First came gluten free nearly five years ago. Okay, that had a lot of goodies; sugar ruled the day. It was limiting, and one had to be Dramatic at restaurants but GF was kind of trendy, you know?

But I was still - ill a lot of the time. I won't go into details; if you are reading this, you understand completely. In fact, you are nodding your head, aren't you? So, I kicked dairy to the curb. This was more difficult. There went the cream in my coffee, the cheese on the Mexican food. Doable, but much less - fun. And the ordering in restaurants became more of an adventure.

Still my symptoms didn't really alleviate. Of course, I told myself I was Much Better. But in reality? No. So I started eliminating more grains. And more grains. And then - every grain. Hello, Paleo.

This was nearly a year ago. I'm still pissed about it. You?