I keep seeing gluten free this and that. What the hell is this newest fad, I ask myself.
Stems from people with Celiac disease.
Celiac disease is a problem with digesting gluten, a protein in foods like bread, crackers, and pasta, affecting the absorption of nutrients. Symptoms include gas and bloating, weight loss, and fatigue.
Ok, I don't have that, so why should I care about a gluten free diet? Apparently the experts are perplexed also.
Yet paradoxically, most of the people who reach for gluten-free products don’t have celiac disease and or even a sensitivity to wheat, Peter H.R. Green, MD, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, told WebMD. "The market for gluten-free products is exploding. Why exactly we don’t know. Many people may just perceive that a gluten-free diet is healthier."
In fact, it isn’t. For people with celiac disease, a gluten-free diet is essential. But for others, "unless people are very careful, a gluten-free diet can lack vitamins, minerals, and fiber," says Green.
Further digging into how people living to 100 brought me to this, I tell you , it rings true because I try to live a less stressful life because at 50, I don't give a frakk.
The people who live in the Blue Zones — five regions in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S. researchers have identified as having the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world — move their bodies a lot. They have social circles that reinforce healthy behaviors. They take time to de-stress. They're part of communities, often religious ones. And they're committed to their families.
I keep seeing gluten free this and that. What the hell is this newest fad, I ask myself.
Stems from people with Celiac disease.
Celiac disease is a problem with digesting gluten, a protein in foods like bread, crackers, and pasta, affecting the absorption of nutrients. Symptoms include gas and bloating, weight loss, and fatigue.
Ok, I don't have that, so why should I care about a gluten free diet? Apparently the experts are perplexed also.
Yet paradoxically, most of the people who reach for gluten-free products don’t have celiac disease and or even a sensitivity to wheat, Peter H.R. Green, MD, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, told WebMD. "The market for gluten-free products is exploding. Why exactly we don’t know. Many people may just perceive that a gluten-free diet is healthier."
In fact, it isn’t. For people with celiac disease, a gluten-free diet is essential. But for others, "unless people are very careful, a gluten-free diet can lack vitamins, minerals, and fiber," says Green.
Further digging into how people living to 100 brought me to this, I tell you , it rings true because I try to live a less stressful life because at 50, I don't give a frakk.
The people who live in the Blue Zones — five regions in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S. researchers have identified as having the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world — move their bodies a lot. They have social circles that reinforce healthy behaviors. They take time to de-stress. They're part of communities, often religious ones. And they're committed to their families.
I can tell you from personal experience there is no gotcha, been tested, I have it, and it can be awful. What they failed to mention in there report is the incidence of celiac has risen but primarily in diabetics. Both my brother and I have it, both of us are type II diabetics. The other thing is how many times have you heard when you shop the market buy non processed foods found in the last isles. I pretty much cook everything from fresh including organic eggs and veggies when I can find them. If I don't eat fresh cooked food and eat processed food, it almost puts me down and useless and there have been times before I knew what the problem was, another heart attack would have been easier, if that's any indication of how bad i felt.
It's a very long story about discovery, test, and treatment (of which is only eating different no meds for it) but I can tell you for sure it isn't as cut and dried as a health food gotcha scam, and I know there are plenty.
Post by rickymouse on Jul 16, 2015 23:07:21 GMT -6
For some, gluten is a problem. I have a little problem with bread, but Most of it is lack of enzymes needed to process the bread. I make my own bread and it doesn't bother me to eat that. I designed the recipe so my family can eat it better with less problems. It took me about a year and a half to figure a good combination of ingredients that worked to kill the bloat we got. But I do not have celiac genetic problems.
There is more than just gluten that is a problem in our flours. The B vitamins they add can be a problem for some people, the wheat can cause some reactions to the protein. The albunim in wheat can cause an opening of the gut to allow improperly digested proteins to pass through triggering an immune response too. The new rapid yeast could be not tolerated by some. The phosphorus in the bread could be a problem. The dough conditioners can cause bad responses too. Too many things to go wrong.
People with an intolerance should try some sourdough bread to see if it is any better. There are so many possible problems with foods nowadays, most stemming from too much change in diet, it will be hard to figure out what is causing people's intolerance. It is metabolic or immune
I decided to research if we actually need the chemistry of bread, thinking that people with problems could just sustain from eating bread and the like. It appears we need some of this chemistry though or similar replacement chemistry in foods.
I know quite a few people who gave up gluten or breads and every one of them seems to look better and feel better. I don't think their good success is always from gluten though, I think there are various chemistries that are causing problems.
You have no idea how much I love bread as well, it is the hardest thing to give up. The gluten free bread is ok toasted but other than that sucks. Explain on the sourdough if you would please it is one of my most missed. There were times when I didn't know I had celiac you would have thought I was pregnant from the bloating, when I asked the doctor he said I was retaining water. I love doctors I hate doctors. I good one is on the order of hens teeth.
What I found most disheartening was, it's even hard to find products that aren't made in the same factory that produces products with wheat or it byproducts. So you can buy something and it has small amounts.
Oops.... translation error ...... thought at first was reference to watching cute ladies gluteous maximus ...... and that wouldnt be getting slapped and called an old lecher anymore ......
