alphseeker Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/PreventingCrossContamination/a/gluten-cross-contamination.htm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease...ntamination.htm We had these friends that were vegan and wouldn't eat out at restaurants that served meat yet had vegan options because they said the enzymes from the meat could get into their food from cross-contamination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease...ntamination.htm IMO, unless you have Celiac Disease, a little incidental cross-contamination will not hurt you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease...ntamination.htm We had these friends that were vegan and wouldn't eat out at restaurants that served meat yet had vegan options because they said the enzymes from the meat could get into their food from cross-contamination... Have encountered that particular stripe of vegetarian (not vegan) myself and they're a giant pain in the ass, generally speaking. Am thinking specifically of the couple who was in our church foyer group (a once-monthly dinner group intended to be a way to get to know fellow parishioners better). Everyone went out of their way to make special vegetarian dishes for these people and they had the audacity to ask if the food was prepared using meat-free dishes/utensils. I was SOOOOO tempted to dump beef broth in the potato casserole I made one weekend. Fortunately they quit attending after about 4 weeks. The male half also volunteered at the homeless breakfast one Saturday when I was there. One of the breakfast items served was sausage biscuits, and Mr. Vegetarian wouldn't help with cleanup afterwards because he was afraid of accidentally touching meat. :eyeroll: Edited March 18, 2014 by Mara 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I should qualify the previous post by saying that most vegetarians I've been in the situation to cook for are just really sweet people who insisted you not go out of your way for them. They have that kind of attitude that makes you WANT to cook something tasty for them to eat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease...ntamination.htm We had these friends that were vegan and wouldn't eat out at restaurants that served meat yet had vegan options because they said the enzymes from the meat could get into their food from cross-contamination... Have encountered that particular stripe of vegetarian (not vegan) myself and they're a giant pain in the ass, generally speaking. Am thinking specifically of the couple who was in our church foyer group (a once-monthly dinner group intended to be a way to get to know fellow parishioners better). Everyone went out of their way to make special vegetarian dishes for these people and they had the audacity to ask if the food was prepared using meat-free dishes/utensils. I was SOOOOO tempted to dump beef broth in the potato casserole I made one weekend. Fortunately they quit attending after about 4 weeks. The male half also volunteered at the homeless breakfast one Saturday when I was there. One of the breakfast items served was sausage biscuits, and Mr. Vegetarian wouldn't help with cleanup afterwards because he was afraid of accidentally touching meat. :eyeroll: Mr. and Mrs. Vegetarian both need a quick swift whack alongside the skull with a giant turkey leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I should qualify the previous post by saying that most vegetarians I've been in the situation to cook for are just really sweet people who insisted you not go out of your way for them. They have that kind of attitude that makes you WANT to cook something tasty for them to eat. I never impose my veganism/vegetarianism on others. If somebody wants to spend their time and money to prepare food for me I am grateful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Celiac disease is not as common as the recent gluten free craze would lead some to believe. People who really have celiac disease don't just get a little bloated or feel "off" if they eat gluten - they get seriously, agonizingly ill. Of course there's more than a little credence to gluten free=improved health; eliminating gluten from your diet means wiping out an awful lot of stuff that's mostly empty calories anyway. And a lot of it contains sugar (most baked goods, for example). The typical American diet contains far too much refined sugar and non-structured (low nutritional value, high glycemic) carbohydrates anyway. In some ways I think the gluten-free thing has become a fad; some people are so incredibly extremist about it! But overall most people could stand to clean up their diets, so I think the good definitely negates the bad. You can have a sensitivity to gluten, and have a little bloating in your gut, without having full-blown Celiac. I wasn't eating a lot of breads and cakes and stuff when I started gaining a few inches around my waist a few years back. I'd been eating healthy for years. My bread of choice at the time was Ezekiel, which is an organic whole grain and flourless bread. It's as healthy a bread as you'll find -- no preservatives, minimally processed, lots of protein -- but it's probably quite glutenous. Alphseeker's comment about the increased consumption of whole grains resulting in increased gluten intake, coupled with today's wheat being bred to contain more gluten, makes a lot of sense. Some people go their whole lives eating Wonder bread and cookies and frozen dinners and live till they're 90. Some people have no problem processing gluten, but some do, and to varying degrees. Everybody reacts to this stuff differently.Yup. My doctor who did my Celiac screening said that I may still have a gluten sensitivity based on my symptoms and my deficiencies which are very low in the case of B12 and iron. Considering what gluten has been known to do to the small intestine villi, I'm thinking this might be a HUGE factor in whats going on with my gut. I agree that some people may not be sensitive to gluten and are just following this "fad" of eliminating gluten but it's not doing them anything bad by getting rid of gluten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I should qualify the previous post by saying that most vegetarians I've been in the situation to cook for are just really sweet people who insisted you not go out of your way for them. They have that kind of attitude that makes you WANT to cook something tasty for them to eat. I never impose my veganism/vegetarianism on others. If somebody wants to spend their time and money to prepare food for me I am grateful. See, I would take the time to find a good recipe that you'd enjoy. Part of being a good host is making sure that all of your guests feel included. I know people will just say, "it's ok, I'll just fill up on vegetable side dishes", but they shouldn't have to feel that's the only option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease...ntamination.htm IMO, unless you have Celiac Disease, a little incidental cross-contamination will not hurt you.I intend to have a little