What's up with people eating Gluten Free ?

Rocket_Man44
Rocket_Man44 Posts: 896
in Food and Nutrition
You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s
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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Yeah, whatever. My doc told me to limit wheat and wheat products.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,252 Member
    Yeah, whatever. My doc told me to limit wheat and wheat products.
    So, you don't have Celiac........did they explain why you need to limit wheat products?
  • cdl42
    cdl42 Posts: 41
    You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s
    Do you realize you don't have to have celiac disease to need to go gluten free? You could have a sensitivity to gluten and even that can be dangerous to your health.
  • FindingAmy77
    FindingAmy77 Posts: 1,268 Member
    You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s

    I agree
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,252 Member
    The gluten free trend that is consumer driven is still in it's growth stage and will benefit people that actually have celiac or have some intolerance (diagnosed) for the rest it's fashionable and expensive, which is another way of saying, sheep will get sheared.
  • JupeJones
    JupeJones Posts: 107 Member
    Just another food fad, I predict.

    We saw the same thing years ago with the whole Atkins craze. Everyone and their cousin were shunning carbs. Newspapers and magazines were full of articles about it. TV news did stories about it. Restaurants starting having entire "Atkins" and "low carb" sections on their menu and touting the fact. Remember that?

    After awhile, the bloom was off the rose. Your friends and coworkers stopped talking about it. The media stopped reporting on it. Restaurants might've kept a few token low-carb items, and/or the option to get your sandwich on a lettuce wrap, but that was about it. Things were back to normal for a bit.

    This is no different. In the future, you'll turn on an episode of "Hey, Remember the 2010s?" on VH1 and they'll talk about how weird it was when half the planet went gluten-free for a couple of years for no good reason. You'll tell this fact to your children and they'll think you're making it up. :-)
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
    This! I got celiac, my husband is just sensitive to it and even he feels ten times better without gluten. But what's up with people making a fuss out of the subject? If someone doesn't want gluten, let them. If you want to eat it, fine. Besides it doesn't have to be that much more expensive! Just don't replace it with crap which says 'gluten free' on the package! It's mostly garbage and just because it is mentioned you pay almost double for it. There is enough other food for sale which is naturally gluten free and don't have to cost a fortune!
    You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s
    Do you realize you don't have to have celiac disease to need to go gluten free? You could have a sensitivity to gluten and even that can be dangerous to your health.
  • Graymanstole
    Graymanstole Posts: 257 Member
    My wife has Celiac disease, so she is off gluten entirely. I have decided to support her and eat my diet based off of hers, not because I have to, but because I want to. I have noticed after the past couple of years of not eating glutens that when I do, I become bloated, lethargic and generally don't feel very good. This could all be a placebo effect, I'm aware of that, but regardless I feel better not eating gluten and so will continue without it.
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    ;) The sheep will get sheared; I like that. I kind of understand the carb thing though. The human race hasn't been eating refined carbs all that long. Just since civilization, and the need to feed so many people did we eat so much grain.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,252 Member
    I totally understand going glutenfree when celiac or gluten sensitive.

    For the rest, please let people make their own choices on what to eat.
    If someone wants to go gluten free cause they feel it's working for them, just let them.

    Don't judge people based on things like this.
    And the reason why it's gone from non existent a decade ago to a multi-billion dollar business.........yes the cereal grain producers agree with you wholeheartedly.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s

    You do realize I do not have celiac disease, but since eliminating wheat from my diet, the pain from RA has reduced by about 80%, I'm off my medication for acid reflux, my twice weekly migraines have been completely eliminated and my doctor took me completely off my thyroid medication revealing a completely NORMAL thyroid panel.... Also, I used to suffer with bouts of vertigo and tennitus... now the vertigo is completely gone and the tennitus is still there but significantly reduced.

    So I don't know if it's specifically "gluten" or some other component in wheat, but yeah, I avoid wheat and often rely on "gluten free" alternatives to allow me to have those occasional treats such as pizza.