Oops.... translation error ...... thought at first was reference to watching cute ladies gluteous maximus ...... and that wouldnt be getting slapped and called an old lecher anymore ......
This public relations campaign is actually pissing me off.
Just about every little group that is different in ANY pervy or weird way these days get celebrated and protected like endangered species....so what happened here??? The fact our Government and Public Service Announcement makers can't fathom the HELL it is to be gluten sensitive isn't any reason to be blanket stating 'Gluten is harmless'! The HELL it is!
Oh..I don't watch if I consume it...I'm not sensitive. Apparently people either are, or are not in terms of it not doing harm anyway, you may not feel. That isn't how this seems to work....but a good family friend was outright put down and down for multiple days at times...if she accidentally ingested food with this in it.
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I know.... How about this, for the authority stating Gluten is harmless..... I want to run PSA's declaring PEANUTS are harmless and get over it! ...because to 99% of people, they ARE harmless. Of course, if you're in that 1 percent ...it isn't cool to see authority playing down a reaction that can be outright fatal.
You have no idea how much I love bread as well, it is the hardest thing to give up. The gluten free bread is ok toasted but other than that sucks. Explain on the sourdough if you would please it is one of my most missed. There were times when I didn't know I had celiac you would have thought I was pregnant from the bloating, when I asked the doctor he said I was retaining water. I love doctors I hate doctors. I good one is on the order of hens teeth.
What I found most disheartening was, it's even hard to find products that aren't made in the same factory that produces products with wheat or it byproducts. So you can buy something and it has small amounts.
Bread turns to glucose in the body. Glucose and glucose like molecules can trigger the body to retain sodium. This can hinder the excretion of some bad metabolic toxins by the kidneys. Some are bound to the sodium and need to be excreted. Glutamine in the bread is actually inflammatory to the gut and causes the gut to increase production of new cells, this can go awry and lead to an increase in the gut thickness and lessen the uptake of nutrients in the intestines and dampen the permeability of the gut. This can lead to constipation if the osmolytic action is lessened. Stuff sitting in the gut too long can lead to reuptake of the toxins which can cause more cell death and need for more regeneration.
There are a lot of ways that this can go, also wheat itself allows misdigested proteins to enter the bloodstream because of one of it's albunims. Milk and egg albumin can also cause this which leads to a jump in creation of macrophages to gobble up these proteins and a slight headache and unclear thinking results. Eating something containing bromelaine can help, pineapple and grapefurit contain this in considerable amounts. It is a proteinase which breaks apart these proteins in the blood so they can be taken care of easier. I like the pill my daughter got, it has a little papain, a little bromelain, pepsin, and Betaine hydrochloride. It works great when a big meal containing meats. Now, when eating bread, it dampens acid production, so just bromelain and some digestive enzymes may help. Too much is not good though, don't abuse this and start taking high doses all the time.
Gluten intolerance is because gluten does not break down right and this can be helped by long fermentation and inclusion of enzymes that are in Rye. Now many of the sour dough breads use different microbes than yeast and yeast creates micotoxins that actually help candida overpopulate. Acetelaldehyde. Acetaldehyde needs molybdenum cofactors to help detox it so eating foods high in unbound molybdenum helps. Molybdenum also helps create enzymes and parts of our blood that detox sulfites. Sulfites are necessary in our body to fight infection but too much can cause a breakdown of organs and acetelaldehyde levels too high also cause a lot of problems with messing up our organs. If you have a problem with the MOCS1 genes or the ALDH1 or 2 genes, the fingernail polish and perfumes may bother you and you can not live symbiotically with the candida and other yeast microbes well.
I can't say what is happening in your body, I have no evidence and can't test anything on you. I can only steer a person to try certain things and find out what the problem is then I have lots of knowledge as to what might work. But each person has to become an alchemist and experiment and keep note of the difference in cognitive function too, sometimes you feel better but get forgetful and irrational if things get awry. They know of this when designing some food chemistry that attracts us, dumbing us down is beneficial.
I would suggest a small molybdenum supplement when you get candida overload, actually lots of places on the net say it is beneficial. I put some organic rye flour and some wheat germ in our bread and we all tolerate it better. I also add organic whole grain barley flour, but that is more for taste in this case. A tablespoon of each of these helps. I use regular Dakota made unbleached unbromated bread flour which is high in gluten too. I use red star active dry yeast, none of that super active GM yeast that they actually never even tested as to safety. They didn't need to by current rules, yeast is yeast in the FDA rule book. Reading that in the FDA regulations made me sick. They have raised the gluten levels of most flours used in this country, that is part of the problem. Everyone has got used to the extra gluten.
I do not have celiac disease though but do have a problem with candida overload as do my kids. It is hard for me to comprehend what it feels like. Unless a person experiences something it is hard to comprehend. Stomach pain can also come from AIP and a person is not tolerant to things well with this condition. It just means you can't eat certain foods that trigger it. Are you sure it is celiac, have they actually examined it with a scope. Misdiagnosis plagues the medical field.
Last Edit: Jul 17, 2015 9:37:54 GMT -6 by rickymouse
Oops.... translation error ...... thought at first was reference to watching cute ladies gluteous maximus ...... and that wouldnt be getting slapped and called an old lecher anymore ......