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Gluten is wheat, barley, or rye.

Paleo excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, potatoes, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.

As long as she's not trying to also see you her wonderful gluten-free diet cookbook, she might know something we (or really, I) don't. Everyone has their theories of what impacts TTC and it seems that, similar to symptoms, Dr. Google can always produce someone that swears this made the difference.

With that said, I'm all for a cleaner life. If cutting gluten won't impact your life too much, why not give it a try?

@dc yoga bee: Oh goodness. Yea, I eat tons of pasta and pizza, as do a lot of women I know who have gotten pregnant. I think you are doing great cutting down the caffeine (I did that too) and shouldn't worry too much about it.

I've been reading a lot about gluten sensitivity lately and after struggling with infertility for a long time, I wish I would have tried given up gluten. I never thought that I had a sensitivity, but now I'm wondering. So many different bodily complaints can be a symptoms of a sensitivity and infertility is absolutely one of them. I don't think it's a magic cure all by any means (and have not tried it), but I definitely think it can help some people (and not because of an "addiction" to gluten).

I think it can help, but if there is really something wrong, I don't think it would be the problem. Gluten acts like antibodies and creates inflammation. It could make implantation harder, but it really depends on what else is going on. Its worth a try if you're up for it, but I wouldn't go through that much effort after only 4 unsuccessful TTC months.

I don't really have any research or empirical evidence to support it, but I've wondered about it a bit. I have PCOS and took 19 cycles to conceive. In an attempt to deal with my insulin resistance, I adopted a kind of no refined carbs diet - which naturally eliminated a lot of gluten containing products. Could have been completely coincidental, but we conceived within two months of starting the diet.

@looch: I agree with you 100%.

My chiro posted this 7 hours ago on Facebook:

I do sprouted whole wheat now though and raw milk. Seem to do fine with my system.
http://www.onedegreeorganics.com/products/8

Researching the food I consume has been a great source of joy and exploration for me in the last year. My health has improved by leaps and bounds.

I'd already gone 80/20 Paleo when I started seeing my chiropractor but she recommended I cut out caffeine completely. I freaked out but realized that reaction really did show how dependent I was on it. No caffeine and chiro adjustments worked for me, even without eliminating gluten completely. If you eat a really pasta/bread heavy diet it might be worth looking into though.

I'm not really a fan of cutting out major things like gluten, dairy, etc. entirely, unless you're intolerant, of course! If my doctor isn't the one recommending cutting it out, I wouldn't do it. But I don't think there's anything wrong with going gluten free if you feel strongly about it.