What foods to eat!

[Martha]

My husband, who is not GF, bought some whole wheat bread last week, and the ingredients included wheat flour AND wheat gluten. So they added extra gluten to it.



Martha

[tex]

Your comment to Jane.. "GMO is sort of a moot point, because gluten trumps it so profoundly with it's ability to corrupt the human genome". I guess I'm not sure what you mean in that statement.

It's kind of a long story (that's why I wrote a book). The book includes a chapter that discusses the historical significance of wheat and how it's adoption into the human diet during the neolithic period managed to trigger the devolution of our healthy, robust (bigger, taller, and stronger) paleo ancestors into the current world population, which finds itself increasingly plagued by disease. During the approximately 300 generations since that time, we (as a species) have become shorter, smaller, weaker, and subject to cancer and all sorts of immune system diseases that didn't exist back before the advent of wheat.

If you look at the paleo records, for example, you will find that cancer did not exist in hunter-gatherer societies. Tooth decay issues began during the neolithic period. One of the early markers of celiac disease is weakened tooth enamel and accelerated decay. So clearly, celiac disease has existed ever since wheat was first added to the diet. After all this time, we seem to have reached a point where our accumulated genetic damage, together with increasing gluten consumption during the past few decades is now rapidly accelerating our rate of health decline.

My point was simply that it would be difficult for any risks associated with GMO foods to compete with gluten for overall damage potential, because gluten has at least a 299-generation lead, in it's efforts to destroy human health.

And as I discussed in the book, celiac disease and microscopic colitis are virtually indistinguishable on a cellular basis. The diagnostic markers for both diseases exist in both the small and large intestine, despite the medical community's efforts to try to treat them as separate diseases. The main physiological differences between the two diseases are relatively minor effects determined by genetics. If you happen to have a copy of the book, most of this is discussed in chapter 9.

Tex

P. S. Martha, I see that you've discovered the extra gluten in bread flour — good catch.

[tex]

Regarding the question about natural antihistamines:

In this first article, just click on any of the many paragraphs about issues that you might be interested in, to see an article about that topic.

Natural Antihistamines

Natural Antihistamines: 3 Foods that Fight Allergies

Tex

[OttawaGrl]

OttawaGrl, another hint with pasta....serve it with the sauce mixed in like they do in Italy.....not just a mound on top. And also, if using rice pasta, rinse it well after it is cooked. Deb

It is rice pasta so I will do! Thanks again for the advice! :)

[birdlover3]

Tex is right about the histamines because after he said something about it, I started taking an antihistamine and my BMs go more solid. It was like the last piece of the puzzle.

As for the pasta, My favorite is the combination of quinoa and corn. The brand is Ancient Harvest. I have also had the Tinkyada brand and the Trader Joes brand of rice pasta. They are not bad and neither is the Trader Joes Corn pasta. It does turn the water cloudy and yellow though.

Leah

I talked to a friend at my church and she uses the Tinkyada that I can get close by so I'll give that a whirl. Kroger and Jewel have special sections but I'm never sure what is good and what isn't. Thanks for your suggestions.

[birdlover3]

Tex.... oooops on the wheat, but what I was referring to is that the modern wheat that we know today was "created" by genetic engineers in the 60s ( cross breeding grasses) and that's how the gliadin got into wheat. Am I wrong?

Birdlover, I just buy over the counter antihistamine and take one a day. Just read the "inactive" ingredient list before you buy.

Leah

Thanks Leah for this and for the info on the Ancient Harvest brand. I'll be going to Jewel and Kroger to see if they have it there.

[ldubois7]

Thanks Tex...great information!