    Thanks for the advice sport, but I think I'll stick with my "fad diet".
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
    You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s

    You do realize I do not have celiac disease, but since eliminating wheat from my diet, the pain from RA has reduced by about 80%, I'm off my medication for acid reflux, my twice weekly migraines have been completely eliminated and my doctor took me completely off my thyroid medication revealing a completely NORMAL thyroid panel.... Also, I used to suffer with bouts of vertigo and tennitus... now the vertigo is completely gone and the tennitus is still there but significantly reduced.

    So I don't know if it's specifically "gluten" or some other component in wheat, but yeah, I avoid wheat and often rely on "gluten free" alternatives to allow me to have those occasional treats such as pizza.

    Thanks for the advice sport, but I think I'll stick with my "fad diet".

    Awesome news! Yes, I have heard it a lot from people who do not have celiac, they feel better without gluten and/or lose weight much better! One can wonder how good grains still are these days? It is not the same stuff anymore people ate 100 years ago, think GMO etc...
  • mave34
    mave34 Posts: 109 Member
    Some people have gluten sensitivity as well, there are different reasons for limiting or eliminating wheats all together.

    Recently my 12 year old took a spell, hit her head and passed out, prior to this spell she ate a lot of breads and I am now going to have her checked for celiac (as well other reasons for this spell of course). I have cut out wheat but not 100% but am considering it especially now. Celiac runs in my daughters father's side of the family in the women and digestive issues on my side in women.

    I am no doctor but from articles I have read our bodies were never meant to process the amount of wheat flour and other crap we consume in a run of a day. I myself am trying to get back to basics and get my family there as well, which is near impossible with teenagers but for us it seems like the better choice. But if it has no negative effect on you, there really doesn't seem to be a reason to change flours. There are many that have jumped on the "Gluten Free diet" without proper knowledge as to why people need it.

    Also here in Canada, (not sure about anywhere else) if you are diagnosed with celiac you can claim your specialty foods on your income tax, you just save your receipts and you can claim your breads and specialty gluten free products...I just learned this myself found it interesting :)
  • Choobey
    Choobey Posts: 78 Member
    You do realize glutens not bad for you unless you have celiac disease.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjpb7SFi3s

    You do realize I do not have celiac disease, but since eliminating wheat from my diet, the pain from RA has reduced by about 80%, I'm off my medication for acid reflux, my twice weekly migraines have been completely eliminated and my doctor took me completely off my thyroid medication revealing a completely NORMAL thyroid panel.... Also, I used to suffer with bouts of vertigo and tennitus... now the vertigo is completely gone and the tennitus is still there but significantly reduced.

    So I don't know if it's specifically "gluten" or some other component in wheat, but yeah, I avoid wheat and often rely on "gluten free" alternatives to allow me to have those occasional treats such as pizza.

    Thanks for the advice sport, but I think I'll stick with my "fad diet".

    You may be allergic to gluten, my daughter does not have celiac, but she is allergic to gluten. She also has psoriasis very bad which is also connected to RA. We had an allergy test done to see if she eliminated certain things from her diet that it would help out her skin. Being gluten free actually helps her skin and her digestive system out tremendously, if she eats a small amount of gluten it messes up her stomach pretty bad.
  • Jelaan
    Jelaan Posts: 815 Member
    Stomach pains, diarrhea, tiredness, arthritic joints, headaches, and no I don't have celiac. All my symptoms have gone or greatly improved since going g.f. and I am off my meds for the first time in 25 years. So dont jump to conclusion and assume people are idiots for eating this way . Some of us are just as educated or perhaps even more educated about g.f. than you.
  • sharonpink
    sharonpink Posts: 76 Member
    As far as nutrition goes, there is no benefit in eating gluten free (such as regular spaghetti versus gluten free spaghetti). But for those who are sensitive to it, it greatly benefits them.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    glad the popularity is growing for the people who are sensative, but I have noticed a large increase in people jumping on the bandwagon for no reason at all, oh well, guess thats their choice
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  • levitateme
    levitateme Posts: 999 Member
    I know a few people who are all "I feel so much better since cutting out grains!" but they are also 1) in a calorie deficit from restricting and 2) losing weight because of the forced deficit.

