check out these wheat-free living tips for yourself Your body will thank you for switching to a wheat-free lifestyle. Choose a spaghetti squash to replace wheat pasta. Removing wheat-based products from your diet is a great chance to add in more whole foods. Don’t live in a fog anymore. Living wheat-free can help clear brain fog, acne and digestion problems. Wheat and gluten hide under many alternative names in foods, drinks and beauty products. If you are going wheat-free/gluten-free be aware of them. Read labels carefully on a wheat-free diet. Wheat is found in soy sauce, condiments, ice cream, potato chips, rice cakes, and hot dogs. More info on the hidden sources of gluten https://health.clevelandclinic.org/spot-secret-sources-gluten-infographic/ When switching to a wheat-free diet, introduce one new ingredient or recipe into your diet gradually. “I would classify the elimination of wheat as the most powerful tool for reclaiming health that I have ever witnessed” ~ William Davis, MD Coconut flour is a great substitute for wheat flour in baking recipes when used with almond flour. Don’t use more than 1/2 cup, though. How do you build a grain-free pantry? Fill it with whole foods like fruits and vegetables, and alternative flours. Dive into a wheat-free pizza like cauliflower pizza crust with yummy vegetable toppings and goat cheese Zucchini squash lasagna replaces wheat noodles with zucchini or pattypan squash. For a wheat-free hamburger bun, use large Portobello mushrooms as hamburger buns. Just grill or roast them first. So, there you have it some great wheat-free living tips that I have used and found to be an excellent alternative to feeling crappy by eating wheat, grains and gluten. I hope you find them helpful. Share your wheat-free living tips in the comments area below! Be sure to get in touch with us if we can help you. Subscribe to our newsletter here Let's Build Health & Fitness Newsletter Sign Up Today! Ready to take your health and fitness journey to the next level? Join our exclusive newsletter community and unlock the tools, tips, and inspiration you need to thrive!
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