Anika, that's exactly what grains can do to us. They leave us with this dreadful fatigue, headache (in some cases), mucus buildup, and allergic reactions in those who are really sensitive to it.

You may remember that I posted much earlier about having read in a book that a doctor said that bipolar patients have a severe allergy to grains. I've never quite forgotten that and think that he may have been right in his evaluation. We'll see as we all
feel better trying to remove it from our diets. I wonder if you
had special things that you did that helped you to keep the
omission of breads going for you until the cravings stopped?
(Also, my allergist told me once that the foods that we are addicted to are the ones we are most likely allergic to.)

I know it's hard to give it up. I did it once and felt great, but fell back into bad habits and have never really stopped. I'm going to give it my best effort this time. Dr. William Davis' book is one I plan to pick up this week and try to read if I can find the time to get over to Barnes & Noble book store.

Have you found it necessary to give up caffeine in coffee, tea, chocolate, etc? Usually, that's difficult, too, for several weeks.

The really big one, I think, for us all to watch is going to be cutting out sugar completely. That is so addictive and so much like breaking a smoking habit which was the hardest thing I ever tried to break...but did successfully conquer that one after about 3 tries. (Reading the 1963 Attorney General's Report on what smoking does to the system prompted me to stop it.)

Thanks so much for sharing.

Genetic