Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Heidi, Mercola's newsletter has allergy article along with a Primal Defense ad which he is now selling http://www.mercola.com/forms/primal_defense.htm Says Primal Defense is wheat free but it's superfood blend contains barley grass juice and oat grass juice. Do the grass juices of allergen grains eliminate the allergens? Barley is one of the 3 avoids for gluten wheat, barley, rye. Oat is different but similar. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 This is a good question. I was told wheat grass is okay for gluten intolerant people to drink. And here I am just starting my son on Primal Defense as he does better off casein too. I will discontinue until I hear it is okay. Also, I am designing the local DFW WAPF Website this weekend, so I will conserve posts by replying about the corn chips here. The chips are those Guiltless Gourmet organic ones. The bag is gone, but I think they do use a bit of oil; what kind I can find out later. I think they are just corn, not masa harina. But I must confess, I DID eat a lot of food that night. And beans were part of the meal too :-> Peace, Deanna --------------------------------------- Heidi, Mercola's newsletter has allergy article along with a Primal Defense ad which he is now selling http://www.mercola.com/forms/primal_defense.htm Says Primal Defense is wheat free but it's superfood blend contains barley grass juice and oat grass juice. Do the grass juices of allergen grains eliminate the allergens? Barley is one of the 3 avoids for gluten wheat, barley, rye. Oat is different but similar. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 >Heidi, > >Mercola's newsletter has allergy article along with a Primal Defense ad which he is now selling <http://www.mercola.com/forms/primal_defense.htm>http://www.mercola.com/forms/pr\ imal_defense.htm >Says Primal Defense is wheat free but it's superfood blend contains barley grass juice and oat grass juice. Do the grass juices of allergen grains eliminate the allergens? Barley is one of the 3 avoids for gluten wheat, barley, rye. Oat is different but similar. > >Wanita It's one of those controversial things. In theory, the grass shouldn't have gluten in it. Sprouted barley shouldn't either, really -- but that's what they make malt out of, and a lot of people react to malt, even though the amount of gluten has GOT to be infinitesimal. What I don't understand is why they don't just use some other grass ... I don't think wheat or barley is all THAT different, at the grass stage, from a bunch of other grasses that aren't so allergenic. BTW oats are generally OK IF they aren't contaminated. But all the oats grown in the US are probably contaminated (unless you grow your own). -- The Glutenator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 >Also, I am designing the local DFW WAPF Website this weekend, so I will >conserve posts by replying about the corn chips here. The chips are those >Guiltless Gourmet organic ones. The bag is gone, but I think they do use a >bit of oil; what kind I can find out later. I think they are just corn, not >masa harina. But I must confess, I DID eat a lot of food that night. And >beans were part of the meal too :-> > >Peace, >Deanna Well, then it might be you ate too many, or they were contaminated. Rice crackers usually do me in, but not homemade rice crackers ... and they have very few ingredients, and I don't eat many of them, and they have no oils. I figure they are probably made in the same factory as a lot of glutenated stuff, but it might be the baking process too. -- Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Do the grass juices of allergen grains eliminate the allergens? > >Wanita > >In theory, the grass shouldn't have gluten > in it. Sprouted barley shouldn't either, really -- but that's what they make malt out > of, and a lot of people react to malt, even though the amount of gluten has > GOT to be infinitesimal. -- The Glutenator Most of the body of the grain kernel remains intact when barley is malted. It's just sprouted a bit to get the grain to make amylase enzymes and then dried and crushed. The root has barely started to grow out of the kernel by then. I would expect gluten to still be in the sprouted grain as it has only just started to sprout really. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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