Jennifer's Way Quotes

“Stop trying to make things the way you want them or the way you perceive they should be. Instead, see things the way they actually are. As ugly and as beautiful. Therein lies your freedom. Therein lies your answer. And let it be.”
― Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

“the rotation diet is to minimize exposure to any one food in sensitive bodies prone to developing allergic reactions. There is only one rule: Never eat any food more than once every four days. For example, if you have eggs for breakfast on a Monday, you don’t eat eggs again until Friday. If you have almond milk on a Tuesday, you don’t have it again until Friday. This not only gives your body a chance to process each food without getting overloaded, but it will probably force you to introduce more variety into your diet, which usually leads to more nutrients.”
― Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

“You have an autoimmune disease, and it’s not pretty, but you can rebuild your life in a new way.”
― Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

“Gluten-free” is trendy right now, and everything trendy is a source of ridicule, but the fact is, that for some people, giving up gluten isn’t a trend or a fad, and we would love to be able to eat foods containing gluten. But we can’t because of what it will do to us. It will cause serious harm and there is nothing funny about that.”
― Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

“drew her a diagram of the small intestine that looked like a shag carpet. I explained that this protein, gluten, had flattened that carpet into a Berber rug. The small intestine is essential for the absorption of nutrients, the production of vitamin D3, and crucially, the manufacture of the neurotransmitter, serotonin. When serotonin is low, the body overproduces norepinephrine, which can cause severe anxiety. This process also depresses GABA production, which can cause sleep disturbance.”
― Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

“I explained to Jennifer that celiac disease is an autoimmune disease, and is often accompanied by other autoimmune diseases.”
― Jennifer Esposito, Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease—What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again