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I gave up gluten and here's what happened
Pioneer Press ^ | 11-12-13 | Douglas Brown

Posted on 11/18/2013 5:17:41 AM PST by TurboZamboni

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To: TurboZamboni

My philosophy - JERF - Just Eat Real Food

Most meals home cooked, very little, if any, processed food.


41 posted on 11/18/2013 7:21:12 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: TurboZamboni

Gluten free is a hoax.


42 posted on 11/18/2013 7:21:22 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: TurboZamboni

43 posted on 11/18/2013 7:22:26 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Lazamataz
I am on a 100% gluten diet — nothing but heaping bowls full of steaming gluten — and I feel GREAT!

Isn't one of the seven deadly sins gluteny?

44 posted on 11/18/2013 7:26:31 AM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Starstruck

Don’t ever do that again.


45 posted on 11/18/2013 7:30:19 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: newnhdad; Mountain Mary; SamAdams76

>> I don’t understand the criticism either.

Fair enough! Let me help you understand.

I have not yet met the glucose-lactose-peanut-eggwhite-HFCS-whatever-intolerant souls who bravely (and silently!) bear their terrible burden.

No, the ones *I* know are uber-hypochondriacs that make their “food sensitivity” a centerpiece of their existence.

They don’t simply pass up without comment the stuff they can’t eat at dinner parties/church suppers/family reunions/etc. No, they *always* grill whoever is serving over EXACTLY what ingrediants are in EVERYTHING, and they *always* tell everyone within earshot how They Can’t Eat That!!! and put on that “Don’t Worry About Me I’ll Starve I’m such a brave martyr!” act.

And GOD forbid you are forced to dine with them in a PAID establishment, because HERE is where they really shine. Because food-for-money is involved, they feel beyond entitled to beat the poor food server up over ingredients in every damn dish, and indignantly whine about why they don’t have a dish to accommodate their needs, and doesn’t the proprietor understand about food allergies yadda yadda bla bla bla. It’s embarrassing. And if they even think an offending morsel passed their lips during the meal — whoever picked the restaurant and/or paid for their meal WILL hear about it the next day (extending on into the next week).

Hope this helps, and FRegards


46 posted on 11/18/2013 7:33:43 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: yldstrk

Yes, maybe, sort of. The problem is that the intestinal flora, not just bacteria, but Archaea, viruses and other microorganisms, and even parasites, are very interactive with each other and the immune system.

If the gluten was digested by bacteria, it still might elicit an immune response. Some immune diseases like Crohn’s may actually be causes by an *absence* of a parasite.

So it’s likely going to be years before they start to get a handle on this.


47 posted on 11/18/2013 7:36:07 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (War on Terror news at rantburg.com)
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To: fatez

>> Nervous Tick Please post your address

Why don’t you post yours and I’ll send you a sympathy card.


48 posted on 11/18/2013 7:37:44 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Lazamataz

Gluteny is one of the 7 deadly sins.


49 posted on 11/18/2013 7:38:26 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Nervous Tick

I see your ignorance is only exceeded by your arrogance.


50 posted on 11/18/2013 7:40:42 AM PST by fatez ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: TurboZamboni

I just added wheat gluten to my homemade bread over the weekend. It rises better and oh so light and tasty. Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmm! I feel better already. :-)


51 posted on 11/18/2013 7:42:44 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: fatez

I see your prideful self-importance knows no bounds.


52 posted on 11/18/2013 7:44:25 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
After my “gut” problem a year or so ago, my husband bought me the book IBS For Dummies (irritable bowel syndrome). I have never read anything more confusing. What makes one person sick, cures another person with the same symptoms. I am not surprised that anyone, even doctors, is confused by this condition.
53 posted on 11/18/2013 7:44:31 AM PST by Ditter
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To: SamAdams76
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as lactose-intolerant,

I read about lactose-intolerance in the mid-70's. It was written about back then.

54 posted on 11/18/2013 7:45:15 AM PST by aimhigh
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To: IamConservative
processed food is what's killing people

Four years ago, I detoxed and went to pure foods that aren't overprocessed. I didn't give up gluten, but limit it to a bowl of whole-wheat cereal and a slice of whole grain bread or some other pure grain. Without any added gluten, whey, cornsyrup, no artificial anything...and sticking to whole grain, two servings is fine.

I agree it's the processing. But I'd say it's also the additives.

55 posted on 11/18/2013 7:46:32 AM PST by grania
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To: Nervous Tick

Ahhh, prideful self-importance...Have you made fun of any cancer victims this week or taunt any downs kids???


56 posted on 11/18/2013 7:47:21 AM PST by fatez ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: TurboZamboni

I love that gluten-free diets are so popular.

It means cheap and plentiful gluten for the rest of us.


57 posted on 11/18/2013 7:49:07 AM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: fatez

>> Have you made fun of any cancer victims this week or taunt any downs kids???

Food “sensitivity” is neither cancer nor down’s syndrome.

Any more than homosexuality is a “civil right”.

You’ve outed yourself as a fuzzy thinker who will hurl any low blow that comes to mind.

Fortunately, I don’t have a “sensitivity” to that tactic, because unlike you I *am* able to think, and to distinguish right from wrong.


58 posted on 11/18/2013 7:52:09 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Nervous Tick
I am sure fuzzy thinking is self-defined by you, along with your sense of sensitivity and probably compassion. Instead of piling on, why don't you think what you have said. My sons when they meet people who are gluten free because of choice tell them it must be nice to have that choice. Both were denied military entrance because celiac, it is a real condition that literally could kill them over time. You can defend yourself, that is fine, but defending ignorance when shown to you is arrogant.
59 posted on 11/18/2013 7:56:59 AM PST by fatez ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: goodwithagun
In my early 40s I had to have my gall bladder out. At that time, I had no food allergies. Once the gall bladder was out, I developed Celiac disease and severe allergies to numerous foods. Before I knew what had happened, I was losing 1/2 lb. a week as I was getting no nutrient from any food I ate - I was down to 110 lbs.. I was sent to a large allergy clinic and they separated my white cells out and put them on foods. My white cells attacked numerous foods.

They called me with a list of foods not to eat. I was allergic to so many foods I was eating, especially wheat. I stopped those foods, including wheat gluten, and after three days I was not sick anymore and I stopped losing weight and began to get the nutrients from foods into my body. I didn't eat wheat for many years and wasn't getting sick anymore.

You will know something is very wrong if you have Celiac disease because you will stay sick and lose weight. I had never heard of that disease, I was just sick all the time and losing weight until I was told not to eat anything with wheat in it plus those other foods.

I can't imagine people saying they have Celiac disease and they really don't; they just want to be cool claiming they have it. It's a terrible disease to have.

This is what happens if one has Celiac disease: "Celiac disease leads to destruction of the villi that line the walls of the small intestine. The destruction of these villi affects a person's ability to absorb critical vitamin and nutrients—particularly the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K."

60 posted on 11/18/2013 7:59:30 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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