Research

I have read several books now on the subject of food allergies, gluten-free living and clean eating. I have come to the realization that alot of the problems I have had or am currently having could be caused by the way I eat. I never realized that depression and ADHD could be caused by the foods I eat. I have always eaten all kinds of processed food. I have eaten fruit and veggies but not in abundance. I grew up on a farm with access to the freshest meat. Now, I eat processed meats from the grocery store. Definately not the same!
I have learned through my research that food allergens can be under any number of names in the ingredient's lists of many foods. I have come to the conclusion that if I eat clean I don't have to worry about this because that will take out many of the processed foods that have been in my diet for years.

Recommended reading:
G-Free by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Eat Clean Recharged by Tosca Reno
Complete Idiots Guide: Gluten Free Eating by Eve Adamson
Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies by Danna Korn and Connie Sarros

Recommended Cookbooks:
Allergy Self-Help Cookbook by Marjorie Hurt Jones, RN
Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook by Cybele Pascal
So What Can Eat Now by Rhonda Peters
Complete Allergy-Free Comfort Foods Cookbook by Elizabeth Gordon
Everything Allergy Cookbook by Linda Larsen
Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook 2 by Tosca Reno

I have been doing alright in my quest to become free from my allergens and eating clean. I did have a few little slips today. I ate 3 pieces of fun size candy. I am not even sure why I did it. I wasn't hungry. I had other heathy foods I could have been eating but instead I choose to eat foods that had a bunch of ingredients that I could not even pronounce much less knew what they were. I am a very big emotional eater and I just had my gallbladder out Friday, so I suppose it had to do with that. *Sigh*