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• I gave up wheat and sugar in my early twenties and except for social occasions where pizza or pasta or birthday cake are served, or the long hike that earns me a piece of chocolate, I've stuck with that plan.  I'm not a naturally lean person, which
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• I will turn 53 in 6 weeks and still break out.  May I also assume that your skin is still quite oily and shows no or very few wrinkles? If so... COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! 1) Your skin doesn't look like beat-up luggage now, and probably never wi
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• I too am not allergic to gluten/wheat but found that not eating it felt great and lost weight in the process especially the belly area.  Worth changing my way of eating.
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• Since December 2011 I have been off wheat and I lost 22 lbs.  I have less craving and am able to feel when I am full to stop eating.  At times I do want pizza but I try not to eat them.
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