sorry for the late replies, I dont spend nearly the amount of time on the PC that I used to.

I switched to unsweetened almond milk (no soy for me)
I use coconut/almond/tapioca flours to bake with.
I never did use artificial sugars so that was easy, but sugar free was harder.
I notice a change when I cheat.

My tummy is working again. my skin cleared right up. I am no longer hot hot hot and red faced. my dry skin looks tons better. my brain fog lifted. my headaches have all but stopped. I feel full and nourished. I used to be hungry all the time, and now a small meal fills me right up. I am getting nutrition, not just food. I am avoiding those foods that are hard on the body to digest like milk sugars, corn, gluten and so forth. Gluten is not a problem in and of itself but todays food is made from flour that is not given a chance to rise and rise again. We are in a hurry so they use the first rising and that doesnt allow the gluten a chance to break down. While it wont kill me to eat white bread or even whole grain, my tummy surely knows it when I do. I miss peanuts sometimes and milk was a huge give up for me.

its taken years of back and forth and trial and error but so far this is doing great for me. Paleomg.com has some amazing recipes. all free. its taken some time, and patience but the difference has been oh so worth it. In the early days I was so brain fogged I couldnt think, and I was hungry! I stood in the kitchen sobbing that I wanted food but didnt know what to eat.

My joints have stopped aching, my energy is soaring, my brain fog is gone, and its simply been a miracle for me. I am good about 95% if the time but now and again I cheat. I try to cheat with healthy choices, but now and again, you just MUST have a cookie. I make sure its one! I am down another 5 pounds! not even trying and it was not about weight loss for me. it was about feeling better.

Check out the book Wheat Belly. it explains what has happened to our food in the last 30 years and why its so different from what we grew up with. From high fructose corn syrup to wheat that has dwarfed and GMO food vs grass fed beef. Amazing when you start to examine what we stuff in our pie holes. ....mmmm pie!