Comments on: The Rise Of Gluten Intolerance http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Douglas Wallace http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-1065407 Douglas Wallace Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:42:43 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-1065407 Do gluten free people eat potatoes? Do gluten free people eat potatoes?

]]> By: Frederica Huxley http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-1064390 Frederica Huxley Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:52:48 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-1064390 I've long had a theory that the rise of gluten intolerance has come since the 1970's in the UK with the total dominance of supermarket bread made by the Chorleywood method, ie, a method using additives and yeast enhancers. I think a similar thing is happening in the US, with bromides and additives and HFCS in the store breads. As previous people have noted, up until fairly recently very, very few people were celiacs, or had intolerances, and yet the populations ate wheat bread at nearly every meal. I’ve long had a theory that the rise of gluten intolerance has come since the 1970′s in the UK with the total dominance of supermarket bread made by the Chorleywood method, ie, a method using additives and yeast enhancers. I think a similar thing is happening in the US, with bromides and additives and HFCS in the store breads. As previous people have noted, up until fairly recently very, very few people were celiacs, or had intolerances, and yet the populations ate wheat bread at nearly every meal.

]]> By: Ben http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-1005084 Ben Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:13:30 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-1005084 Is it possible that professional bakers (who work extensively with gluten based products) could develop intolerances more readily? I have been wondering if constant exposure increases one's odds of devloping an intolerance. Is it possible that professional bakers (who work extensively with gluten based products) could develop intolerances more readily? I have been wondering if constant exposure increases one’s odds of devloping an intolerance.

]]> By: Divini http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-996896 Divini Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:48:34 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-996896 Sandra, I wanted to share as well as my story is soooo similar to yours! For days after debilitating multiple 'attacks' of unbearable abdominal pains that typically occurred after I ate something (but not each time I ate) over these holidays, I have been reading up on possible causes as leaving an emergency room CAT scan visit with a prescription for intestinal 'cramps' for diarrhea and laxatives to 'clean me out' didn't seem to be working. I too have followed the high fiber, whole grain breads/pastas/etc. type diet for years along with also eating right and exerscizing daily! I'm a health nut and just couldn't understand why in the world I was having these problems which also included a couple of months worth of alternating constipation/diarrhea (and I've always been regular like clock work)! I went so far as to go get tested for celiacs (just to be sure after taking this to the emergency care facility that treated me). It was negative, so now, I have deduced it is definitely gluten intolerance as in simply cutting out the gluten over only the last 3 days, the pains are gone. I know there must be some damage that will need to mend 'inside' and I don't feel 100% yet, but knowing putting the right things in will fix that is empowering and so 'relieving' as that stomach pain would stick around for hours each time it popped up (and bottom line when I eliminated gluten, it stopped as quickly as it popped up 'and in looking back on the attacks, it would be with gluten filled foods!)...very frustrating for someone who is active and on the go! It makes perfect sense with all the GMO foods out there that this is popping up more and more in our society today not to mention living in THE WEST where we tend to consume so much more of it versus overseas (other than Europe). I will never cut financial corners again thinking "I can't afford organic"....the work I've missed with these incidents has put me under so not making the wiser more expensive choice is costing me in the long run and is compromising my health! It's nothing but organic and gluten free for me from now on! I also had another symptom that all of my friends and family found 'odd' but attributed to my age (43) and 'intolerance to alcohol although I used to drink a 6 pack a night in my 20's and sometimes 30's'. Every time I drank even 1 or 2 max beers in a night, I was hungover and sickly for DAYS and it really got to where I would just feel sick right after drinking the beer! I kept trying it thinking it must just be in my mind, but in reading other peoples symptoms, how surprising to find this is a problem with others as well who suffer with gluten intolerance! I found that when I switched to a cape cod, I actually enjoyed the drink and wasn't hungover the next day. GO FIGURE! GF FOR LIFE HERE! Stay well PEEPS! Divini Sandra, I wanted to share as well as my story is soooo similar to yours! For days after debilitating multiple ‘attacks’ of unbearable abdominal pains that typically occurred after I ate something (but not each time I ate) over these holidays, I have been reading up on possible causes as leaving an emergency room CAT scan visit with a prescription for intestinal ‘cramps’ for diarrhea and laxatives to ‘clean me out’ didn’t seem to be working. I too have followed the high fiber, whole grain breads/pastas/etc. type diet for years along with also eating right and exerscizing daily! I’m a health nut and just couldn’t understand why in the world I was having these problems which also included a couple of months worth of alternating constipation/diarrhea (and I’ve always been regular like clock work)! I went so far as to go get tested for celiacs (just to be sure after taking this to the emergency care facility that treated me). It was negative, so now, I have deduced it is definitely gluten intolerance as in simply cutting out the gluten over only the last 3 days, the pains are gone. I know there must be some damage that will need to mend ‘inside’ and I don’t feel 100% yet, but knowing putting the right things in will fix that is empowering and so ‘relieving’ as that stomach pain would stick around for hours each time it popped up (and bottom line when I eliminated gluten, it stopped as quickly as it popped up ‘and in looking back on the attacks, it would be with gluten filled foods!)…very frustrating for someone who is active and on the go! It makes perfect sense with all the GMO foods out there that this is popping up more and more in our society today not to mention living in THE WEST where we tend to consume so much more of it versus overseas (other than Europe). I will never cut financial corners again thinking “I can’t afford organic”….the work I’ve missed with these incidents has put me under so not making the wiser more expensive choice is costing me in the long run and is compromising my health! It’s nothing but organic and gluten free for me from now on! I also had another symptom that all of my friends and family found ‘odd’ but attributed to my age (43) and ‘intolerance to alcohol although I used to drink a 6 pack a night in my 20′s and sometimes 30′s’. Every time I drank even 1 or 2 max beers in a night, I was hungover and sickly for DAYS and it really got to where I would just feel sick right after drinking the beer! I kept trying it thinking it must just be in my mind, but in reading other peoples symptoms, how surprising to find this is a problem with others as well who suffer with gluten intolerance! I found that when I switched to a cape cod, I actually enjoyed the drink and wasn’t hungover the next day. GO FIGURE! GF FOR LIFE HERE!

