What do you think of this new low gluten fad

Apologies, we've almost hijacked the thread. :o (It's about 'Gluten', - stupid!)

But.. having battled the bulge (like William Banting - look him up and read his little ''Letter on Corpulence" ) with conventional weapons... only to find that going against conventional medical and pharmaceutical wisdom works a treat..... I'll endorse the Taubes/Rosedale/Atkins philosophy as being closer to the truth than all the drug-company funded studies anyone can throw at me. :angel: (been on one that nearly killed me.. and was a failure, and that family of drugs is still being pushed...:o)

And to add fuel to the fire, my intake of FATs was ginormous in calorie-numbers with 100 to 200 grams of butter per day as well as the meat, fish, eggs fried & raw all seasoned with loads of salt etc.... virtually no carbs or grains.... and the spare tyres continued to deflate along with the blood pressure. :eek::eek::eek:

Without any extra exercise....

I don't miss bread one little bit. :D

Your hair must be really glossy with that much butter each day!

The biggest problem with gluten free and other things like that is that it is a great excuse for attention seeking people to jump on the illness even though they have never been to a doctor to find out if they are effected by it.

But it makes them center of attention at a restaurant by shouting to the waiter. " is this gluten free ( even though it is written on the menu) , I must have gluten free or I will die "

I think we all know people like that. I know several. My sister in law for one , I lived with her for a year and she ate anything at home all sorts of crap. But at a restaurant all of a sudden she became celiac and everything revolved around her and what she could eat.

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Originally Posted by Reads90

The biggest problem with gluten free and other things like that is that it is a great excuse for attention seeking people to jump on the illness even though they have never been to a doctor to find out if they are effected by it.

But it makes them center of attention at a restaurant by shouting to the waiter. " is this gluten free ( even though it is written on the menu) , I must have gluten free or I will die "

I think we all know people like that. I know several. My sister in law for one , I lived with her for a year and she ate anything at home all sorts of crap. But at a restaurant all of a sudden she became celiac and everything revolved around her and what she could eat.

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Yes we've all come across those people, they usually have chocolate cake full of gluten for dessert after picking right through the main course.

As far as doctors and gluten. Many of them believe there is no such problem. The medical profession is seriously in the dark on many topics. The test for celiac disease requires eating enough gluten for long enough that they can view the damage in your gut.
This is the equivalent of a healty person eating rotten food and poisoning themselves for a few weeks just so they can go "yay, I passed the doctors test"

Very interesting.
Couple of questions.
If you dont eat bread, what do you spread your vegamite and marmalade on, is there an alternative ?
Is there an off the shelf cereal GF alternative ?

Ta.

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Originally Posted by olbod

Very interesting.
Couple of questions.
If you dont eat bread, what do you spread your vegamite and marmalade on, is there an alternative ?Is there an off the shelf cereal GF alternative ?

Ta.

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Spread Vegemite? All the Mites etc can be eaten by the finger-full. (when no-one is watching.)
Or knife-load, if I have to be polite...:):):)


Marmalade ? - Don't toucht the stuff, or any jam or sugar-rich preserves. Or sugar in any form... Have gone right off the taste of all sweet foods now, so it's no sacrifice.

But, that's due to my own circumstances and the driving need (even if it kills everyone around me!) to halt the damage and reverse-if possible- the ill effects of my sins. - About 40 years worth... :(

Anyway, cutting back on sugar (in all forms including sweeeet fruits) can only benefit, and paradoxically, you'll end up with a more stable energy level throughout the day.:D

When you look at so-called primitive natives, the two foodstuffs that stuff-up their health are 'White-man's flour and white-man's sugar.'

Join the dots...

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Originally Posted by olbod

Very interesting.
Couple of questions.
If you dont eat bread, what do you spread your vegamite and marmalade on, is there an alternative ?
Is there an off the shelf cereal GF alternative ?

Ta.

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Robert, perhaps you overlooked my #12 post with the alternatives to cereals with gluten.
Have a loom at your local library for the following books:

Quinoa For Families (also availabe in Big W)
Cooking With Quinoa: the Supergrain (also @ Big W)
Quinoa The everyday superfood (also available @ Big W)

Cheers

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Originally Posted by olbod

Very interesting.
Couple of questions.
If you dont eat bread, what do you spread your vegamite and marmalade on, is there an alternative ?
Is there an off the shelf cereal GF alternative ?

Ta.

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Vegemite = contains gluten, so I don't.
I eat very little bread at all now, but concede it's good for breakfast sometimes. You can buy lots of different GF breads at the supermarket* now. Raisin bread, fruit bread, plain white, chia bread, wholemeal, banana bread, etc.

Yes, lots of GF cereal at the supermarket* too. Try the "health food" section, not cereal section.

FYI We bake home-made banana bread and plain bread sometimes with much less sugar and as per normal baked goods, home-made versions taste fantastic compared to bought versions. With a bit of experience you can bake you any kind of cake GF and you won't notice any difference to the wheat flour version IMO. No one has mastered bread yet.

*Varies greatly on the supermarket, but they are all available, you just have to go to the right store.

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

Robert, perhaps you overlooked my #12 post with the alternatives to cereals with gluten.
Have a loom at your local library for the following books:

Quinoa For Families (also availabe in Big W)
Cooking With Quinoa: the Supergrain (also @ Big W)
Quinoa The everyday superfood (also available @ Big W)

Cheers

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I have to agree, that although I now have replacements for gluten products that I eat sometimes, the bulk of my diet is not "gluten replacement" products now, but diet of products that never contained gluten anyway. Trying to "replace" it all the time is kind of the wrong approach IMO.

It's like going vegetarian. You can continue to order the steak, chips and salad, but ask them to change the steak for tofu. Or you could just order a vegetarian meal that has been designed from scratch to not include meat. The second will always be a better tasting meal. There is a distinct difference in approach.

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Originally Posted by Judo

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I have to agree, that although I now have replacements for gluten products that I eat sometimes, the bulk of my diet is not "gluten replacement" products now, but diet of products that never contained gluten anyway. Trying to "replace" it all the time is kind of the wrong approach IMO.

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Indeed. You'll find how much better a diet is without all this bread based crap.

Skiing is probably the highest activity level of anything I'll do for a full day. The best day skiing I have ever had energy wise was:
GF muesli and milk for breakfast.
Salami at morning tea and afternoon tea.
Steak for lunch.
Chocolate-peanut bar eaten somewhere else along the way.

I didn't get hungry or feel flat all day and that's a serious feat when skiing off groomed trails all day.

Seriously, our hunting ancestors had food sorted.