I find fasting makes me feel best after getting glutened, if anything to avoid adding more food that will want to leave expeditiously.

Get some digestive enzymes in there, some probiotics to replenish and some warm ginger tea or something.

Robb Wolf told me that heavy exercise will further irritate the gut lining so its not such a god idea to do anything too strenuous after getting sick. At least it wont particularly help. Also you may find your performance inhibited with your muscles not firing as well as they could.

Gluten = DEATH!

What can you do to mitigate the metabolic effects/damage? Probably not much. You should probably drink extra water as carbs need more water to process. The wheat will do what damage it will do to the gut. The sugar will boost your insulin/blood sugar for a bit. You may be able to lesson that with some exercise, but in the long run, it probably won't matter much.

THe other kind of mitigation is just for symptoms. If you feel bad, try rest and relaxation. (plus water as already mentioned) If digestion is unbalanced, don't eat again until you are hungry and then eat only bland food. From your symptoms, sounds like the pudding wasn't worth it! ;-P

I guess the "lesson" part is your best option ;-) And the damage depends also on your individual sensitivity to gluten, if your gut was completely healthy and so on. Your reaction should depend on how you feel, try to listen to your body - do you feel like eating? drinking? fasting? sleeping? I think getting back on the wagon is the best option, with no treats or light "cheats" for a while.

Personally I like fasting with lots of water, maybe a asprin, followed by a clean salad or something which in my mind, I imagine helping to move out any left overs of the badness. This is my personal method, and I have no scientific basis for this method. Its a good question so I am curious of anyone does have good formula.

I did that this weekend - I was traveling on Saturday, ate some pizza for lunch and salad. I didn't eat a ton or anything, just 2 small slices and a cinnamon roll (CiCi's Pizza). Then didn't eat again until about 8pm but it was General Tso's chicken, steamed rice, & egg roll. I haven't eaten anything like that for quite a while. I felt sick after, most of the symptoms described above. So I fasted all day Sunday, I felt all out of sorts most of the day with nausea, bloating, and lethargy. I guess we have to just ride it out when we do that to ourselves.

I just ate lunch at a Buddhist temple, and even though they seemed to understand that some people can't eat wheat, all the food was full of fake meats of different sorts. They assured me that the dish I chose was gluten-free, but they used the same utensils to serve everything, and I grabbed a soup that I thought was just vegetable broth, but it turned out to have various fake meats at the bottom. About an hour later, I felt nauseous and dizzy, and my stomach was killing me. Then explosive diarrhea. I'm starting to feel a little better now, and sipping on some turkey stock I made over T-day with some ginger and butter in it. It's helping. I think I'm going to take it easy and have a steak in a few hours.