Comments on: How do I know if I’m sensitive to grains? http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:35:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maxine http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1729 Maxine Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:39:52 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1729 My body has forced me to get on a very healthy diet. Chicken, fish, fruits, veggies. Plain food, nothing processed, and no wheat, rye, barley, or any kind of bread. And no rice. It took me years to figure out what was going on. There were allergy perscriptions. A iron test (low). Funny how no doctor asked if I was constipated. When you've been constipated for a while your brain doesn't work properly and you don't even know you're constipated. You think it's normal. You wonder if your stomach is shrinking. You don't know why you feel like you're wearing a tight corset. Anyway, I was so sick for so long and wondered if it was just how life was and I couldn't do anything about it. But now, things are much better. However I've had to look at food a different way. I've realized that food does not have to be fancy, or breaded, or deep fried. And it doesn't even have to go together. I give my mind the healthy choices that I have to choose from and take the one I want the most. Once in a great while tho, I have a grilled cheese sandwich. It is wonderful!!! But that's just once in a blue moon. It's like I can sneak one through the intestines and the body doesn't notice, lol. I did feel left out of the whole world tho, having to eat so wierd. Until I got rid of the television about six months ago. Those ads showing happy happy people drooling over tall proud loaves of bread. Just my opinion but I think advertising and bad health go hand in hand. People didn't used to eat the way they do now. And back then there weren't nearly as many ads, and the ads weren't like they are now. My body has forced me to get on a very healthy diet. Chicken, fish, fruits, veggies. Plain food, nothing processed, and no wheat, rye, barley, or any kind of bread. And no rice.
It took me years to figure out what was going on. There were allergy perscriptions. A iron test (low). Funny how no doctor asked if I was constipated. When you’ve been constipated for a while your brain doesn’t work properly and you don’t even know you’re constipated. You think it’s normal. You wonder if your stomach is shrinking. You don’t know why you feel like you’re wearing a tight corset. Anyway, I was so sick for so long and wondered if it was just how life was and I couldn’t do anything about it. But now, things are much better. However I’ve had to look at food a different way. I’ve realized that food does not have to be fancy, or breaded, or deep fried. And it doesn’t even have to go together. I give my mind the healthy choices that I have to choose from and take the one I want the most. Once in a great while tho, I have a grilled cheese sandwich. It is wonderful!!! But that’s just once in a blue moon. It’s like I can sneak one through the intestines and the body doesn’t notice, lol. I did feel left out of the whole world tho, having to eat so wierd. Until I got rid of the television about six months ago. Those ads showing happy happy people drooling over tall proud loaves of bread. Just my opinion but I think advertising and bad health go hand in hand. People didn’t used to eat the way they do now. And back then there weren’t nearly as many ads, and the ads weren’t like they are now.

]]> By: lara http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1700 lara Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:30:30 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1700 Add acne to the list. I have a lifelong acne/rosacea problem and generally bad skin. Once, a friend of mine who is a natural healer type of person told me that if I wanted to fix my skin problem, I had to stop eating bread. I did, and my skin cleared up. Add acne to the list. I have a lifelong acne/rosacea problem and generally bad skin. Once, a friend of mine who is a natural healer type of person told me that if I wanted to fix my skin problem, I had to stop eating bread. I did, and my skin cleared up.

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1408 Mistress Krista Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:17:10 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1408 Mary, all grains are seeds. The problem with grains comes from the seed coat that is designed to protect the seed in order for it to be dispersed. Many seeds evolved so that they have a tough coat that can survive being eaten (e.g. by an animal) so that the seed can be distributed by first being eaten then excreted by an animal. This allows the seed to travel. Other seed coats enable the seed to survive a period of dormancy under poor conditions (e.g. in the winter or during a dry season). The plants evolve tough, indigestible seed coats as defenses. This is what causes the problem -- the defenses often work too well for us.:) Mary, all grains are seeds. The problem with grains comes from the seed coat that is designed to protect the seed in order for it to be dispersed. Many seeds evolved so that they have a tough coat that can survive being eaten (e.g. by an animal) so that the seed can be distributed by first being eaten then excreted by an animal. This allows the seed to travel. Other seed coats enable the seed to survive a period of dormancy under poor conditions (e.g. in the winter or during a dry season).

