Reintroduction

Reintroduction is the final step of the Whole30 reintroducing foods that you have taken out and taking the time to see how they make you feel. This gives you and idea if in the future these foods will be worth it.
During my last Whole30 I had a DQ Blizzard on day 31, trying to reintroduce everything at one time and decided I didn't need to do that part, but over two years later I didn't want to pass on the opportunity to fine tune and see if dairy is really effecting me or if I would do fine having it back. I started with non-gluten grains; corn chips, rice that all seemed to go well I did feel a little bloaty after the chips but that may have been the volume I consumed. Next came dairy in the form of cheese, yogurt, latte all the things I hadn't had in a while.

That I when I started to experience a rash on my face and there I was blaming dairy. I went back to whole30 eating for several days and realized the rash was not going away. I was super frustrated and here I was nearly two weeks after my Whole30 I hadn't even got to gluten or sugar and could not get rid of this rash. I sat down at my computer and was doing some homework and munching on some cashews when my face got pretty itchy.

I turned them over and there is was Rice Bran Oil! What the heck is that? I had only just recently done some research on it after trying to figure out what I could eat at Chipotle while on Whole30 and much of their meat is cooked with it. I threw those cashews away and within days the rash was disappearing. At this point Valentines was approaching and I decided not to continue my reintroduction. At first this felt like a failure but after six weeks I wanted a piece of salted carmel dark chocolate from my favorite place, and my friend had brought back some delicious cookies from hawaii.
I didn't follow the plan completely but I learned that non-gluten grains are fine for me as long as I don't over indulge. I also learned that rice bran oil does not agree with me when eaten each day as handfuls of cashews.

Now I am on to Food Freedom Forever. I have read it before but have trouble sitting down so I took advantage of my free Audible book to listen to it. This is really a great look at food and dieting. It is not just for those after Whole30 but would apply to most people a look at how food effects you physically, and emotionally.