Re: Replacing wheat, was Re: Introduction and my gluten story

[Guest guest]

I gave it a try a few times to give up grains but I got to feeling hungry.

I tried eating more vegetables, nuts and legumes. But I still needed small

amounts of rice or oats.

At 02:57 PM 5/23/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi Alec!

>

>When I first cut out wheat I messed around with replacing it

>with something, but I think my wife stressed about it more

>than I did. Before many months we had millet bread, spelt

>bread, all sorts of breads stacked in the freezer.

>

>It took a while but I finally realized that I really don't

>like bread, and my body doesn't relate to grains as food.

>Most grains anyway. Along the way I read a wild book you

>may have heard of, " Beyond the Zone " by Peskin,

>and shortly afterward stopped worrying about eating any carbs

>altogether.

>

>I say 'stopped worrying.' On occasion I still eat chocolate

>cake or a fortune cookie, but mostly to be polite. Left alone

>I can go weeks without eating any grains and I feel wonderful

>when I do. When family or others make that difficult I just

>eat some grains and feel less than wonderful for a week or two.

>

>So if you think you don't need wheat, my advice is to 'just say

>no' and simplify your life! My lifestyle can use a lot of

>simplicity.

>

>Cheers!

>

>Steve

>

>

> > Steve,

> >

> > Thanks for sharing your experience. What do you eat in place of

> > wheat? Do you eat other grains such as oats and brown rice? I have

> > tried to cut down on grains a lot but haven't been able to eat

>enough

> > vegetables to maintain my activity level (I am lift weights 2 to 3

> > times a week and run 2 to 3 days a week).

> >

>

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>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Grains are a major source of calories in our typical SAD, so it is quite an

adjustment to try giving up grains. You have to understand what you are

doing to compensate for the missing calories - that is understand your

alternate sources of calories. On the other hand if you pile on too many

fats, the calories can mushroom, leading to weight gain. It pays to watch

the scale to keep track of what is happening, I've found.

Peace,

Kris , gardening in northwest Ohio

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From: " Alec " <me@...>

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Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 12:00 AM

Subject: Re: Replacing wheat, was Re: Introduction and my

gluten story

> I gave it a try a few times to give up grains but I got to feeling hungry.

> I tried eating more vegetables, nuts and legumes. But I still needed small

> amounts of rice or oats.

>