Thanks for posting this. I am experimenting with a free wheat-free diet right now also.
Well, at least “11 million” illegals have no worries. ..
I’m highly allergic to gluten and feel much better when I stay away from it. Thanks for the post!
Nobody lives forever. Be darned if I'll be miserable during my time on this mortal coil.
/johnny
It’s my own anecdotal, personal, experiential, non-scientific, worth-what-you-paid-for-it opinion that for most adults 40+ who are not skinny as rails: the deliberate, conscious (not absolute) removal of carbs, bread being the absolute worst offender, will cause you to lose 10-15 pounds in 45 days. With ZERO other changes, meaning exercise.
Just do what you can to get rid of bread. Little rice is OK, potatoes are OK, but I like the idea of having very low carbs with meals. Steak, veggie, no potato. When I look at pizza (and don’t get me wrong, I love the stuff) I think about cutting it into long strips and just pasting it around my waistline. It has exactly the same effect as eating it.
I don’t have celiac disease, nor does anyone know (very few people actually do), so I’ll eat all the gluten I want.
I'll spare everyone the details but the benefits are definitely there.
Gluten-free helps some people, but not all. If you have health problems, it’s worth trying it for a few weeks.
I tried it, and it made no difference other than making it harder to order at restaurants. On the other hand, my cousin tried it, and the first day she was amazed that she didn’t feel sick after eating. She’d always felt nauseous after eating, so much so that she thought it was normal.
To each their own.
I was talking to my allergist about this yesterday. He’s involved in some research studies for gluten.
My husband has been having some gut problems and went to a new primary care physician, and she told him to go gluten free.
I told my allergist this, and he knew which doctor I was talking about.
He referred me to a reputable gastro doctor.
He also said that his office is part of a study about an enzyme that will help with digesting wheat. He says it’s the first promising treatment option for celiacs.
I went paleo (caveman diet) last May. Best thing I’ve ever done. Dropped 30 pounds, stopped have to sleep sitting up at night because of heartburn.
And I just feel better, even my arthritis feels better. If I try eating anything like bread or pizza or pasta, i end up feeling so miserable that it just isn’t worth it.
Gave up all soda, diet and otherwise, too.
I really recommend eating simple stuff, no processed foods. Meat, eggs, fish, poultry, veggies, fruit, seeds, nuts and good fats, And drink water.
The gluten can come from wheat or rye or barley (and a few other lesser known grains). You can unknowingly get these glutens in restaurant foods too, such as the omelets at one restaurant chain where they put pancake mix into the omelet to improve the taste, or when flour is added as a thickener for some kinds of ice creams / frozen custards. You don't even know you ate any glutens in some restaurant foods.
Quinine pills or tonic water can help people get out of those kinds of cramps. Stopping the gluten can stop the upper-leg cramps from happening.
If anyone is interested, do a book search at Amazon for "Gluten Free", or also "Wheat Belly". (The "Wheat Belly" author advises against getting the foods from the grocery store's "gluten-free" section, as they can mess up your digestion pretty bad.)
Also, you might want to google (together) "gluten intolerance" and "upper leg cramps" (or "thigh cramps"), and read about some of the excruciating pain some people report there, caused by gluten thigh cramps (including one I saw some time ago where a woman said it was the worst pain she ever experienced in her entire life, and that it even hurt worse for her than childbirth).
While i pity the people who have that disease, the NYT sees this as more of a problem than homosexual relations, but the grain belt must be a threat to the Democrats.
Meanwhile, Ms. Golden Testa?
“I feel better when I don’t eat gluten, therefore, gluten is the problem and must be eliminated from my diet.”
Sounds logical, but it isn’t. There are a dozen allergies and auto immune diseases that just seem to have appeared out of nowhere. Perhaps there is some new behavior or something new in our environment that is making us allergic to foods that our ancestors had no problem with. One thing that is new and different is our never, NEVER, being really hungry. Perhaps by never being really, REALLY hungry, our immune systems aren’t functioning properly. There are endless possibilities.
My prediction is that these people who are avoiding particular diet items will keep on finding more and more items they can not tolerate, until they are eating just glucose. It is not the items, it is something else.
It’s not just people with Celiac who eat gluten free... Individuals with various GERD issues, and other gastro illnesses do well following a FODMAP diet... Gluten is just one of the many foods that are not well tolerated.
There are also people who have wheat allergies.. but do not have Celiac.
Intolerance to foods can also develop in some individuals from over consumption.. it is true that most of us eat a less varied diet than we should. Wheat derived products just happen to be the most common carb staple, many of us eat it multiple times a day.
I’ve been eating gluten free noodles for a few months.
Not for the glue free part but, what would be 300-500 calories of noodles in the regular ones, each package only contains 25 calories and is salt free.
I boil them in chicken broth that is sodium free and they are great.
Gluten and casein free is my best situation. Both tear up my digestive tract. Both cause my sinuses to run and choke me. Much better if I avoid both.
Bread and wheat based stuff is basically synonymous with food to me. Thank God I don’t have this. Maybe growing up in a wheat-producing area I developed antibodies to the antibodies?