Originally Posted by
Wavy
While gluten doesn't affect me, eating North American wheat is a bad idea anyway. It's a hybridized grain that sticks in the gut and makes us fat. That's one reason the Western diet makes those who use it fat. Yes, sugar and sodium are part of that too, and for another thread.
For empty calories I prefer my own red wine. If you prefer beer try Bud Select. Bud is made from rice, and Select is the low-calorie low-carb rice beer. I prefer Rolling Rock, but since my SO can't eat wheat, I'm getting along on Select.
Geez, I hope none of the assclowns from years ago attack me for daring to talk about diet on this forum. I'm a Clyde by height and muscle weight -- not fat. After a particularly nasty thread years ago I promised myself I'd never talk diet with fat people who don't appreciate it. Let's see if things have changed.
You callin' me fat?!?!?
I don't think this really qualifies as a 'diet' discussion because it's not about losing fat.
I think beer is going to be the toughest to change. I really like beer. I am not a fan of Budweiser products though. I like the hoppier beers. Bud makes a gluten free beer called Red Bridge which imo is lousy. There seems to be alot of others I haven't tried yet. Bards and some German beers are gluten free. I used to homebrew and there is a not-wheat based malt I would like to try and then I can hop it up to add some flavor.
The more I find about eating wheat the more I feel everyone should be avoiding it. From reading, this issue with gluten started in the Mediterainian area a long time ago. It weeded itself out by natural selection and spread up to northern europe which is the nationality of the majority of people affected. Every child in Italy is tested for gluten intolerence. The US gov't will not do anything about it here in the states because agriculture is such a huge industry and wheat/gluten is in so many things! It can be in soaps, toothpastes, shampoos. There are also so many illnesses both physical and mental that can be traced back to gluten. In tears apart your intestines and then your body is absorbing things it shouldn't be and then your body tries to fight them off and then your immune system becomes weaker over time. So many things: juvenile diabetes, depression, schizophrenia ADHD, autism, cancers, etc. The list is pretty big.
The way I look at it is that if avoiding gluten could possibly add 10 years to my life that I will adjust. I am considering myseld lucky that it was dicovered now instead of 10-15 years from now when a more serious health issue could crop up due to it being undetected.