Stay well PEEPS!

Divini

]]> By: alex http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-914229 alex Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:51:33 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-914229 Gluten intolerance isn't an allergy, it's a food intolerance. I have an actually wheat allergy. They are two totally different things. Gluten intolerance isn’t an allergy, it’s a food intolerance. I have an actually wheat allergy. They are two totally different things.

]]> By: Jamie McCarthy http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-896354 Jamie McCarthy Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:18:48 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-896354 Does anyone ever wonder WHY the grains are different now than they were as ancestral species? Genetically modified foods have infiltrated our diets at drastic levels and we aren't even allowed to know about it! Why can't we label them? Because then not only would we be able to choose whether or not we want to incorporate them into our diet but we would also be able to trace any adverse effects from them back to the source! Does anyone know how they are able to get foriegn DNA into a cell to genetically modify it in the first place? What do you suppose would be good at cell-invasion? Bacteria? Viruses? Lets not forget about the antibiotics that are also a part of the cross-breeding process. Go organic people. Educate yourselves and fight against the corporations that are using you as lab rats to monopolize food, bankrupt family farmers, and reep all the financial benefits. Does anyone ever wonder WHY the grains are different now than they were as ancestral species? Genetically modified foods have infiltrated our diets at drastic levels and we aren’t even allowed to know about it! Why can’t we label them? Because then not only would we be able to choose whether or not we want to incorporate them into our diet but we would also be able to trace any adverse effects from them back to the source! Does anyone know how they are able to get foriegn DNA into a cell to genetically modify it in the first place? What do you suppose would be good at cell-invasion? Bacteria? Viruses? Lets not forget about the antibiotics that are also a part of the cross-breeding process. Go organic people. Educate yourselves and fight against the corporations that are using you as lab rats to monopolize food, bankrupt family farmers, and reep all the financial benefits.

