Posted on 07/16/2006 3:33:18 PM PDT by sully777
Could kill you!!!!!
The search goes on for food-free food.
/johnny
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
Good heavens, that pot of pinto beans and Ro-Tel sounds delicious!
That's about the normal yield.
Of course it's less with organic vine-ripened tomatoes picked and peeled 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
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
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.
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
We're all just jealous! ;)
susie
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.
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
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.
Did you get tested for Celiac?
Exactly. My kids are not impacted but three nieces are. It is real. Glad your child is on the right track now.
Lemmings.
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Another one of those "if it doesn't happen to me it ain't real" bozos heard from.
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.
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