Angela S.

Angela, a patient of mine, wrote in with the story of her path to a gluten-free lifestyle. The journey she undertook, and how radically her life changed as a result, is proof-positive of the overwhelming health benefits of a gluten-free diet. -Dr. Perlmutter For over the last 10-11 years I have spent a great deal of time in and out of doctor’s offices, trying to figure out why I was having so many health issues. At 16, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), at 21 I was found to have severe candidiasis, at 22 I had to have my tonsils out, 23 I had an emergency appendectomy, and most recently I had a 10cm cyst removed from my ovary. Health issue after health issue and diagnosis after diagnosis I began to think I was a medical mess and there was no hope. I went to see Dr. Perlmutter as my PCOS seemed to be getting out of control and I thought much of it was stemming from my hormones. I explained the following symptoms to Dr. Perlmutter: severe fatigue; foggy-headed; difficulty losing weight; discoloration of the face and acne; craving sugars and a high carb diet; muscle aches that hurt to touch; constipation or irritable bowel-like symptoms, etc. Dr. Perlmutter placed me on an experimental gluten-free diet/low carb diet (as he stated carbs/sugars may be the culprit), took blood to check my gluten tolerance, candida, as well as vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The gluten-free/ low-carb diet was difficult at first but I began eating more proteins and changed...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - Category: Neurologists Authors: Tags: Success Fatigue Gluten gluten free Source Type: blogs