95% of the serotonin in our bodies is in our gut, the rest is in the brain.  It’s the happy hormone.

What we may not realize is how the mind and tummy are interconnected and affect one another.

Stress can tear your belly up, I think we all know that, but do you know why?  They are constantly sending chemical messages back and forth to one another about how each other feels, and they react accordingly.

I know for me and for my son, gluten makes us moody, forgetful, dizzy, dopey, ADHD, and then some.

We don’t just have terrible GI reactions, I get severe vertigo, and feel exhausted, to name a few.

I have a lot more to share about the latest chapter in my journey, especially because for all I know it can help someone – but I need to wait until I know more before I even try.

I will say that if you remember back in March when I got sick during a marathon – then a month later was still sick so got tested for salmonilla, parasites, vitamin deficiencies, lyme, rhabodmyolosys, infections etc – and it all came back normal….well Im still sick and getting sicker.  So – as part of a diagnostic process, I am doing a gluten challenge – after over ten years of being gluten free.

IT IS KILLING ME.

Ive only done it for a week and I cant take it anymore.  Im taking a break so I wont pass out during my conference next week, and will pick it back up when I get back in a week.  No matter how it turns out I know that gluten makes me feel terrible and I wont chose to eat it.

Why does it take so long for us to figure things out that one of these days we will sit back knowing how we should have done everything but being too old and tired to do it 😉