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I fell for it.  Many others have, too.  It's so tempting to believe that all
our health problems can be solved by the GF diet alone.  I call it the
gluten myth.  I goes something like this:

I can be perfectly healthy eating anything I want as long as it's gluten
free.

I fell for this simplistic line of thinking shortly after I was diagnosed.
No one imposed this belief on me.  I developed it in my own fuzzy mind.
Three years ago, I nearly wiped myself out with GF junk food.  I actually
became sicker after going GF than I had ever been before in my life!  I kept
searching for the hidden source of gluten that was ruining my life.  I
eventually learned the hard way that if I want to be healthy I have to
follow a highly nutritious whole food diet, supplement appropriately &
restrain myself from indulging in GF sweets & treats.  Oh RATS!  You mean I
have to exercise self restraint?  I have to be disciplined?  Can't someone
else take responsibility for this?  Life isn't fair.  Whine, whine, whine .
. . .    Ha ha!  ~Valerie in Tacoma

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