GlutenAway Blog: Advice For Young Adults

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By: Laura McCutcheon (Taylor's Mom)

When it comes to GlutenAway, Taylor is the voice and driver of this blog and everything social media. In the past I haven’t contributed much when it comes to content unless it was something that I truly feel will benefit his followers – advice on parenting, social situations, etc.

In the past four years, I have had five people in my life try to commit suicide. Three with pills and two with a gun. This past week, someone I knew well and worked closely with took her own life. She was an incredible human being – giving, bright, driven and loved by so many. She was well known in the professional community. No one saw this coming. I am left shocked and saddened. Left wondering how I can help or if there is something that I can do.

Depression in general needs to be addressed in this country as a true medical condition. More importantly, the stigmatism behind mental health illnesses needs to be addressed and confronted head on. I thought if there's anything I can do, I can bring awareness to the connection between Celiac Disease, gluten sensitivities, and depression and help those who are diagnosed or coping with this illness. To help them know that they are not alone, that there is some scientific medical reasoning behind it, and that there is no shame in reaching out or talking to someone for help.

The first email Breann ever sent me and where it all began!

On this day, 2 years ago, myself and this wonderful girl named Breann started dating at the age of 15. It all started from an email she sent me through GlutenAway asking for help on being gluten-free. At the age of 15, I would of never guessed this email from her would of led to so much more, I would of never guessed this person would of had such a big impact on my life, and I definitely would of never guessed I'd be sitting here 2 years later with this one person who I now care about so much.

Today, we are celebrating our 2 year anniversary together and seriously, it's been a crazy 2 years! Our relationship isn't like most relationships. We both have POTS, Celiac Disease, and many other illnesses, but we have never let that define us. The past 2 years has taught us both so much about relationships and about each other. It's showed us that age is just a number and that distance is just a number too. There's some things no one will really understand until they experience it themselves, and these are the things 2 years in a long distance relationship has taught me.

How good are you at being gluten-free? Take a good look at yourself and ask, do I cheat? Do I eat natural? Am I an awesome gluten-free baker? No matter what your answers are, there is always a way to get better and feel healthier. You can always set resolutions throughout the year to cheat less, eat better, and do what's best for your body. It's what you and your body deserves anyways! So, here's my gluten-free resolutions as well as some for you to choose from that can be added to throughout the year.

Ok, so I know getting diagnosed with Celiac Disease isn't a blessing and most of the time it isn't something we are glad to have. Even if you don't have celiac disease and just have a gluten-intolerance, I'm sure you're not thrilled you can't eat gluten. Even with the hard times that come with being gluten-free, eating out, and being around people who can eat gluten all the time. There is still a lot to be happy about! Here are my top 5 things that make me happy about celiac disease! Lets keep the #positiveceliac vibe going!

Today, April 21st, I'm celebrating my 17th birthday! I'm not doing much to have a huge party but I'll still be celebrating with my family. Over the last 17 years I've learned a lot as a teen and kid. Most of my life I've had it pretty hard but I know everyone has difficult times at some points in their life! I think most people view me as a lot more mature than most teenagers. I've been through a lot and experienced a lot as a 17 year old but that's what makes me who I am today. A lot of people seem to be interested in my positive attitude and why I act the way I do. It honestly all has do do with my life experiences and these 5 important things I've learned over the last 17 years.

Really this is just a topic that I've been thinking about more and more as I've gotten older and have been blogging for a while. Since it's Valentines Day I though this would be a perfect post to do! I'm a teenage guy so I'm of course going to be thinking about girls, or in my case my girlfriend of course. I happily have a girlfriend who I have been dating for almost a year now who I actually met through my blog! This topic is a little personal but I honestly think it's something that should be talked about in the gluten-free community. I feel like sometimes our health problems get in the way of who we truly are and actually ends up affecting our relationships or whether we get in a relationship at all! Maybe it's just me who thinks this since I'm in high school, but getting some responses on what you think about this topic is something I'd really like to hear.

Each year most of us make a new year's resolution. It can be to lose weight, eat better, be happier, or really whatever! Most times it's along the lines of wanting to make ourselves a better person for our own needs. One thing I've never understood though is why do we wait until January 1st. each year to make these decisions? There's a lot of points in our life where I'm sure we want change. Even I have gone through a lot of points where I want change as well. But just because I want change then doesn't mean I'm going to wait until January 1st to begin working at it! If you want change now then work on your change now! In this post I'll share a little about how you can work on your resolutions and how they don't have to be made just on January 1st.

Guest Blogger Brian Klemm of This Gluten Free Life

Hi everyone!

First off, I want to thank Taylor for giving me the opportunity to guest post on his site. I think what he is doing with GlutenAway is fantastic for the community and will hopefully influence more gluten free teenagers to blog about their journeys as well. My name is Brian Klemm and I run a gluten free website, This Gluten Free Life. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to update it as much as I would like lately, but I hope to post more in the near future.

Hey everyone! My name is Allie (gfreebennie), and I am a first year student studying Spanish, French, and Secondary Education at the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University (also known as St. Ben’s/St. John’s) in central Minnesota. I grew up in Eden Prairie, MN and have been participating in sports my entire life. From softball and soccer until 8^th grade, to cross country running, Nordic skiing, and track and field in high school, being active has been a huge part of my life. Being an athlete, fueling my body has also been a big part of my life, especially carbo-loading. I cannot even count the number of pasta feeds and ice cream socials I have attended throughout my life. My entire life I have loved food, but my body has not always loved food. I can remember eating boxes upon boxes of cereal as a little kid, and my mom had to hide the “sugared cereal” (Fruity Loops were my favorite) so that I was only able to eat it as a Saturday morning treat. Up until high school, pasta, especially anything of the fettuccini type, was my favorite food, in addition to buttery garlic bread. Despite these somewhat unhealthy foods being my favorites, my parents raised me to eat fairly healthy, and I have always loved fruits and veggies in general.

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