Energy

[Voltage]

Hello i have a problem where ive been on a gluten free diet for 3 years now but i seem to have less energy the more i am on it i feel like i need to keep eating and eating but never getting full is this normal.

[captaincrab55]

  On 3/25/2023 at 9:55 PM, Bobby123 said:

Hello i have a problem where ive been on a gluten free diet for 3 years now but i seem to have less energy the more i am on it i feel like i need to keep eating and eating but never getting full is this normal.

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Bobby123, First, did the gluten-free diet improve your life?   Next it would help to know a little about your daily diet.   I was use to eating as much as I could and never gaining weight, but I had to learn to cut back after being diagnosed.    Fourteen years later and I often feel hungry after eating.   When I eat balanced meals, my energy level is usually good.   I recently  did the Everlywell test to see which foods didn't go well with my blood type.   I did get a little extra boost of energy following their results.  

[Voltage]

  On 3/25/2023 at 10:59 PM, captaincrab55 said:

Bobby123, First, did the gluten-free diet improve your life?   Next it would help to know a little about your daily diet.   I was use to eating as much as I could and never gaining weight, but I had to learn to cut back after being diagnosed.    Fourteen years later and I often feel hungry after eating.   When I eat balanced meals, my energy level is usually good.   I recently  did the Everlywell test to see which foods didn't go well with my blood type.   I did get a little extra boost of energy following their results.  

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Hello. It had absolutely improved my life as I used to have panic attacks I just eat gluten free snacks every 2 - 3 hours as I cannot afford to get proper meals as it’s too expensive 

[Wheatwacked]

Hey Bobby123, glad you are feeling better.

• Hard boiled eggs and an apple and cheese would be a great snack.
• My son eats a potato every morning on the drive to work.
• I make a salad of diced tomato, cucumber, hard boiled egg, pitted olives and mix it all in a cup of cottage cheese.
• The B vitamins are the primary for making energy. Gluten free food is not required to fortify. Choline is needed for fat digestion and is a main component of mitochondria structure (the little factories where ATP energy is made).
• Make sure you are still getting plenty of vitamin D, thiamine, B2, B3, B5, B12, choline and potassium and iodine in your current diet. There are websites with nutrition data.  Egg: whole, cooked, hard-boiled Nutrition Facts

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A policy of fortification of food began in the US in 1924 with the fortification of salt with iodine.  In the 1930s vitamin D was added to milk and in the 1930s there was voluntary fortification of flour with the B vitamins thiamin, riboflavin and niacin as well as iron.  This became mandatory in 1943. 

In the UK since the 1940s there has been mandatory fortification of white flour with calcium, iron, vitamins B1 – thiamin and B3 - niacinB1, B2 and margarines with vitamins A and D.  These measures have helped to reduce the burden of many previously common deficiencies.  Fortification of Foods

 

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[NoGlutenCooties]

  On 3/25/2023 at 9:55 PM, Bobby123 said:

Hello i have a problem where ive been on a gluten free diet for 3 years now but i seem to have less energy the more i am on it i feel like i need to keep eating and eating but never getting full is this normal.

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I was experiencing something similar, with low energy and a tendency to over-eat (which was never my thing).  I started logging my diet and paying attention to the macros (protein, fat, and carbohydrates).  I found that I was not getting nearly enough carbs, which the body uses for energy.  Once I started making sure I was getting enough carbs (for me this is close to 150g) my energy level improved dramatically and I also started to feel satisfied with fewer calories.