How to become Gluten Free

[Kaido]

My wife has Celiac and I found this hilarious. Especially the part about enjoying the gluten free bread.

Please send help.

Help has arrived, brother! There's a new gluten-free flour that is amazing. I'll PM you the details

 

[Kaido]

you went to a doctor. The doctor diagnosed you. When you underwent proper dietary restrictions, medication, and other changes as requested your symptoms improved markedly.

You're missing one thing: aside from the trendy dietary restriction option & being a full-blown Celiac, there is such a thing as a Gluten Intolerance. Our medical measuring equipment is only accurate in testing for this 50% of the time; you have to go on an elimination diet otherwise to test for it. The field of food allergies is still a developing field; it's not like breaking an arm or a leg where we have a pretty solid workflow for getting casts & whatnot. Eventually they'll figure out some kind of test for it, but right now it's still in flux.

 

[norseamd]

LMFAO

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[Ichinisan]

You're missing one thing: aside from the trendy dietary restriction option & being a full-blown Celiac, there is such a thing as a Gluten Intolerance. Our medical measuring equipment is only accurate in testing for this 50% of the time; you have to go on an elimination diet otherwise to test for it. The field of food allergies is still a developing field; it's not like breaking an arm or a leg where we have a pretty solid workflow for getting casts & whatnot. Eventually they'll figure out some kind of test for it, but right now it's still in flux.

I don't know how it would be possible to reach that conclusion though. Maybe the 50% that don't have a positive diagnosis have psychosomatic symptoms (again: psychosomatic symptoms can be very real).

 

[Ancalagon44]

How do you know that someone is allergic to gluten?

It's easy - they tell you.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

How do you know that someone is allergic to gluten?

It's easy - they tell you.

If a person has non celiacs gluten sensitivity and does crossfit, what do they talk about first?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

If a person has non celiacs gluten sensitivity and does crossfit, what do they talk about first?

A gluten-intolerant, atheist, and crossfitter walk into a bar... how do you know?

Actually it's kind of funny, I think my Celiac wife might hate "gluten-intolerant" people more than normal people do but at the same time is relieved there nonsense has made a lot more GF options available out there.

 

[SandEagle]

funny video.

we once had a coworker who didnt go out for pizza with us because she was gluten intolerant.
a few weeks later caught her munching on a non-glutenfree pizza at her desk.

 

[LegendKiller]

You're missing one thing: aside from the trendy dietary restriction option & being a full-blown Celiac, there is such a thing as a Gluten Intolerance. Our medical measuring equipment is only accurate in testing for this 50% of the time; you have to go on an elimination diet otherwise to test for it. The field of food allergies is still a developing field; it's not like breaking an arm or a leg where we have a pretty solid workflow for getting casts & whatnot. Eventually they'll figure out some kind of test for it, but right now it's still in flux.

Wow. This is...wow.

I used to think you were a pretty smart guy.

Prove that your number is real and not just made up. Perhaps you can redeem yourself with that.


http://www.buzzworthy.com/science-proves-gluten-sensitivity-isnt-real-people-are-just-whiners/

Gluten sensitivity is a fucking fraud. A self-reported fraud. Period.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Wow. This is...wow.

I used to think you were a pretty smart guy.

Prove that your number is real and not just made up. Perhaps you can redeem yourself with that.


http://www.buzzworthy.com/science-proves-gluten-sensitivity-isnt-real-people-are-just-whiners/

Gluten sensitivity is a fucking fraud. A self-reported fraud. Period.

He's not stupid, he's duped. Some very smart people have been duped.

 

[flexy]

Marketing gimmick.

The same nonsense as labeling candies as "fat free food".

Only in America. "Gluten free" ---> so it must be healthy.

 

[LegendKiller]

Part of the problem is shit like this...


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/opinion/the-myth-of-high-protein-diets.html


This guy quotes junk science after junk science, leading people down the road to false "nutrition" and diets. His stuff has been debunked time and again, yet he's allowed to propagate falsehoods for years and years. Isn't it time somebody shut him down for spewing this bullshit?

 

[Kaido]

http://www.buzzworthy.com/science-proves-gluten-sensitivity-isnt-real-people-are-just-whiners/

Amazing:

...the $10.5 billion marketing success of gluten-free products.

On the flip side, why is gluten considering an essential part of a diet? It's just a grain. I don't think going off it is necessarily bad...there's meat, veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, and even other grains like rice to keep your palette entertained. People act like there's some magic global law that says you have to eat wheat or else, and find it very offensive if someone else doesn't want to eat it. I can understand when someone makes it a point to be, as someone mentioned, a "special snowflake" about it, but really, who cares - if you need a food crutch to make you feel valid, more power to you. I've never really met anyone who was whiny about it IRL though, I think a lot of our views are skewed by media stereotypes about them. Vocal minority & all.

 

[Kaido]

Marketing gimmick.

The same nonsense as labeling candies as "fat free food".

Only in America. "Gluten free" ---> so it must be healthy.

It's a billion-dollar industry, why? Companies would be stupid not to capitalize on food trends like this.

 

[Kaido]

funny video.

we once had a coworker who didnt go out for pizza with us because she was gluten intolerant.
a few weeks later caught her munching on a non-glutenfree pizza at her desk.

I showed it to a bunch of my GF & Celiac friends. Half of them cracked up, the other half got very offended, and then emailed me ten minutes later saying it was the funniest thing they'd seen all day

 

[Kaido]

If a person has non celiacs gluten sensitivity and does crossfit, what do they talk about first?

