Americans who attempted a gluten and lactose free diet, what was your results like?

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1. this is a very specific question

2. I’ve done lactose free (no dairy products).

   I’m lactose intolerant, but wasn’t serious about eliminating lactose until they started coming out with better, more readily-available non-dairy options around 5-7 years ago.

   Anecdotally, once I stopped consuming dairy, I stopped getting period cramps.

3. My girlfriend has celiac disease, so she has to be gluten-free.

   Obviously if you’re cooking at home, you control everything and it’s up to you.

   Eating out is…challenging. There are a lot of things we just have to avoid. A lot of Japanese has gluten in the soy sauce, so most run-of-the-mill sushi is out (though there is one place in town that is strictly gluten-free).

   We’ve figured out the places around us that take it seriously. There are some that are no gluten in the kitchen at all, which are best. After that, we’re left explaining the “no she’s a allergic and we really really can’t have any gluten” and asking about specific items on the menu. But it’s frankly hit or miss and it’s not uncommon for her to feel awful after we eat at some random place if we’re on the road or finally got tired of the few places we trust.

4. Not lactose but tried gluten, not worth it if you don’t need to cut it out. Finally quit after fasting for a lengthy amount of time because of my OCD.

5. I’m forced to be lactose free on account of a ready, unsociable response 5 seconds after consuming it. I don’t have anything to compare against.

6. This is me lol

   My diet stays pretty lactose free, and gluten is iffy with me although I don’t try to avoid it entirely.

   It works well and its fairly easy to maintain. As it turns out, solid poops go a long way towards improving my day lol

7. Did keto for about 8 months, lost about 60 pounds of weight (I was 6’2″ 240lbs at the time) and I started to sweat ammonia. I felt amazing despite the ammonia smell, it was like I was in perfect Zen state. It’s not easy to do unless you live like a hermit like me.

8. Lactose free because of Lactose intolerance, but I take the lactaid pills every time I have pizza or whatever. I also buy things like Lactaid ice cream.

   Gluten free because fodmap malabsorption issues but I think that is finally healing.

   It was fine while I ate that way. Didn’t really lose any weight or anything, but wasn’t a hardship.

9. It didn’t really result in any noticeable changes for me

   Now the Mediterranean diet. That’s the GOAT. Dropped almost 20 lbs with that

10. I can’t eat gluten and I can’t eat oats. This isn’t a diet diet. It’s a stupid one to do for health. I just commented on another post about gluten-free replacement food. They have to replace the gluten with something so they replace it with sugar. It’s not healthy and it’s at least twice the price. My preferred gluten free bread is $10 and a slice is the size of my palm.

    I get GI upset and canker sores. Oats can bother some people who can’t handle gluten. Even the certified gluten free oats. I will get so many canker sores I can’t eat solid food. My celiac panel was negative but I have a couple other illnesses where you are advised to cut out gluten including Hashimoto’s.

    It sucks. The US is shit about nutritional labels too. You can trust anything that doesn’t say gluten free on the label and even then if it’s not certified gluten free it may be a crapshoot. I am also very sick of having to tell servers I can’t eat gluten. It’s my private health information but if I want to be safe eating out I need to tell strangers this.