The plants evolve tough, indigestible seed coats as defenses. This is what causes the problem — the defenses often work too well for us.:)

]]> By: MaryL http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1404 MaryL Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:14:10 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1404 I'm curious: what about quinoa? It's really a seed, not a grain, so can you eat it without a bad reaction? I’m curious: what about quinoa? It’s really a seed, not a grain, so can you eat it without a bad reaction?

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1314 Mistress Krista Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:40 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1314 Well, it depends what you would use the grains for. For sugary/starchy carbohydrates, fruit and yams are great; butternut squash is also fairly starchy. For pasta, make carrot and zucchini "noodles" or have spaghetti squash. For cereal, a combo of ground seeds and coconut. For bread/baking: flax meal, hemp flour, sunflower seed flour, ground almonds and other nuts, coconut flour, chestnut flour, mesquite pod flour, carob flour. Mashed potatoes and yams can also add starch. Instead of crackers try apple or veggie slices. Instead of curry on rice have it over veggies. Most meals don't really need that grain portion. We just have it out of habit. Well, it depends what you would use the grains for. For sugary/starchy carbohydrates, fruit and yams are great; butternut squash is also fairly starchy. For pasta, make carrot and zucchini “noodles” or have spaghetti squash. For cereal, a combo of ground seeds and coconut. For bread/baking: flax meal, hemp flour, sunflower seed flour, ground almonds and other nuts, coconut flour, chestnut flour, mesquite pod flour, carob flour. Mashed potatoes and yams can also add starch. Instead of crackers try apple or veggie slices. Instead of curry on rice have it over veggies.

Most meals don’t really need that grain portion. We just have it out of habit.

]]> By: Siobhan http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1312 Siobhan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:31:07 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1312 I'm interested in what you eat to replace grains--and how you stay away from them. I find it difficult, even though I was a childhood asthmatic and have a few of the symptoms you listed. It's almost as if gluten calls me. I’m interested in what you eat to replace grains–and how you stay away from them. I find it difficult, even though I was a childhood asthmatic and have a few of the symptoms you listed. It’s almost as if gluten calls me.

]]> By: JKC http://www.stumptuous.com/how-do-i-know-if-im-sensitive-to-grains/comment-page-1#comment-1304 JKC Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:28:02 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3438#comment-1304 This message can't get out enough, really. I suffer from CFIDS/Fibro and the only thing that really controls my symptoms (besides being careful not to overstress my body in general) is a strict diet free of whole grains and legumes. Gluten is the worst, eating it causes me to develop flu-like symptoms within 12 hours. Other whole grains and legumes seem to have more of a slow build-up effect contributing to fatigue, brain fog and joint/muscle pain. So if you have any kind of mysterious chronic symptoms, it might be worthwhile to try a few rounds of dietary elimination. The biggest culprits seem to be wheat, corn, soy, and dairy, but almost any food can cause problems in sensitive individuals. This message can’t get out enough, really. I suffer from CFIDS/Fibro and the only thing that really controls my symptoms (besides being careful not to overstress my body in general) is a strict diet free of whole grains and legumes. Gluten is the worst, eating it causes me to develop flu-like symptoms within 12 hours. Other whole grains and legumes seem to have more of a slow build-up effect contributing to fatigue, brain fog and joint/muscle pain. So if you have any kind of mysterious chronic symptoms, it might be worthwhile to try a few rounds of dietary elimination. The biggest culprits seem to be wheat, corn, soy, and dairy, but almost any food can cause problems in sensitive individuals.

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