Usha name changed the typical Indian Software Engineer. She was active and a fitness freak but used to feel bloated and heavy after every meal. Despite signing up for Zumba classes and hitting the gym regularly, the bloating and the heaviness never left her. After doing this for a couple of years what did the most next most logical thing when she went and consulted a nutritionist to understand whether her diet was causing some issues. After initial tests and consultations, she found out that, she was gluten intolerant and was not able to digest certain types of grains including wheat. After moving to a non-gluten based diet into other substituted by other grains Usha found out that have bloating came down the heaviness reduced in as a matter of fact she started losing weight and getting back into shape.

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