Gluten/wheat free, anyone?

[Special T]

There is a good GF beer maker in Oregon, Farm Time beer? Has a tractor on it. Best GF and local beer I've had. Hands down the best GF beer is Greens out of Belgium... at $8 a pint from the grocery store I don't drink many of those.

[sumpnz]

Wife has celiacs, as does the vast majority of her mom's side of the family out to 1st cousins.  We assume the kids do too, though we're going a wheat trial to see for sure.

The thing about gluten free diets is that unless you have celiacs it is often less healthy than a regular wheat-inclusive diet.  It has to do with the types of carbs contained in gluten-free wheat replacement flours.  IIRC my wife said they're higher glycemic index carbs than wheat.

Beyond that, eating GF starchy foods is hideously expensive.  If you don't need to be GF you'll save a ton of money by not buying GF substitutes for gluten containing food you normally eat.

[jackelope]

Here you go, Special T...

http://thebeerdiaries.tv/beer-guide/gluten-free-guide/

The Beer Diaries Gluten Free guide.

[Special T]

Here you go, Special T...

http://thebeerdiaries.tv/beer-guide/gluten-free-guide/

The Beer Diaries Gluten Free guide.

Great resource. I'm surprised the Greens Endeavor  didn't score as well as I like it. Harvester is the Oregon company that is good and has good reviews.

I had a Spanish light beer that was as close as I've ever had to acceptable a while back. Redbridge by AHB is so bad  I won't drink it. Most light beers have a funny finish to them similar to a saint beers like sapuro. It's my opinion that the IPA and Dark beers do a better job of covering for the off/strange finish due to the no wheat.

It's no surprise that the beers that separate the gluten out review much better.... because they actually use wheat.

Part of the issue, at least for me, is that if I'm having a "beer" it had better taste like one. If it doesn't I'll just have a cocktail. I've had many of the hard ciders and some of them are pretty good. The hardest part is when you have a hankering for a beer and there is only trash to be had.

I'll use that guide for a couple of new purchases.

[Antlershed]

My wife and I watch lots of food documentaries. That and just the general observations of my body contribute to my opinion on wheat/gluten.

I have no opinion on glutten unless you have celiacs, then you shouldnt have glutten.

I have discovered, not only do I feel better by cutting bread out of my diet but it is the single biggest contributor to helping me losing weight, hands down. I LOVE bread. PB & J sandwiches are probably my alltime favorite food followed by egg sandwiches.

Bread is addictive. Its filling so that feels good, but then a couple hours latter I start feeling tired and need another dose of bread. The carbs convert to sugar then you crash. Ive watched some food docs that talk about the addictive nature of bread and how it makes you feel. I had some real "Ohhhhh, thats why I feel the way I do"moments after watching some of these shows.

I relate the love/addiction for breads to the carbs/sugars. Not the glutens.
The sugar is the addictive part, and the part that makes you fat and unhealthy.

8 years ago I lost 40lbs, all while eating bread every single day! I ate the 45 cal/slice stuff, but I eliminated all other non-natural sugars from my diet. 

[steen]

I've read that the main reason so many people are gluten intolerant Is because It is sprayed with roundup three days before harvest to get that perfect color and dryness just before harvest.  The roundup is not all gone out of the wheat yet. It needs to be left for longer but if they do that the wheat loses it's crisp dry texture. Don't remember much of the article anymore but it was interesting.

[Boss .300 winmag]

I've read that the main reason so many people are gluten intolerant Is because It is sprayed with roundup three days before harvest to get that perfect color and dryness just before harvest.  The roundup is not all gone out of the wheat yet. It needs to be left for longer but if they do that the wheat loses it's crisp dry texture. Don't remember much of the article anymore but it was interesting.

I have a hard time believing that one, cost plus crop damage from tractors, plus to expensive to crop dust it, and not enough crop duster to achieve this.

[hogslayer]

I hate to say it but i am Gluten and Dairy free.  Trust me it isn't a choice.  I feel like such a lame asking about it when i go out.  Amazingly it happened when i quite doing drugs a little over 7 years ago.  Got clean and realized real quick that i could melt paint with some of the stuff that happened when i ate the wrong things.  It seems that a lot of people my age (30) have/ are having problems with it.  I do believe that over processed and chemicals have something to do with it.  It's a growing trend and illness for lots of people.