Posted on 03/06/2008 2:52:56 PM PST by blam
Guess they have a whole, big bunch of folks there who need a gluten free diet ~ this is right where Southern/Central Illinois blends into Northern Illinois with its Scandinavian majority, so that may explain part of it.
There’s also yet another allele variant out there that tells your T-cells to react to oat protein as well as wheat protein. It’s kind of rare, so everybody with it is most likely a close relative of all the others.
I prefer nuts.
I also prefer my chickens to not be contaminated with West Nile Virus, so no "free range" stuff.
But I have learn how to read the labels and has some pretty low carb bread that don't take up your whole mean alotment.
That's fine, but grains, whole or otherwise, contain starches and sugars.
Example 
Total carbs 17g minus fiber 5g so it is only 12g. which for 2 slices makes it 24g. (it might be only 12g(??)since serving size listed is two slices.
Some packages are 1 servings.
There are some lower or higher in grams
Hubby and I decided to cut all flour, sugar, rice and potatoes from our diets. It was hard at first to adjust my cooking, but we have found and/or developed delicious very low carb substitutes for everything we love ... waffles, bread, crackers, loaded baked potatoes, muffins, etc. We have no trouble staying at 30-50 carbs per day.
He has lost 50 pounds and reduced his diabetes medication by 2/3 within 6 months of diagnosis. Now his doctor says if he can lose another 50 pounds, he probably can get off all meds.
And our cholesterol and blood pressure levels have dropped drastically, even considering we use real butter and extra virgin olive oil daily.
Budweiser Select. 99 cal, 3 carbs.
That turns more of the starch into sugar so the yeast can eat it and produce gas to make the multi-grain bread rise.
Not sure this is good for you.
Cooking/baking doesn't destroy all that alpha amylase in the white kidney bean extract, so you get that added to your complement of things turning starch into sugar in your body and it's gotta' have a major effect on your blood sugar level.
So, yeah, low carb bread can turn into high carb bread when you eat it!
It's a trick.
Well what can I say only that is dose not effect my two hour blood fast test when I test.
As long as I get non diabetic feed back in my test I am doing just fine!
Which is good. Still, I didn’t want you to think those low carb multigrain breads are really “low carb” once they get inside your gut ~ they’re not!
once they get inside your gut
That is so uncouth!
Well, it happens. Can’t be helped either unless you give up eating.
Grains are a gift from God not a curse!
In matters of health, even regulators bow to the CDC; for instance, the upcoming new ozone standards for EPA air quality requirements are going to be lowered from the current 80PPB. The CDC recommends dropping them to 60PPB while the current Administration wants to go in steps starting with a drop now to 75PPB and a gradual lowering to reach 60PPB.
Each increment has estimated health benefits that promise less sickness and more lives saved as you go down the scale. This makes the argument very emotional and disallows any true evaluation of actual clinical cases having been studied.
When we consider that right after 1970 when the EPA was established under Nixon the original ozone standard was pegged at 300PPB, a figure then considered a point at which no harm to the public ought to be expected one should ask just what harm has now been detected and what benefits have already been realized.
Over the past 30 years the standard has been lowered almost immediately after a majority of states have attained it, verified by testing the air, yet the process goes on unabated and more vocal with each new, harder to reach, standard.
Expect to see the same thing with the coming allowable CO2 levels for which standards will be applied.
Modern science ignores the law of diminishing returns.
What’s the connection between wheat and lactose intolerance? I’m lactose intolerant and my sensitivity to it varies widely. Is wheat a contributing factor?
That's probably why the ribs at Texas Roadhouse are causing me grief. I'll have to stick to grilled beef without the sauces.
When I get exposed to wheat, the initial reaction is a runny nose within 2 to 5 minutes. That develops into a heavy, post nasal drip that persists for days. The lactose intolerance shows up within a few days. I know that I'm in trouble if I have to start clearing my throat at a meal. By then it's too late to do anything about it.
Given the common contamination of oats with wheat, you would have to be very careful to isolate the oat protein to be certain. I haven't dusted off my lab skills in immunology and molecular biology in many years. It would be interesting to find a means of doing a lab test to detect some of these problems without having to subject a person to contact with the antigen.
Gluten intolerance manifests with damage to the villi in the small intestine. The tips of the villi produce lactase. Exposure to gluten proteins from wheat/barley/rye can damage the villi and their ability to make lactase.
There are other reasons to end up lactose intolerant. Some of it can be traced to genetic and racial heritage. Lactase production can drop as individuals age. It can happen even if you aren't gluten intolerant. I counted myself in this category for years and just avoided foods containing fresh milk. Coffee with heavy cream has no lactose and never upset my stomach.
My parents spent lots of money carting me to ear, nose and throat doctors. My sinuses were always a disaster. I was subjected to a tonsillectomy in hopes that removing the tonsils would remove a reservoir of infection. That did nothing. Perpetually living on antihistamines wasn't really helping either. Discovering the wheat connection was a total accident. I removed wheat and diary from my diet about 10 years ago. My sinuses were clear for the first time in my life. About 18 months into this happy state, I came home to find the house fragrant with a freshly baked pizza. I ate one piece and triggered the running nose, throat clearing and three ring circus in my gut.
I suggest reading through "The Gluten Connection". You would be surprised how many different ways a gluten intolerance can be manifested in humans.
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