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Have You Gone Gluten-Free?
Santa Cruz Good Times ^ | WEDNESDAY, 15 JULY 2015 | Matthew Cole Scott

Posted on 07/22/2015 12:48:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway


I’m hardcore, I don’t do any gluten, processed oils or processed sugars. I survived 10 metastasized bone cancers, and realized that it all starts with the sugar, gluten and complex carbohydrates.
Tim Blake, Santa Cruz, Emerald Cup Producer


I’m not gluten-free because I’m not celiac. I think it’s just kind of a fad diet.
Kelsey Kraus, Santa Cruz, Grad Student


I am not gluten-free. However, I focus on a vegan raw diet so that really limits my intake.
Bill Gibson, Santa Cruz, Sales


No. Because I love carbs.
Ali Kearney, Santa Cruz, Fisheries Observer

I do my best to be gluten-free, because when I don’t my joints hurt.
Iris Kavanagh, Santa Cruz, Consultant


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cancer; gluten; nutrition
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To: nickcarraway

I’m allergic to gluten-free foods.

And my well is contaminated with DHMO ...

But I use it anyway.


21 posted on 07/22/2015 1:30:38 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: nickcarraway

I’m already “allergic” to shellfish & chocolate (theobromine) - cause awful HEADACHES - lactose in milk (causes bloating & enough gas to fuel the car) - penicillin & any antibiotic I try - after I get half through a dose, I upchuck it all before I can complete the whole dose cycle.
Now; I guess I should leave off gluten. I have been getting the heritage wheat & grinding it by hand - that’s supposed to be low in gluten. - It’s always something. I’m 68 and falling apart I reckon.


22 posted on 07/22/2015 1:43:51 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Twinkie

Oh yeah. I forgot the pork & shellfish also make my joints ache like rippy.


23 posted on 07/22/2015 1:47:41 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: nickcarraway

I am mostly gluten free. I slip a lot, but my consumption is negligible compared to before. I have a sensitivity to gluten, not an allergy. But when I’m off gluten, my RA and psoriasis is in remission. In my experience, gluten creates inflammation and interferes with my immune system. I am MUCH better off without it.


24 posted on 07/22/2015 2:05:16 PM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: RFEngineer

You and I have some of the same problems. My life has gotten more complicated as I age. I expect it will get worse.


25 posted on 07/22/2015 2:07:22 PM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: nickcarraway

The explanation may be that carbohydrates — which includes gluten and the grains that it is found in — are converted in the body to glucose, which tends to suppress immune function and aid the growth of tumors. Most cases of dramatic natural healing of major cancer seem to involve diets that prohibit all grains, sugars, and other carbohydrates for a diet composed almost entirely of antioxidant rich leafy greens and small portions of oily fish like salmon and sardine.


26 posted on 07/22/2015 2:41:05 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: nickcarraway

3 years ago my osteoarthritis pain was severe. I was getting cortisone shots and taking naproxen regularly. Within a week of eliminating gluten from my diet, my knee pain has all but gone away.


27 posted on 07/22/2015 2:59:38 PM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Ditter

I hear it goes downhill the rest of the way! Still as far as problems, it’s not so tough to deal with. There are even passable gluten free beers these days.

Have you tried the product “gluten cutter”?

I can get away with drinking a Guinness if I take one of those.


28 posted on 07/22/2015 5:14:18 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

I have never heard of gluten clutter but I am allergic to beer anyway!


29 posted on 07/22/2015 5:18:39 PM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: nickcarraway

Everyone is different. I’m low carb, but not because of glutens. My husband is diabetic.


30 posted on 07/22/2015 5:20:23 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Twinkie

My husband gets gout if he eats shellfish more than about twice a month.


31 posted on 07/22/2015 5:22:09 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Ditter

It works (for me) with bread, pasta, etc. Used sparingly, it is useful especially when travelling


32 posted on 07/22/2015 5:26:49 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: nickcarraway

My Free Republic posts are 100% Gluten Free.


33 posted on 07/22/2015 5:27:06 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: RFEngineer

I will check it out, thanks.


34 posted on 07/22/2015 5:29:48 PM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: nickcarraway

I eat all the gluten I want. Whole grain bread has supported much of the human race for millennia and bake much of my own. I’m 6’2” and weigh 183 and, at 65 years of age, feel just fine


35 posted on 07/22/2015 5:47:32 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: muir_redwoods

you’re a gluten for punishment!


36 posted on 07/22/2015 7:53:31 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: muir_redwoods

Some people claim that the new breeds of wheat since WWII have a lot more and different kinds of gluten.


37 posted on 07/22/2015 8:21:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: trisham

That gout is an awfully painful problem. My husband gets that. I just get the painful, sore joints & carpal tunnel sort of stuff. (I try to stay off pork completely; and shellfish.) Husband just can’t seem to quit eating whatever he wants; so he has a lot of pork. I don’t nag at him. He takes the drugs for gout when he gets it. He has had a load of surgeries & illnesses, so I try not to load any nagging on him. I just don’t have the heart for it.


38 posted on 07/22/2015 8:23:29 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: cicero2k
Growing up, bread was thin slices for a lunch sandwich. Not eaten at breakfast or dinner.

I guess you've never had a slice of toast a biscuit or a dinner roll.

39 posted on 07/22/2015 8:43:15 PM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: uglybiker
I guess you've never had a slice of toast a biscuit or a dinner roll.

Usually cereal (oatmeal) for breakfast these days and then.

At dinner, not usually. I mostly have rice or corn based starches.

Sometimes dipping bread for olive oil.

40 posted on 07/22/2015 9:25:30 PM PDT by cicero2k
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