cross-contamination once a week, when I drink my frickin non-gluten free Guinness. :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I should qualify the previous post by saying that most vegetarians I've been in the situation to cook for are just really sweet people who insisted you not go out of your way for them. They have that kind of attitude that makes you WANT to cook something tasty for them to eat. I never impose my veganism/vegetarianism on others. If somebody wants to spend their time and money to prepare food for me I am grateful. My best friend always asks me before hand if I can eat everything she's preparing for the dinner. I would never make a stink about it but she wants to make sure that I wont be sick later. She usually makes something with fish (cause fish doesn't make me sick) and lots of veggies and no dairy. She likes trying out new recipes on me for people with food sensitivities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just read something strange about gluten cross-contamination. Say for example you bake a plain potato in the oven, no problem gluten free. But if you bake bread rolls at that same time along with the potato then the potato is contaminated with gluten and is no longer gluten free. This is a problem if you go to a restaurant and order a gluten free meal there is a strong possibility it may have been contaminated by other foods cooking in the same pan, oven, microwave, etc.... I pictured a gluten free pizza in the same pizza oven with a regular pizza. This is why some people who go gluten free feel great and then they have 1 or 2 bad days in a row, more than likely it was gluten cross-contamination. :o Now this is just crazy-talk. lolI know. This is taking it to the extreme. My wife is fine and will never go gluten free so I told her i need my own kitchen and she replied the same way you did lol http://celiacdisease...ntamination.htm IMO, unless you have Celiac Disease, a little incidental cross-contamination will not hurt you.I intend to have a little cross-contamination once a week, when I drink my frickin non-gluten free Guinness. :hail: Delicious gluten ---> :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umoveme Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I know it's been life changing for my sister. Skin and stomache issues. Some doctors suggest two weeks before you'll see results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I'm more than ever convinced gluten has been a HUGE culprit for me. I just finished my raw food cleanse and during that I accidentally was glutened and OMG was I ever f***ing sick afterwards. It was the only thing I hadn't been eating for a couple weeks and i had gluten by accident while eating out and I was SICK after. I haven't had gluten since then and I feel really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I've been so tired lately, struggling with endometriosis and all of my other issues. Well, I finally listened to my health providers after doctor #5 told me to lay off of of the gluten. I haven't gone completely gluten free but I have noticed a difference cutting back and I feel like I have a bit more energy. I didn't realize how many things had gluten in them besides the expected breads and pastas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Gluten is in beer. I'm on my second Heineken. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Gluten is in beer. I'm on my second Heineken. :/Switch to wine or cider... gluten free and still gets you drunk. :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Gluten and dairy free. Being gluten free has cut down bloating dramatically, feel loads better. Suffer with allergies and they seemto of cleared up.Dairy certainly played havoc with mucus and phlegm, being inflammatory;this has now improved. Its sometimes difficult to maintain, but worth it.Recommend if you have/suspect, gluten intolerance symptoms. Edited April 14, 2014 by condemned2bfree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 This was posted in the SOCN forum... http://ww2.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com%2F2014%2F03%2F28%2Ffarewell-to-gluten-free-why-we-are-so-easily-fooled-by-pseudoscience-and-marketing-gimmicks-when-it-comes-to-food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My niece has removed gluten from her diet, and she claims to feel a LOT better. She says she's sleeping better, and her migraines have gone away. Of course, her diet over the last several years has been 98% pizza, spaghetti, and bread, so that may have had something to do with it. :eyeroll: She's finally got it into her head that she should eat meat and veggies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I put this in the Pissed Off thread in RS, but it's worth repeating here: Here is a hint for any of you who may know someone who gets migraines: When the sufferer is in the beginning stages of a migraine, complete with nausea, scotoma, and pain that feels like an iron spike in one eyeball, do NOT, DO NOT suggest to them that they might not get migraines if they'd "go gluten free". It very nearly got someone cuntpunted today. As it was I acted completely unlike myself and literally yelled at her to "get out of here! JUST GET OUT! I DON'T NEED ADVICE RIGHT NOW!!!" I don't think anyone in the office has ever heard me yell in anger before but I was really feeling like crap. If that's the best you can come up with, then keep your trap shut. She's a pain in everyone's ass anyway with her unsolicited preachy diet advice and I probably could have gotten away with decking her; I don't think anyone would have corroborated her story. I've had migraines for 30+ years and tried just about everything - dietary modifications, chiropractic (they love to be able to cure everything) - to no avail. It seems it's just one of those things with me though it is much, much less frequent now. (And now there is Imitrex - so much better than waiting until the agony is in full flare and then going to the ER for a shot of Demerol!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Just wanted to post this somewhere. Made it through my first vegetarian week. This should be pretty easy to keep up cus I don't eat to much meat anyway. Last Wednesday I made my usual chili recipe only with no meat and used 2 more bean types instead. It was awesome and didn't need the meat to taste good at all. Put it over rice just as usual and it worked well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I had a taste of a gluten free muffin and thought... maybe I'd rather not say... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Gluten is gross. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Gluten is gross.Especially if you see colonscopic pictures of what it does to the lining of your intestines and colon. :puke: Detoxing myself of it has helped clear up my villi quite a bit and my absorption rate of proteins, iron and B12 have risen. It's def not for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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