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fiskblack

My Wheat-Free Experiment

Jun 01, 2012 21:15

A couple of weeks ago I decided to conduct an experiment that involved excluding wheat (as well as a host of other grains) from my diet. There were a few contributing factors that lead me to try this. I had a roommate who had a sensitivity to gluten. When she excluded it from her diet, she lost a considerable amount of weight. I started hearing ( Read more... )

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xzadfor June 2 2012, 01:34:46 UTC

I'll have to try this. I did Atkins a few years ago and the weight fell off! Studies on how that diet works confirm what you learned, The dieter on Atkins looses weight by eating less overall and the makeup of what is eaten, being wheat free, achieves similar results.

I've also been turned off of dairy, the adult body gets little from dairy. There's a Netflix show called Forks not Knives that explains a lot about dairy and it's effect on the adult body though that info tries to convince the watcher to go full veggie, something I don't thin is possible for me or healthy in my un-expert opinion.

Thanks for sharing!

fiskblack June 2 2012, 01:43:00 UTC

Atkins, to my understanding, was intended as an extreme diet for obese people to drop weight very quickly, as a safer alternative to surgeries like lap-bands and stomach stapling. It won't even let you eat fruit. That's just crazy to me.

Meat's fine. I don't think there's anything wrong with dairy (though I dislike milk in general, I sometimes snack on cheese... real cheese made from actual cultures).

dark_prime June 2 2012, 02:20:43 UTC

congrats on your new diet I hope it works out for you my friend ^^! I went on a vegan diet and I never been happier ^_^! I went from 176lb's to 150lb's and dropping I Stay on my feet alot at work and walk around aton and I cut all soda out of my diet ^_^! So I hope for the best and it works out for you!

banner June 2 2012, 03:05:29 UTC

The stuff they use to bleach flour these days is bizarre as well. I switched to unbleached flour in my cooking because I'm allergic to the bleaching agents and have bad reactions to them. Cutting out all grain completely sounds difficult though, because I often make a sandwich for lunch.
What is the story on rice? Is that okay by the reckoning of these folks? (and brown rice or white rice?)

dingo June 6 2012, 04:58:01 UTC

White rice will spike your blood sugar just like flour does. Brown rice, less so, but it's just like white flour vs wheat flour. Either way, neither one of them is very good for you, and act similarly on your body.

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fiskblack June 2 2012, 13:50:17 UTC

When we go out for sushi, now, I only get sashimi. I don't get nearly as full, but I don't feel like a snake that ate a boar afterwards, like everyone else.

applejinx June 2 2012, 09:38:37 UTC

Thanks Jay- I never knew about the glycemic index part. I cut out wheat very aggressively because I experimented and found that I had a sort of celiac depression issue- it worked as a vitamin B6 antagonist, gluten/wheat gets me stoned but also makes the world an incredibly dark, bleak void of a place.

I found this guy interesting- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM it's a little talk called 'Sugar: The Bitter Truth', and he makes an interesting case for sugar being akin to booze or something: not even counting as 'fuel' in any real sense. He really hammers soda pop AND fruit juice- "it's like drinkin' a pizza" about Coca-Cola, referring to the amount of salt in it and the sugar that covers up the salt...

ext_1030845 June 2 2012, 09:46:28 UTC

This sounds like an interesting thing to try, though I want to know about the cost efficiency of this plan. I still live with my parents, because of school, and a friend of mine moved in about a year ago, which we're willing to try new, better, healthier things, but neither of us have been able to come across a job, so we can fund our escapades. If at least one of us had a job, we'd be able to work around that and do better for the family, but... that's a bit hard to do currently, since the only one that constantly works is my father, my mom is a school assistant librarian (though possibly losing her job this coming fall) so money has always been a problem, with trying to find things we can buy, to cook, that can last for a decent period of time for four people.

So I guess, more or less, the main question is, how well affordable is the plan?

fiskblack June 2 2012, 13:51:02 UTC

It's whatever you eat. It's not a "plan", it's just avoiding certain things. Fruits, vegetables, and chicken wings aren't that pricey, I think.

kadaria June 2 2012, 19:33:28 UTC

It will depend on where you live and what you plan on buying. I live in MA and I find that 'fresh' produce that you would find in the fruit and veggie section of your grocery store tends to be more expensive since our growing season is so short and a lot of stuff gets trucked in. For example, it's very expensive for me to buy strawberries out of season because they always come from Florida, Mexico or California. In contrast, when I visit my folks in rural PA fresh food is much cheaper because it is locally grown and the season lasts longer ( ... )