Probably most of us in the Gluten Free group are going to say yes, go for it. Especially when you've had such a dramatic example of how gluten affects you.

My recommendation is to stick to naturally gluten free foods to start out with - fruits, vegetables, potatoes, beans, nuts, seeds, plain meat if you eat it - rather than switching to gluten free baking and processed goods.

My diary is open!

Dairy (milk) by itself does not have gluten. There are certainly products that will add it in, however, to thicken yogurts, the cookie crunch in your specialty ice creams, and I don't know what else. Some non-dairy replacements will also have gluten in them (malt flavouring, rice dream milk, etc.) A lot of celiacs are lactose intolerant, or are also sensitive to the proteins in dairy, so you might want to go off of them for a little while just to see how you feel.

Eggs are not dairy. Eggs may be stored in the dairy case at your grocery store, but eggs by themselves do not contain milk.

Both soy and corn can also be problems for celiacs. They also have proteins that the body may produce an auto-immune reaction to. Particularly if they are GMO. I know some people who react only to GMO and not to organic. YMMV. Personally, I can't have any grains. My son and my dad also react to corn. My dad also reacts to sorghum. You can't assume that just because a grain is gluten free that you won't react to it, but to start out, I wouldn't limit myself too much. Get used to gluten free first, and then see how it goes.

There is lots of controversy over soy, not because of celiacs reacting to it, but in particular because of anti-soy studies and propaganda put out by one anti-vegetarian group in particular. Most of the anti-soy stuff can be traced back to this particular group. Soy is generally accepted by the mainstream medical community as being safe and beneficial. That said, I wouldn't pig out on it. I don't have soy milk three times a day. I don't include soy with every supper. I don't eat a lot of soy "meat replacements". I do have a certain amount of tofu, tempeh, or edamame as a part of some of my meals. My son drinks soy milk. I don't get much by way of processed foods, so I am not getting the highly-processed soy isolates and so on as part of my diet. Just small amounts of minimally processed soy.

Thanks, thats what I plan on doing. I did this once for like three weeks should have kept it going. What about dairy and soy products. Is that bad. I don't really have lot of dairy but sometimes I will eat a egg or cook something that requires a egg. And I drink muscle milk protein drink. Some times I eat cheese but not alot. Was wondering what you know or recommend about that.
I know some dairy could be bad for congestion but does it have gluten? What do you think?