Gluten-free eating
Cutting wheat, barley and rye out of every meal
Dropping the grains that carry gluten, so bread, pasta, beer and most packaged snacks go, and rice, quinoa, buckwheat, potatoes and legumes take their place. People with celiac disease avoid it permanently. Others try it because bread and pasta leave them heavy or bloated and they want to know whether the grain is the reason. Reading labels is most of the work, since wheat hides in soy sauce, thickened sauces and plenty of processed food. Evidence that people without celiac disease gain anything is mixed, and a careless swap trades whole grains for refined starch.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Novak DjokovicDoes it
Tennis player · Record 24 Grand Slam singles titles
Says his gluten intolerance surfaced in 2010, before which he did not know what gluten was, and that dairy and refined sugar went the same way afterwards. He is careful to add that he is not claiming this is the route for everyone, only that it worked for him and left him recovering faster.
Source: VICE: Novak Djokovic: Meditation, Yoga and Veganism Helped Shape My Success“My gluten intolerance was discovered in 2010. Before that, I didn’t even know what gluten was. I also removed the dairy products and refined sugar from my diet as well, which is maybe even more important than gluten.”
VICE: Novak Djokovic: Meditation, Yoga and Veganism Helped Shape My Success (opens in a new tab) · 15 Jul 2019
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Lifting weights 2-4 times a week to build and hold muscle
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Zone 2 cardio
Easy aerobic work you can hold a conversation through, 3+ hours a week
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Cycling
Steady riding, outdoors or on a stationary bike, as daily low-intensity cardio
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High-intensity interval training
Short all-out efforts with full recovery in between, a few times a week
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Running
Regular running, from a short daily loop up to ultramarathon distance
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Swimming
Lap swimming as low-impact cardio and a reset for the head
On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 6 do it
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