Gluten-Free Market Set to Explode

Gormet Retailer ^ | JULY 10, 2006

[Coldwater Creek]

Could kill you!!!!!

[elkfersupper]

Lord love a duck.

The search goes on for food-free food.

[JRandomFreeper]

Answer the question. Grain or gluten?

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

The search goes on for food-free food.

Not here. I took 7 lbs of vine ripe tomatoes and made 2 oz of weapons-grade, honest-to-goodness gourmet tomato paste. It took most of the day.. and it is sublime......

No gluten involved.

/johnny

[Moonmad27]

Good heavens, that pot of pinto beans and Ro-Tel sounds delicious!

[elkfersupper]

Good job there, John.

That's about the normal yield.

Of course it's less with organic vine-ripened tomatoes picked and peeled by California virgins.

[JRandomFreeper]

by California virgins.

I was made to understand that those didn't really exist. Sorta like honest brokers, and unicorns, and reliable line cooks, and sane sys-admins.... You know... fantasy stuff...

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

I'll have to open the windows when it cools down here.

And I dasn't light a cigarette.....

I do like pinto beans in the summertime. Along with tortillias made from masa de maize, and my own salsa from the garden. Life is good. (Ignore the catz finding a hidey-hole to get away from the WMD aspects)

/johnny

[Sawdring]

When I was a baby I was diagnosed as "failure to thrive" because they could not figure out that I had Celiac. My mother was heart broken because I was malnourished and she was feeding me everything she could think of. It was the third doctor she took me to that suggested she put me on a Glutin free diet. By George it worked!!!! When I was 8 or 9 years old I started sneaking bread and failed to have the harsh symptoms I used to have. I am 32 years old and am going to have my new born son tested when he pops out so we don't have any problems. I have read articles that suggest stresses can cause recurrences of Celiac symptoms and when I quit smoking 1 year, 9 months, 15 days and 11 hours ago I think it might have created some allergy because I cannot breathe through my nose. I might go back on the diet and see if it is Celiac related.

[ConorMacNessa]

I hope you can work it out, Sawdring. I've had adult onset asthma (now under control) for the last ten years and I know breathing problems are no fun thing. Again, I hope you can solve that one.

[brytlea]

Like most things, there really are people who suffer from probably all of the problems one could come up with. Unfortuantely, it is easy for others (who may really have a problem) to jump on that bandwagon. And of course, as sure as the sun rises there will also be people who don't believe ANY of those things exist. And so it goes.
susie

[brytlea]

We're all just jealous! ;)
susie

[Myrddin]

Here we go again.... Last time it was carbs, now it's "wheat = fascism".

Try doing some research before spewing an uninformed opinion. The wife of one our local police officers is an avid runner. She kept getting hairline fractures in her feet. It turns out that she is intolerant to gluten. The consequence for her is the inability to take up sufficient calcium from her food. She has severe osteoporosis caused by gluten intolerance.

I have problems with wheat and milk. Consuming anything with wheat causes a heavy postnasal drip and congestion in my lungs within 10 minutes. The consequences don't stop there. Over the next 36 hours, my digestive tract becomes inflamed and bleeds like crazy. It's way beyond a Preparation H moment. Witch hazel helps until the inflammation subsides. Milk is a double whammy. The milk proteins cause my throat to swell. The lactose causes lots of acid and gas.

If you don't have problems with wheat and/or mile, consider yourself lucky. Just don't assume that everyone else is equally Ok. I really enjoy the smell of baking bread. I'm happy to limit my enjoyment to the fine fragrance. Ditto for pizza.

[brytlea]

The good news for you is that I've not heard of a move to stop you from eating it! Why do you care if others forego? (asked in all sincerity and not to start a fight).
susie

[Myrddin]

My parents spent lots of money hauling off to an ear, nose and throat doctor. The doctor could never figure out what caused the continuous postnasal drip. My adenoids and tonsils were surgically removed. No help. I stumbled upon the possiblity that wheat was the problem in 1996 at age 40. I removed wheat from my diet and within a week my sinuses were completely clear. I removed milk and the swelling in my throat disappeared. So did the perpetual stomach cramps and gas.

One of my co-workers was consuming lots of glucosamine just to keep her joints tolerable. Wheat contains other lectins that can attack the joints. She was pain free in 3 days. No more need for glucosamine.

Another co-worker (physics PhD) decided to take a lunch break while we were discussing some software development issues. Less than 30 seconds after he bit into his balogna sandwich on whole week, his eyes started weeping and he was coughing and sneezing. He said that always happens when he eats a sandwich. I suggested he consider taking wheat out of his diet to see if that problem abated. He did and had no further occurrences. Some people have a problem and don't even realize it.

If you are lucky enough not to have the problem, fine. Wheat problems are common in people with type 0 blood. That is a large portion of the population.

[Sawdring]

Did you get tested for Celiac?

[AndrewB]

Imagine there no gluten...
It's easy if you try...
No croissants or bagels...
No whole wheat or rye...
Imagine all the people...
Liv-ing gluten freeeee....

[wtc911]

Exactly. My kids are not impacted but three nieces are. It is real. Glad your child is on the right track now.

[wtc911]

Here we go again.... Last time it was carbs, now it's "wheat = fascism".

Lemmings.

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Another one of those "if it doesn't happen to me it ain't real" bozos heard from.

[LibertarianLiz]

The idea that bread is resposible for PMS is giving me a headache

That may be, but when I went on Atkins and cut out bread, I discovered that my acid reflux went away. I always thought it was the evil greasy bacon, but no, it was the toast.