    They blame gluten but really they probably just needed to eat less and lose some weight.

    Also people love fads.
  • lemonsnowdrop
    lemonsnowdrop Posts: 1,298 Member
    I don't care if people don't eat gluten for a real reason, but the amount of young women going into restaurants and saying their food must be gluten free because to them it's a fad is enough to make me roll my eyes at the subject.
  • epiphany29
    epiphany29 Posts: 122 Member
    I am in that gluten doesn't bother me side of things. My dad has RA, I have thyroid disease. I was told of the magical wonders of gluten free curing my thyroid and making my joints and all that other stuff better. I went gluten free for 6 months. I didn't notice a difference off it. When I went back I didn't notice a difference.

    Do what works for you. Me and gluten...we be buds :)
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Why do you care?

    I know people who are Celiac, have gluten sensitivity or have auto immune diseases where going gluten free helps.

    I also know people who eat gluten free because they think it'll help them lose weight. Is that silly? Maybe. And maybe they'll find out that it does make them feel better. Either way, it's their life, they can do what they want.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    What's so great about gluten - and is it unhealthy not to have it in your diet!
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    Like many processed foods, bread is full of bugs and bug excretions. It also makes me hungry after I eat it (must be all those yummy insect bits). I try to avoid or limit all foods that leave me feeling hungrier after I eat them. It ain't natural, I tell ya'll. Food is supposed to make you less hungry, not more hungry.

    Of course it may well be perfectly natural, since we come from a species that has often suffered starvation, but I'm far from starving and I don't need more calories after I just got done eating some. Nor do I need to be hungry after I just ate. It tends to make me grouchy. And these days it isn't done in polite society to relieve my grouchiness by clubbing some random annoying person over the head. I don't see why not. It has to burn calories, especially if the random annoying person tries to run away.
  • 20Grit
    20Grit Posts: 752 Member
    Why do you care what people eat or don't eat...You obviously don't have issues with it or you wouldn't eat it either. And you don't have to have the disease to have problems with it.

    I do agree that people who eat gluten free foods to lose weight are doing it wrong. :noway:
  • SuperVixen2B
    SuperVixen2B Posts: 218 Member
    I have Celiacs and was told to stay away from gluten years ago. Whatever man, you can't tell me what to do. I eat what I want. I'm not going to be scared by a slice of bread. :laugh:
  • levitateme
    levitateme Posts: 999 Member
    Why do you care?

    I know people who are Celiac, have gluten sensitivity or have auto immune diseases where going gluten free helps.

    I also know people who eat gluten free because they think it'll help them lose weight. Is that silly? Maybe. And maybe they'll find out that it does make them feel better. Either way, it's their life, they can do what they want.

    The question isn't about Celiac's, it was "why do people without celiac's love to go gluten free?" and the answer is "fad diet"

    There are probably some people who are sensitive to wheat and have allergies, but I have people on my FB page going "I heard gluten is UNHEALTHY FOR EVERYONE so I am not going to eat bread anymore."

    Why do I care? I care because these people are spreading untruths to other uninformed people. Then I have friends who are just jumping on the weight loss train telling me that maybe I should go gluten free. LOL everything in moderation is treating me fantastically.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,008 Member
    Why do you care what people eat or don't eat...

    +1
  • sparacka
    sparacka Posts: 137 Member
    What's up with people giving a crap about what others are eating? Travel your own journey, dude, and stop passing judgment on the choices of others.
  • ditzyFlip
    ditzyFlip Posts: 104 Member
    I have Celiacs and was told to stay away from gluten years ago. Whatever man, you can't tell me what to do. I eat what I want. I'm not going to be scared by a slice of bread. :laugh:
    I like this attitude!

    I do agree that a lot of people who are doing gluten-free is due to the fad. What was a doctor's diagnosis to help those who actually need to be gluten-free turned into a multi-million dollar profit.

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