Gil Gavrilovic

Whole wheat was one of the ordinary sources of magnesium in a Western diet. Take it out and the gap has to be filled somewhere. Here is where.

The standard protein figure was set for a sedentary young adult. After 50 the body asks for more, and gluten-free eating quietly makes it harder to get.

You fall asleep fine. Then at three you are wide awake with a racing mind. For a gluten-free woman in midlife, dinner is often the quiet culprit.

Gluten-free bread, wraps, crackers, and bars are sold as the sensible choice. For a woman in midlife they are often the reason the afternoon collapses.

The toaster, the wooden spoon, the shared butter. If you are strictly gluten-free and still not well, the kitchen is the first place to look. These are the rules I actually live by.

If you are hungry, foggy, or reaching for something sweet by ten, the problem is not willpower. It is the shape of your breakfast.

Sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir: the internet says ferment everything. For a gluten-free woman in midlife the honest answer is more careful, and more useful.

Most gluten-free women over 45 eat about half the fibre they need, and the ones who try to fix it fast end up bloated. Here is the slow way that actually works.

You did the hard part. You went gluten-free and stayed there. So why does your belly still swell by dinner? Six overlooked reasons, from a celiac herbalist and food educator.