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To: X-spurt

Usually people that stop eating wheat have had a high calorie diet. Anyone with a high calorie diet that eats less finds they feel better. Wheat products are high calorie, which is also a good thing because food is to provide calories and not palate happy tastes. However, nutrients in wheat and other gluten products are essential and that good feeling fades as they starve themselves of nutrients and then they go and look for other things to cut out of their diet because they read it on the Internet.

Many people do fasting to feel better. I don’t fast, but I get the idea. I fast in my own way by cutting out things I know are fattening and reduce my intake for a few days. Breads are something I cut out for a few days as they make me feel too full and are high calorie. I usually go on a protein and green veggie diet for a few days. But, I don’t blame gluten or any other fad for my feeling well or bad and ban them from my diet. I just eat moderately.

Over the years we’ve seen starches demonized, meats demonized, wheat demonized, gluten demonized, sugar demonized, dirt grown foods demonized, eggs demonized, salt demonized, etc.

Only in a well fed population can people be finicky enough to go and stave themselves of nutrients.


31 posted on 11/09/2013 7:52:26 AM PST by CodeToad (When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
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To: CodeToad

A study was recently published, and somebody posted it on FR, that the calories in- calories out concept is greatly flawed. It wad a Big Gov study originally. Since my oldest two are trying to find new and exciting ways to end up in the ER with broken bones, I will have to find and post a link later.


51 posted on 11/09/2013 9:35:06 AM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: CodeToad
Not believing in gluten intolerance is kind of like not believing in cancer or diabetes. It's real.

See your own tagline.

55 posted on 11/09/2013 10:41:13 AM PST by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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