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Melissa McEwen
This blog is about the intersection between evolutionary biology and food. But also about practical applications, sustainable agriculture, and general tasty things. I originally started eating this way to heal from chronic health problems and...it worked!
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WTF Files: Gluten, essential food
Apparently if you give up gluten without actually being celiac you'll get fat and have headaches. Well, at least according to idiotic dietitian (two words that go together often) Tanya Thomas. I can't believe newspapers give industry shills a platform for their nonsense, but it's almost hilarious given the stupidity of the arguments. You might get headaches from not enough carbs? I'm sorry, but that's not true and even if it were there are hundreds of foods that are both carbs and gluten-free.
There has been a spate of articles saying food allergies are overdiagnosed and perhaps they are, but allergies are the tip of the iceberg. Food sensitivities are a recognized medical condition and elimination diets are the only valid way to diagnose them. Maybe those of us with sensitivities don't have blood tests to wave in front of everyone's faces, but that doesn't mean our problems are fake.
Methinks the wheat industry is scared, which is ridiculous given how small this trend really is.
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When I cut carbs to less than
When I cut carbs to less than 25 grams/day from about 100, I get a headache every time. The brains likes its carbs, and objects to higher ketones. Oh well, just live through the cut. I doubt if gluten has much to do with it. The best thing I ever did for myself was abandon grain. Grain need adequate processing to be fit for humans. Pass it through a pig, eat the pig.
Well, if you're an idiot
Well, if you're an idiot cutting gluten for no good reason and then eating a mass of non-gluten grains or pre-packaged gluten-free foods as a replacement, you might get fatter (or stay the same). Headaches, though? Where does that come from? That article was sad.
The other insipid article, I've read before. I tell people I'm allergic to dairy and corn even though it's an intolerance, because most people don't understand the use of the word. Most doctors don't even seem to know what an intolerance is. They can't imagine anyone having problems with culturally standard foods unless they break out in hives.
"if you're an idiot cutting
"if you're an idiot cutting gluten for no good reason"
You mean like the fact that grains have no place in the human diet except when the only alternative is death by starvation?
Oh. My. God. I think my
Oh. My. God. I think my head is going to explode!
"Going gluten-free involves cutting out wheat, rye and barley, all of which contain the protein called gluten, and replacing these with carbs like rice, cornmeal and buckwheat flour. In the long run, the switch may actually cause weight gain."
"Also, many products that are gluten-free pack in the sugar, fat and salt, according to the Daily Mail."
I guess it's just too difficult a concept to figure that people will actually COOK their own food! And that the foods wouldn't contain any of the carbs this writer names.
I don't have celiac disease.
I don't have celiac disease. Over three years ago, I eliminated gluten (grains and a few other key things) and my migraines went away. As far as I can tell, I falsified Tanya's inductivist pontifications in my case. Case closed for me.
Yeah. I dont have Celiac
Yeah. I dont have Celiac Disease wither. I am gluten intolerant. Ive undergone the meridian stress assessment, and I am HIGHLY allergic to grains. I have not been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. I personally think Wheat is poison for humans...its not the same wheat it was 50 years ago. Human tampering with genetics has made grains into something we can't digest.
As for the headaches...I have been getting these weird headaches...is it because Ive HAD to cut carbs? I'm sorry, gluten free food sucks, so I eat fruits and veggies.
I think thats nonsense as
I think thats nonsense as well, and I am a nutrition manager. I have a gluten intolerance and get plenty of carbs from my veggies. (no headache or weight gain included)