Anyone Ever Try Teeccino?

[tex]

Hi All,

This stuff is apparently promoted as a coffee substitute designed to avoid the problems of heartburn, acid refluc, ulcers, and GERD. Of course, while they slyly avoid coming right out and saying it, they imply that hyperacidity, (along with other characteristics of coffee), is typically the cause of these problems. Look at the claim these folks make on their website:

Gluten does not extract into boiling water. Tests show Teeccino is gluten free although it contains barley.

Whadda ya think about that? Has anyone ever tried it? By that reasoning, I presume that a drink made by boiling wheat, would be safe, so long as the wheat itself was discarded. Call me a coward, but I'm not willing to try it.

http://www.teeccino.com/gitract.aspx

Note that their ad is claimed to be approved by three dietitians, (are three dietitians better than one?), but no doctors. This kinda shakes my faith in dietitians.

Love,
Tex

[mle_ii]

Being from Seattle I'm pretty sure that drinking any coffee substitute would be a crime punishable by death.

[Polly]

Since barley is one of the 4 gluten-containing grains (wheat, rye, barley, and probably oats) I would want to know exactly how they go about getting the gluten out of the barley.

[tex]

Polly,

I'm just guessing here, but looking at their description, I get the impression that they don't make any attempt to remove the gluten from the barley--they just assume that it will not be extracted into the water during the brewing process. IOW, they assume that the coffee filter will keep out any solids, and the liquid will be gluten free. I hope I'm wrong, but that's the way it appears.

Did you notice how they describe the benefits of barley, in their ingredient list discussion? They say:

Barley has a soothing effect on the GI tract, and has been used to treat diarrhea, gastritis and inflammatory bowel conditions.

I think they're just blowing smoke, (foul-smelling smoke, at that).

Love,
Tex

[Matthew]

Wayne
I am very skeptical. I can not imagine that a filter that is as crude as a coffee filter could be depended on to filter out all of the barely solids even if I believed that the gluten does not dissolve in the water. I can only assume that those Barely solids that go through the filter must contain, at least, some gluten. This reminds me of the big controversy over Gee and if it contained dairy or Casein. If it quacks like a Duck..............

Eating a diet void of refined carbohydrates, sugar, grains and high glycemic carbohydrates and eating instead easily digested proteins and complex carbohydrates I have found that their is no longer any reason to spike my energy with constant infusions of caffeine. Ahhhhh the calm steady energy of consistently feeding my body with foods that provide the nutrients that work best for it.

Matthew

[moremuscle]

It sounds like a product I will not be testing on my own body
I guess it boils down to simply not feeling up to being sick again - I wouldn't trust a dietitian with my diet; in fact I don't trust anyone with my diet.

I think I have tried similar products to the one mentioned here. In Denmark during WWII a barley product was widely sold as a coffee substitute; many foods were rationed (limited) back then and coffee was one of them. My grand mother who was frugal continued to add this type of barley product to regular coffee long after the war in order to save a little money. By itself it doesn't come close to tasting like good coffee.

I am lucky, I drink regular and decaf every day and still maintain some kind of normal formed stool.



Love,
Karen