Have any of you tried a gluten and/or dairy free diet? If you have what are the benefits you achieved, how long did it take for those benefits to be achieved? Are you still gluten and or dairy free? If not, why did you make the switch back to dairy and gluten?

I am thinking of making the switch to a dairy and gluten free diet. I’ve started to make the switch slowly and yesterday while at my local grocery I realized just how hard and expensive this is going to be. My weekly grocery bill jumped from $50 to almost $200. I may be splurging a little on all the fresh, organic produce that is in season right now but still, even if I had watched what I was spending it would have cost close to $100.
Benefits? Pro’s, con’s? I desire to live long and prosper. Possibly share a personal recipe you dig on or a favorite brand if you’d like.
SIDENOTE: Hai! I am smart enough to use the internetz to it’s fullest potentials so please keep the links to a bear (grrrr!) minimum.