I wanted so badly to avoid the stigma of being associated with a “fad diet,” or to have to deal with the assumption that I was another woman with body image issues.
gluten-free
celiac's disease
Before you roll your eyes, I am the Real Deal, diagnosed with celiac in 1967 when I was two, not one of those bandwagon types trying to avoid “inflammation” read: *cough* weight gain *cough*.
allergies
I used to troll food blogs like pornography. Now eating has become just another automatic thing I do every day, like going to the bathroom.