]]> By: stonehillady http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-884535 stonehillady Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:19:28 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-884535 Gluten Free foods diet & you gained weight ? Well, that is a first ! Myself & others that went on the diet lost weight & fast ! When people go on this diet, I have not seen Big-Agra Manufacturers other then Blue Diamond foods with there Nut-Thin crackers. Many of the newer gluten free foods are created by someone in their family having problems...FACT. Anyone with any knowledge of Foods knows that Fructose & corn syrup is deadly & when eaten with any carb is trouble...! Or too many potatoes with sour cream & butter is deadly for weight gain,,,so I question a Gluten Free as a weight gainer ! There must be something else going on . Gluten Free foods diet & you gained weight ? Well, that is a first ! Myself & others that went on the diet lost weight & fast ! When people go on this diet, I have not seen Big-Agra Manufacturers other then Blue Diamond foods with there Nut-Thin crackers. Many of the newer gluten free foods are created by someone in their family having problems…FACT. Anyone with any knowledge of Foods knows that Fructose & corn syrup is deadly & when eaten with any carb is trouble…!
Or too many potatoes with sour cream & butter is deadly for weight gain,,,so I question a Gluten Free as a weight gainer ! There must be something else going on .

]]> By: Taylor http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-884433 Taylor Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:50:13 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-884433 What about organic wheat? Does organic wheat and organic wheat products cause the same issues as GMO and conventional wheat? What about organic wheat? Does organic wheat and organic wheat products cause the same issues as GMO and conventional wheat?

]]> By: George J. Kirkby http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-880854 George J. Kirkby Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:51:47 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-880854 A greater a wareness is what I think is happening. All though I have tested positive for Celiac some of my family members are not buying it even though they have symptoms, (love alcohol, panic attacks) A greater a wareness is what I think is happening. All though I have tested positive for Celiac some of my family members are not buying it even though they have symptoms, (love alcohol, panic attacks)

]]> By: Sandra http://www.foodrenegade.com/the-rise-of-gluten-intolerance/#comment-810162 Sandra Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:28:08 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=908#comment-810162 I would like to share my recent experience with stomach problems and self diagnosis of being “gluten intolerant” and how it has changed my health and lifestyle. For many years I followed a healthy high fiber diet which included whole wheat bread, bagels, pasta, etc. For approximately 3 years I have been experiencing digestive problems which had become intolerable. The main symptoms were early morning breathtaking stomach pain or sometimes after eating burning and extreme stomach pain. Another symptom which had worsened was a sharp constant pain under my right breast bone. I have been to emergency room a number of times at which time they stabilized my condition. I had my gallbladder removed a couple of years ago, as I was told me it was diseased (no visible stones). Recently after seeing a general practitioner for my stomach problems she ran a some blood tests and found I had H. Pylori, I was given a 14 day treatment which included 2 antibiotics twice a day, Pepto-Bismol 2 four times a day and Prilosec once a day. I followed this treatment religiously and during the treatment had no symptoms and felt much better. About 2 days after the treatment finished the same symptoms started to reappear once again. I had read that gluten intolerance could cause the type of symptoms I was experienced and decided to cut out the wheat products and follow a gluten free diet and see what happens, just about immediately all the above symptoms disappeared and I feel great. I would like to share my recent experience with stomach problems and self diagnosis of being “gluten intolerant” and how it has changed my health and lifestyle. For many years I followed a healthy high fiber diet which included whole wheat bread, bagels, pasta, etc. For approximately 3 years I have been experiencing digestive problems which had become intolerable. The main symptoms were early morning breathtaking stomach pain or sometimes after eating burning and extreme stomach pain. Another symptom which had worsened was a sharp constant pain under my right breast bone. I have been to emergency room a number of times at which time they stabilized my condition. I had my gallbladder removed a couple of years ago, as I was told me it was diseased (no visible stones). Recently after seeing a general practitioner for my stomach problems she ran a some blood tests and found I had H. Pylori, I was given a 14 day treatment which included 2 antibiotics twice a day, Pepto-Bismol 2 four times a day and Prilosec once a day. I followed this treatment religiously and during the treatment had no symptoms and felt much better. About 2 days after the treatment finished the same symptoms started to reappear once again. I had read that gluten intolerance could cause the type of symptoms I was experienced and decided to cut out the wheat products and follow a gluten free diet and see what happens, just about immediately all the above symptoms disappeared and I feel great.

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