Sugar and Gluten - Remove from diet

I just wanted to post this in case anyone is suffering like I was.  I had a horrible flare up a year ago (from taking an antibiotic) and had to go on Prednisone.  It took me months to get off of Prednisone but what helped me taper and has helped me since is cutting out all sugar and most gluten.  I know everyone is different but I believe this was a life saver for me.  I never thought I could cut out sugar and gluten, but I did it (I still cheat sometimes) and I am so much healthier.  I still take Apriso everyday. 

I hope this helps some people.  A year ago I was suffering so bad and I am doing just fine now which I believe is due to my diet (somewhat of a Paleo diet).  If you have any questions, I would be happy to help! 

Thanks, I have heard of SCD. I follow it for the most part except I allow some rice (I think that's illegal). I don't think I could have done it without rice :) If I have almost any junk food now, I feel sick almost right away. I really hope people try this. I eat a lot of fruit, cooked veggies, chicken and rice cakes. I know it sounds boring, but it's worth it to feel better. It's a modified paleo/SCD that I can live with.

And I thought it was hard to just go gluten free!

I find it interesting that I went from 3 BM's a day on my regular diet (see-food diet)
to 1 BM a day on a GF diet- noticed this change 2 days into GF.

Anybody else out there had similar results?

Still assessing if GF is the right diet for me- go to GI later this week.

Nice. I found that just chewing my food really well helps a lot. It may sound childish, but it's easy to get caught up in our rushed lives and just throw food down our throats. As far as my jam lately... I eat lots of omelettes (Eggs, Avocado, Squash, mushroom, lots of himalayan salt), lots of coconut products (oil, flour, etc), and these pancakes, that are more like bread cakes (ratio 1:1 of eggs and smashed bananas, maybe a little peanut butter, then some type of nut flour until it's thick enough for your preference). The original recipe for those pancakes was just egg and banana, but I found they fall apart too easily without flour. Topping those pancakes with honey, of course. But yeah, fruits are great. I'll often buy the fresh cut fruit bowls from my local Wegman's grocery shop. I struggle with green veggies, especially raw. So, unfortunately I don't eat as much as I probably should. Cauliflower is definitely my favorite, and agrees with me well. Larabars (coconut creme pie) are my lifeline. It's one of the only foods I eat that comes pre-made in a package, making it great for travel. To top it off, I try and eat meat/fish once a week. That agrees with me the most, but I get sick of preparing it, so it doesn't happen as frequently as my intestines would prefer. Aaaannnddd, unless I'm forgetting something, that's about all I have eaten for the past 2 years. I think of my body as a car, that requires fuel.... But has absolutely no say in what type of fuel, except that it won't work unless it's regular gasoline. So I think of eating as refueling: not some sociable, traditional, cultural, time-wastable activity. I understand that sounds weird and antisocial, but in order for me to concentrate on my life, that's the best way I've found.

-Alex