Eating Gluten-Free is too easy now

I'm starting to feel like I've gotten a pretty good handle on what has gluten and what doesn't. And since I don't want anything about my life to be easy I'm experimenting with also being dairy free. Once Christmas is here I'm going to have to eat dairy again - Christmas cookies! There is no way I'm missing out on that fun. I don't know if you know this but my Grandma Phyllis makes the best Christmas cookies in the history of the planet. That might be an overstatement but they're damn good cookies.

I won't go into my digestive details about why I'm doing this dairy-free experiment but people keep telling me that too much dairy can cause digestive issues. In fact one of my doctors said that nearly 75% of the world's adult population have lost some forms of being able to digest lactose - see here on Wikipedia also in the same Wiki article it says,

Pathological lactose intolerance can be caused by coeliac disease, which damages the villi in the small intestine that produce lactase. This lactose intolerance is temporary. Lactose intolerance associated with coeliac disease ceases after the patient has been on a gluten-free diet long enough for the villi to recover (BMJ Textbook of Gastroenterology, Chapter 11, Celiac Disease, Dr.Jamie Gregor & Dr. Diamond Sherin Alidina).


The term coeliac is the Greek work for celiac. Which apparently is the actual spelling and North America is the only place that spells it celiac. Seen here on Wikipedia.


So really I have no idea if this going to help. All I know is that there is a lot of room for improvement. I'm on day 8 and so far no improvement. It only took one week to feel better after starting my gluten-free diet. I hope I learn something soon. The next big step is trying the non-dairy cheese. At least I got the gluten-free pizza dough that tastes amazing. Here's hoping...