Kind of ironic given that it was created out of whole cloth by the dairy industry to get people to consume more dairy products.
Iff 99 out of 100 handle it OK, why the big attack?
"Our bodies still look at wheat like a toxin and try to fight it off."
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All I need is one statement like that to know this is more
liberal new age crapola.
All together now...
Roll the eyes... "Oh BROTHER!"
Roll the eyes... "Oh BROTHER!"
Roll the eyes... "Oh BROTHER!"
This would be the new fledging democratic state of Iraq, of course. I guess maybe I'm still in election mode because I expected "war" to be in the next sentence.
Is there a beer ping list out there?
Check out the so-called paleo diet concept. There are a lot of websites about it; it's not a packaged and promoted kind of diet.
Basically, I'd say it's more of a modified Atkins approach. Unfortunately, as anyone who's tried a high protein, low carbohydrate diet will tell you, natural protein in all it's forms is a lot more expensive than processed foods.
New Age? More a throw back to human pre agricultural diets.
Oh, bull. This sounds like a woman who had a sick kid so she became a busybody crusader on a mission to get everybody else to quit eating wheat so her child wouldn't feel weird because he can't eat it.
Good thing it wasn't a daughter ... she'd join the fringe movement to make men pee sitting down.
Wheat = Flatulence
A sign in my local Trader Joe's says:
"We don't need no stinkin' gluten"
Well that is real specific. It has the same symptoms as every other mystery ailment.
The average life span 11,000 years ago was probably about 25 years compared to today's 70 - 75. I think I'll take my chances with wheat.
Grains were given to mankind so that he may brew.
But that doesn't mean anyone should make a cause out of it for all the people who don't have that particular sensitivity. Lots of folk have lots of problems with particular foods -- that's as common as the cold. If you can't eat it, stay away from it. It's stupid to make a cause celebre out of it. But that's how people make money these days...
Beer? Beer! No Beer!
NO WAY!
And not only that, but it should only be killed with a spear or a club. There may be gluten in the gunpowder used to fire bullets, or in the strings used on a compound bow!
And not only that, your meat should be eaten raw, or lightly cooked over and open fire! Gluten is found is heating elements on ovens, and research shows it may be the main ingredient in microwaves as well!
And not only that, but you should only dress in clothing made of the animals you killed. Woolly Mammoth coats are IN this year!
And not only that, but... wait, where was I? Oh yeah! Not only that, but you should... uh... did I mention not cooking meat? I did? Dang.
I'm sorry her child has celiac disease. I'm just as sorry that she feels the need to tell me what to eat. Thanks, but not thanks. I've come to this amazing conclusion that no matter what I eat, I'm going to die someday anyway. Therefore, I'll risk checking out a year or two earlier just to be certain I die with a stomach full of food I enjoyed eating.
Here are some more good links on this topic:
Severe Wheat Intolerance Fifty Times More Common Than Previously Thought
Wheat Can Cause Severe Headaches
Wheat Sensitivity (Subclinical Gluten Intolerance) Linked To Repeated Miscarriages
Severe Wheat Intolerance Fifty Times More Common Than Previously Thought
Avoiding Wheat and Gluten May Reverse Liver Failure and Hepatitis
See it?
Can't make this stuff up.
And if you think this babe's weird, check out the behavior of her brother/cousin/uncle David Korn.
...appears lunacy runs through every branch of the Korn tree.
The link between this disease and depression and chronic fatigue is very interesting.
http://alternative-medicine-and-health.com/conditions/celiac.htm