Something about me - Gluten free beer

Well, that's actually something new. According to my teenage daughter apparently I became a real hipster - it's been about a month without gluten for me. Who knew it would define me as a hipster! The real reason though is not trying to follow the trendy crowd but just checking out would it work for me? To tell you the truth - I was always kind of skeptical about gluten free diet, I was like - ha! People (if they are not acutely allergic to something of course) are designed to eat almost anything as long as food is more or less healthy. But I do have an autoimmune disorder - I have Hashimoto's disease (another fact about me which you probably didn't even want to know) which means that my thyroid is being attacked by my own immune cells (a bit stupid thing to do in my opinion, but well... we need to work with what we have)

And the problem with Hashimoto's is that it's not really being treated, you just take the pill of synthetic hormone each day, but nobody tries to cure it. This pill makes your blood tests kind of normal but you often still feel not ideal, and actually sometimes even crappy. There is also a constant problem maintaining optimal weight even if you eat well and exercise. Being not only an artist but also a biologist I am constantly screening the internet for possible solutions, checking ideas in scientific publications and after some reading and consideration I found that despite my skepticism gluten-free diet could be useful for me (of all people!). I did come up with a plan. As a scientist I realize that I don't have a control (second version of me), and I also decided to mix two experiments in one - I am not only avoiding gluten but also trying intermittent fasting (skipping breakfast and lunch two days a week). I do feel much better and I did loose some weight. The weight loss is reeeeally slow and the lost number is not that big yet but people did say that it seems to them that I am loosing weight. And my clothes look better on me which is a good sign. Well - the goal is to be that "hipster" for two more months and see what happens! Sorry for a kind of medical post - I actually feel not like a hipster but a bit like an old lady sharing exciting stories about her health :D But I thought - maybe it will be useful for somebody?