Hi I'm Arnie Wasserman here with Jesse Chappas from the Ultimate Health Podcast.

Welcome back to another Focus Friday, where we bring you short bursts of information and

inspiration to set your weekend off on the right foot.

And today, Jesse and I are talking about

going grain-free because currently Jesse and I are eating a grain-free diet.

A lot of you might be thinking grain-free, wow that seems like such a big step. And it is. And the thing about

Marnie and I is we got to this point over such a long period of time. So when I

met Marnie years ago when we started to hang out, started dating, I was actually on a diet that included

all grains. So I wasn't eating a ton of gluten. I wasn't going overboard, but everything was in.

And when we started hanging out, at that point,

Martin was on a diet that included just ancient grains.

So, Martin, do you want to explain what these are?

Yeah, ancient grains are things like spelt and

commute and rye and barley, so not the traditional whole wheat. So these are

variations of wheat that are a lot easier for the body to digest because I don't do well in whole wheat.

So that's something that I did include and spelt, just for you guys out there who are looking to

maybe make a slow transition, using spelt instead of wheat is a really good starting point.

So the ancient grains were a staple part of my diet at that time.

So over time we decided to go all the way to gluten-free.

So we took the next step, move things along, and did that for a period of time. Eventually, back in early 2017 and

to 2016, Marnie got to a point where she decided to go grain free.

So making the next step along.

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