CHAPTER 10:

GRAINS AND

LEGUMES

“I was diagnosed with celiac sprue in 1992,
so I’ve been gluten-free since then. Because of
the trauma to my gut, I developed other food
sensitivities and environmental sensitivities as
well. I learned to deal with them and be
reasonably active, but I had reoccurring bouts
of months of intestinal bloating and
debilitating fatigue. I was trying all sorts of
probiotics, digestive enzymes—nothing was
helping. Then I stumbled across the Whole30.
The bloating was gone in a few days and has
not returned. I noticed improved
energy/stamina and clearer thinking. My
environmental reactions aren’t as severe. For
someone with celiac, this way of eating