Gluten Intoloerance: Real or Marketing Scheme

[sschefer]

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If you're having problems and can't figure out what's causing them then why not look into a GF free diet. If it works you win if not then try something else.

Just for s and g ---- Everyone that drinks water eventually dies.. I'm suprised that banning it isn't in the new health care plan.

 

[QC]

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The Dangers of DHMO

 

[roscoe]

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http://www.dhmo.org/

http://www.dhmo.org/milk.html

 

[JB]

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C'mon, guys. DHMO is distilled water.

 

[sutor623]

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If you're having problems and can't figure out what's causing them then why not look into a GF free diet. If it works you win if not then try something else.

While there is some truth in this, it often ends in failure. The problem is that there are cross reactive foods, like corn, soy, egg, potato, rice and many others. Basically, a true celiac or gluten intolerant must often go on a paleo diet (remove all grains) to reduce the inflammation in the intestines enough to allow them to heal and be able to absorb nutrients again. If you simply cut gluten, and the intestinal tract is not healed, you will simply develop symptoms yet again, to another food, due to the undigested food "leaking" into the blood stream. The body then produces antibodies to fight the "foreign substance" when all it is is simply undigested food. Very complicated to reverse without the proper testing.

 

[sutor623]

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It seems that my lifetime has been marked with everything that tastes good being discovered as bad for you. . . then, later, as good for you.

Yes very true. A lot of people are self-diagnose, some, like me just get tired and lazy when they eat it, and some get deathly ill from ingesting less than a saltine cracker's worth of gluten.

 

[JoLin]

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I'd be the last to dispute that there's a certain amount of 'me too'-ism in whatever happens to be the disease of the decade.

Twenty years ago every overactive kid was diagnosed with ADD. I knew one unfortunate kid who was put on Ritalin. Poor kid walked around like a zombie. His mom refused to accept the diagnosis and treatment, and after a year or so of experimenting with the kid's diet, he was off the drugs and doing fine.

That said, both my wife and daughter suffer real distress (Celiac's) from overindulging in gluten-rich foods. Since they (almost) eliminated gluten from their diets, both are doing much better. They can get away with the occasional piece of bread, but if they ingest even small amounts for a few days in a row, the problems resurface quickly.

My .02

 

[sutor623]

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Unfortunately Jolin something like this only continues to worsen when gluten is continued to be eaten. Since the gene for GI is hereditary, it makes sense that your wife and daughter both have it. I would recommend that they both cut it entirely.

 

[JoLin]

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Unfortunately Jolin something like this only continues to worsen when gluten is continued to be eaten. Since the gene for GI is hereditary, it makes sense that your wife and daughter both have it. I would recommend that they both cut it entirely.

I agree, and so do they, but it's virtually impossible to completely eliminate it and still lead a normal life. They're very careful, but everyone's ability to both live and to enjoy that life involves making compromises.

 

[Woodnaut]

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For reasons I'd rather not go in to, I've spent a lot of the past year reading about Multiple Sclerosis. There is a significant ongoing discussion (mostly between patients and some healthcare professionals) concerning the exact role of diet and the progression of multiple sclerosis. (Search for Roy Swank or George Jelinek.) Several of the credible proponents of a regulated diet for MS identify gluten as a potential source of problems for MS patients. From my personal investigations it seems that there might actually be something there. As already noted, this sensitivity does not affect everyone.

 

[Scott Danforth]

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have a co-worker who has serious gluten allergies. Doctors took a while to figure it out. Since its genetic, his daughter also has the same allergies.

Gluten allergies are real.

 

[sutor623]

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For reasons I'd rather not go in to, I've spent a lot of the past year reading about Multiple Sclerosis. There is a significant ongoing discussion (mostly between patients and some healthcare professionals) concerning the exact role of diet and the progression of multiple sclerosis. (Search for Roy Swank or George Jelinek.) Several of the credible proponents of a regulated diet for MS identify gluten as a potential source of problems for MS patients. From my personal investigations it seems that there might actually be something there. As already noted, this sensitivity does not affect everyone.

Yes sir. This is a chronic condition that is thought to be caused (partially) to GI. The immune system starts to attack the nerves in the body.

 

[tpenfield]

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I ate some gluten today . . . sort of by accident. Now my ears hurt

 

[kfa4303]

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Oddly enough, while gluten can be quite harmful to people with Celiac, lots of vegetarians and vegans eat a meat substitute product called Seitan which basically pure wheat gluten. Go figure. One man's trash, is another man's treasure.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Just a note.......... about 3 weeks ago I was in Central Florida and saw a sign on a business selling Gluten Free Spring Water! :facepalm:

 

[kenmyfam]

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Just a note.......... about 3 weeks ago I was in Central Florida and saw a sign on a business selling Gluten Free Spring Water! :facepalm:

So did you buy a case of it ?????

 

[Bob_VT]

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I believe it is all about marketing the doom and gloom....... true there may be some allergies to things but marketing is what is killing everyone!!

Gluten Free spring Water.

Steaks labeled ZERO Carbs (in the supermarkets).

The true professionals are the Advertising and Marketing people!!:facepalm:

 

[Tim Frank]

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Steaks labeled ZERO Carbs (in the supermarkets).

Haven't seen that one....how do they justify that label?.... :facepalm:

 

[kenmyfam]

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Haven't seen that one....how do they justify that label?.... :facepalm:

It's in the same aisle as the pork chops with no animal products !!!

Have to agree with Bob though. A lot of it is to frighten you into buying more expensive stuff that is meant to be "better" for you.
Let's face it I think we all did alright without having "Probiotics" shoved in our faces,:facepalm:
Did anyone but food marketing people and scientists honestly know what psyllium fibre was before Regis shoved it down our throats on TV that it was good for you ??
And yoghurt with a few billion bacterial cultures is now apparently better for you than one that has less ???
I particularly detest the advertising industry for the carp it constantly puts out.:facepalm:
It also makes me more determined not to buy it if I see it in the stores.

 

[lakelover]

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Agree that GF is something real that has become a fad, but in a way that's good...

My wife is gluten intolerant and whenever she eats gluten-containing products, she has gut pain and gets lesions on her skin. They clear up after a few days of gluten-free again.

And here's why I say the fad is good: gluten free food is comparatively way expensive, I'd give anything to not have to buy it. It would put a new spin on our budget. But now that it has become a fad, with more people buying the GF food, some of the prices have started to come down . So I say, "FAD AWAY!"