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wabmester
wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I haven't eaten any bread or other wheat products for a couple months now. My wife just brought home some seitan kabobs.

I said "I can't eat that -- that mock meat is made from gluten." Then I paused a second, and said "wait a second -- gluten is a protein." And I proceeded to eat it all up. :)

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  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    I guess that didn't get anybody excited about eating gluten. :)

    Another way to think about it: if you try eating a high level of gluten after abstaining for more than a month, this makes an excellent gluten sensitivity test. (So far, my body has not complained.)
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    :) that looks delicious. Glad your body didn't react badly. So is it not wheat?
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    It's from wheat, but it has zero carbs. Common ingredient for Asian vegetarians (e.g., some Buddhists). We have a Vietnamese place near us that specializes in this type of food.

    Definitely not recommended for Celiacs, but a lot of people eat this stuff ALL the time.
  • rkufeke
    rkufeke Posts: 73 Member
    I occasionally forget that for me, it's not just the carbs but the gluten too... So I'll do something dumb like eat a low carb tortilla at a friend's house. And then I'll feel terrible. I had a scope shortly before starting this woe that showed damaged/inflamed intestine presumably related to gluten intolerance, but then my celiac blood test came back negative. But I'm pretty sure gluten is indeed an issue :(
  • kirkor
    kirkor Posts: 2,530 Member
    wabmester wrote: »
    Then I paused a second, and said "wait a second -- gluten is a protein." And I proceeded to eat it all up. :)


    Where's that "roll eyes" smiley? :unamused:
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    The Celiac test apparently only looks for antigens to certain subtypes of gluten, but you might be sensitive to other subtypes or to some other substance found in wheat.

    http://chriskresser.com/50-shades-of-gluten-intolerance
  • rkufeke
    rkufeke Posts: 73 Member
    wabmester wrote: »
    The Celiac test apparently only looks for antigens to certain subtypes of gluten, but you might be sensitive to other subtypes or to some other substance found in wheat.

    http://chriskresser.com/50-shades-of-gluten-intolerance

    Thanks for that info! When the blood test came back negative, they said not to worry about going gluten-free. I was like, what?! The only other possible reasons they gave for the type of damage I had were an eating disorder (which doesn't apply to me) or taking too many NSAIDs (which I hadn't taken at all for at least a month before the scope, because they were looking for ulcers, and I actually pretty much never take anyway). So going gluten-free seemed like a no-brainer, and luckily it's easy when paired with a ketogenic diet :)
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