Treatments / Diet

Gluten-free trial

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34%

See what people report

80% interval 5 to 71% · effective n 0.8

How sure anyone can be

+ 4 coded Reddit reports

Have you tried it?

0 people

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Overview

Remove gluten completely for two weeks and watch your fog, then put it back and watch again.

Mechanisms it may act on

Where the estimate comes from

  • From studies (prior): 2.0
  • From Reddit reports: 0.8
  • From investigators here: 0.0
  • From tests: 0.0

Studies

  • Effect of ancient Khorasan wheat on gut microbiota, inflammation, and short-chain fatty acid production in patients with fibromyalgia.
    2022 · World journal of gastroenterology · n=20 · Positive · PubMed 35664958
  • Cognitive impairment in coeliac disease improves on a gluten-free diet and correlates with histological and serological indices of disease severity.
    2014 · Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · n=11 · Positive · PubMed 24889390

Reddit reports

Coded from public Reddit posts. People who post tend to have strong results either way.

  • Helped: 2
  • Partly: 0
  • No change: 2
  • Worse: 0

How people usually try it

No wheat, barley or rye at all. Read labels. Then reintroduce it and keep logging, because the return is as informative as the removal.

Typical dose: Two weeks with no gluten

Safety

If you have not been tested for coeliac disease and might want to be, ask your doctor about testing before you remove gluten. Removing it first can make the test unreliable.

Not medical advice, not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for a clinician.