Probably how much healthier they are IRL than me lol

 

[LegendKiller]

Amazing:



On the flip side, why is gluten considering an essential part of a diet? It's just a grain. I don't think going off it is necessarily bad...there's meat, veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, and even other grains like rice to keep your palette entertained. People act like there's some magic global law that says you have to eat wheat or else, and find it very offensive if someone else doesn't want to eat it. I can understand when someone makes it a point to be, as someone mentioned, a "special snowflake" about it, but really, who cares - if you need a food crutch to make you feel valid, more power to you. I've never really met anyone who was whiny about it IRL though, I think a lot of our views are skewed by media stereotypes about them. Vocal minority & all.

Because people like you DO think you're a special snowflake. First you go from "it's a problem" to "you can't diagnose it" to "it doesn't matter". You're a sucker. It's OK to admit it.

I never said it was essential, but why waste the time/energy to take it out of special snowflakes like you don't need it out? You didn't even know it existed until a few years ago, nobody did, at least not outside of Celiac sufferers. Otherwise nobody cared.

 

[BoberFett]

Do you even understand what I wrote? Do you think people suddenly changed all their eating habits in one generation? I agree the foods you mentioned are bad for you. Do you actually think foods that are simply high in carbohydrates and fat are responsible for a 10% rise in allergies and food intolerance in ONE generation?

I already told you, I got MY information from the CDC. What do YOU base your accusations and put downs regarding my observed relationships between food and the rise of food allergies? I've been making trained professional boots on the ground observations in the food industry for the last 35 years. I would remind you that the cornerstone off ALL science is observation. MY training and experience makes the huge leap that MAYBE the increased food allergies has something to do with the over processed GMO foods we eat.

Of course, you're welcome to wait for consensus in the scientific community, it should only take another generation or two. Oh and, any related health issues will be well beyond remedy for this generation or the next but, maybe your kid's grandchildren can shake their heads wisely over how foolish we were because they have definitive proof there was a problem.

 

[BoberFett]

FTFY
Seriously, that's the same argument that was used to bail out the banks, "they're too big to fail." What needs to happen is the government to stop giving preferential treatment to large corporations who grow the food. More and more, food is viewed as something that is manufactured rather than grown. Sadly, America doesn't care because of those same corporations creating a work and living environment that is unsupportable in the long run.

What exactly is your "profession" that gives you so much insight that you can unquestioningly tie gluten allergies to processed food, but yet completely fail to realize how efficient our farming is due in very large part to the evils of science such as pesticides and GMO?

This planet can't feed 7 billion people from organic hobby farms.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

^He's a brewer, now stop asking stupid questions.

 

[DrPizza]

Do you, Brainonska511 or, DrPizza observe hundreds of people eating every day over the last 35 years? Do you observe food trends, ordering habits, interactions with food suppliers over the same length of time? Yet, you all seem qualified to dismiss my observations when I have done so.

No. Hundreds would be on the low end. You're forgetting - I served pizza - millions of slices of pizza over the years (calculated). The vast majority of people who are suddenly gluten intolerant are simply on to a fad. The number of people who are gluten intolerant, but can handle pizza, "as long as it's not too much pizza", would just amaze you - and they're clueless that the crust is made with high gluten flour.

 

[StrangerGuy]

What exactly is your "profession" that gives you so much insight that you can unquestioningly tie gluten allergies to processed food, but yet completely fail to realize how efficient our farming is due in very large part to the evils of science such as pesticides and GMO?

This planet can't feed 7 billion people from organic hobby farms.

My need for all-natural organic things to stuff my face with to feel a placebo effect is a lot more important that millions of starving people or a much higher grocery bill.

 

[artvscommerce]

Do you even understand what I wrote? Do you think people suddenly changed all their eating habits in one generation? I agree the foods you mentioned are bad for you. Do you actually think foods that are simply high in carbohydrates and fat are responsible for a 10% rise in allergies and food intolerance in ONE generation?

I already told you, I got MY information from the CDC. What do YOU base your accusations and put downs regarding my observed relationships between food and the rise of food allergies? I've been making trained professional boots on the ground observations in the food industry for the last 35 years. I would remind you that the cornerstone off ALL science is observation. MY training and experience makes the huge leap that MAYBE the increased food allergies has something to do with the over processed GMO foods we eat.

Of course, you're welcome to wait for consensus in the scientific community, it should only take another generation or two. Oh and, any related health issues will be well beyond remedy for this generation or the next but, maybe your kid's grandchildren can shake their heads wisely over how foolish we were because they have definitive proof there was a problem.

You keep making correlations, but you are not demonstrating evidence for any causal relationship. The sun comes up when I go to work every morning, but i'm quite certain the sun will still rise if I decide to stay home on Friday.

I think there are many potential causes for the things you are mentioning that are FAR more likely than gmo or gluten.

 

[Kaido]

No. Hundreds would be on the low end. You're forgetting - I served pizza - millions of slices of pizza over the years (calculated).

Name matches output. Mind. Blown

 

[Kaido]

The vast majority of people who are suddenly gluten intolerant are simply on to a fad. The number of people who are gluten intolerant, but can handle pizza, "as long as it's not too much pizza", would just amaze you - and they're clueless that the crust is made with high gluten flour.

Is this like a big city trend? I'm a bit out in the boonies & haven't ever met anyone who is willingly foregoing gluten. That just sounds crazy. Gluten-free food is horrible; I've largely given up baked goods since I went off because it's just not worth it because they're so bad.