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Hi, R,
Another thing you may react to if you are eating it: millet. Some gluten intolerants are intolerant of millet and oats. People with cd aresupposed to only have problems with wheat, rye, and barley, (but also often react to gluten contaminations in oats). People with full-spectrum gluten intolerance react to BMROW (lol--can be an apt name): barley, millet, rye, oats, and wheat. This is a nebulous territory tho. I have cd by biopsy but I still cannot tolerate oats or millet.
I am totally sugar free/sweetener free otherwise, but I do eat yeast breads some with honey or molasses as the yeast feeder. You can usually half the sweetener used in the recipe and the bread will rise as well andthere will be no sweetener left in the bread in its original form (it is "eaten" by the yeast). I, like you, cannot eat yeast breads on-going all the time. I eat yeast breads frugally. I think I tried the one you mention--called for a dutch oven and a plastic 6 qt container to mix and store it in??? It was really good. I liked. Hada great crust which you usually don't get with a gf bread. OKAY, offtopic yet again. lol
Diane
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, R. Ticle <
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From: R. Ticle <
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Subject: Re: [eSens] Gluten Free Diet
To:
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Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 8:20 AM
Hey Loni,
I know it can be hard; you should've seen me when I first realized I had todo it. "What? No more bread? No more BEER?!"
But it can be done. I kind of look at it like, if something makes youfeel sick enough, enough times, you realize that it's a matter of choosingto feel awful, or choosing to feel better by avoiding it. I did the same thing when I stopped...um. ..abusing certain substances in my late teen and early twenties; enough was enough.
And I've since eliminated, at least for the time being (and maybe long termif I find it does me great good), even more foods: dried fruits, honey, concentrated sugar, pretty much all grains (even gluten free ones), most nuts/seeds.. .all foods I enjoy, but there's clearly an imbalance that needs correcting, and right now it seems that my body is doing better without thesethings.
But if you're good with gluten free grains, go for them! I have tried some commercially available rice breads that are actually quite nice; some, especially those made with brown rice (more nutritious than white) can be a bitcrumbly, but not bad. Other ones like millet or buckwheat or amaranth breads can be quite crumbly indeed, and have a robust flavor that takes some getting used to, though are high in nutrients and protein (for a bread,at least).
And of course you can get into cooking the whole grains (millet, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, sorghum, rice, etc.) and eating them that way - and if you're okay with fresh fruit, use more of that, and vegetables, for carbs. Or eat more fat if you're fine with it, for caloric energy.
I know that giving up the chewy, sweet, fragrant satisfying sensation of wheat, or rye, or spelt, especially as bread, can be hard - but if you know it's bad for you, and bad for your guts, it's worth it. Trust me, dealing with guts that are irritated or impaired can mean dealing with other symptoms that many wouldn't even consider to be a part of digestive health - they're a big part of our system and connected to other parts of us. Better to give them a rest if you know you can.
Consider it good that you know gluten causes you problems! Just think of how many people eat gluten, feel sick from it, and don't know why! You don't need full blown Celiac disease to have trouble with that particular grain protein.
Sorry about the length of this message; I'm surprised I can type this much about food on an empty stomach, fasting before a physical at the Doctor's...
I had a bread recipe (gluten free of course) bookmarked, entitled "Gluten Free Bread That Just Might Make You Cry [For Joy]"; sounds very tasty. Though, it does have yeast, eggs, honey and apple cider vinegar in it - ifyou're fine with these things, it might help you keep off gluten, 'cause it sounds really satisfying.
Here's the link:
http://glutenfreeba y.blogspot. com/2007/ 02/gluten- free-bread- that-just-might-make. html
Good luck!
R.
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Loni <loni326@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: Loni <loni326@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [eSens] Gluten Free Diet
To: eSens@yahoogroups. com
Received: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 3:37 AM
I am trying do omitt dairy & gluten in the diet but gluten free is really really hard for me. I know it is key to feeling better for me. Any tips on how to stick with this? Loni
--- On Tue, 2/23/10, R. Ticle <rticleone@yahoo. ca> wrote:
From: R. Ticle <rticleone@yahoo. ca>
Subject: Re: [eSens] Sleeping Better
To: eSens@yahoogroups. com
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8:28 PM
Oh yes - I've been completely gluten free and dairy free (except butter) for at least a few years now. I know it was a problem; the psoriasis I had on my elbows that appeared during lots of rye and cheese sandwiches with yeasty Belgian Ale disappeared after cutting out gluten and dairy.
No, whatever's going on right now may be related in part to some digestive damage from those days, but I'm looking at things differently now, including checking my adrenals, healing the gut, and eating a very un-candida diet;cutting out more hard to digest foods, like beans, other grains, etc. This is a big overhaul/shift for me, and I'm aiming to go about it the right way.
Cheers,
R.
--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Jennie Wassenaar <ad-in@ameritech. net> wrote:
From: Jennie Wassenaar <ad-in@ameritech. net>
Subject: Re: [eSens] Sleeping Better
To: eSens@yahoogroups. com
Received: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:30 AM
I had a lot of digestive issues previously. They have improved significantly since I started eating gluten free. Have you ever tried a gluten free diet?
Good luck,
Jennie
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From: R. Ticle <rticleone@yahoo. ca>
To: eSens@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 10:12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [eSens] Sleeping Better
On the note of sleep, I've been undergoing a lot of stress and digestive issues lately, and have again looked for things to help me sleep more/better.I've tried Melatonin in the past with mixed results, though if it's helping you, or anyone, great!
I've been taking about 1.5 servings (teaspoons) of Natural Calm magnesium citrate powder before bed (naturally fruity flavored, naturally sweetened with Stevia); it fizzes and dissolves in hot water - and the hot water I've added it to is a tea made with a dried herb called Wild Lettuce.
It actually is a kind of lettuce, though it contains mild sedative compounds; it used to be called "opium lettuce", though it contains no opioids or anything related to poppies (or illegal!), due to it's use as a "feeble" opium or morphine replacement for pain, insomnia, coughing, etc., for patientswho couldn't tolerate actual opium, or for young children.
I've found that I fall asleep quite quickly, and sleep heavily; I may wake up once or twice but that's been usual for me for years. Mind you, I think that Wild Lettuce has a reputation for enhancing vividness of dreams - sureseems so in my case - and I do wake up feeling a bit dopey - but sometimesbeing able to sleep soundly is worth a couple of tradeoffs.
The magnesium helps relax the body in general, and I believe is antagonistic to adrenaline (it lessens its effect - if you're prone to racing heart, etc.).
Good luck!
--- On Tue, 2/23/10, Jennie Wassenaar <ad-in@ameritech. net> wrote:
From: Jennie Wassenaar <ad-in@ameritech. net>
Subject: [eSens] Sleeping Better
To: "EMS" <eSens@yahoogroups. com>
Received: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 4:38 AM
Greetings,
Someone just posted about sleeping so I thought I would send an update on my sleeping issues and what has helped. I had posted last summer a request for help with sleeping - and thanks for the response that were sent. Here isa recap of my story.
I've had EMS for a couple of year and last April a cell tower was placed a half mile from my home and "coincidental" I started having sleep problems. As it progressed I started having pains when I would lay on my mattress. I was averaging about 3 hours of sleep a night for about 5 months and even when I took a prescription sleep aid I would only sleep a couple of hours andwake up, wide awake and not able to get back to sleep. Many nights I did not sleep at all - at least once a week. Because of my MCS I knew I could not try a foam mattress. In August I purchased a Select Comfort mattress, andafter the off gassing of the new mattress at least when I laid in bed sleepless I was not in pain. The pain was from the metal springs in my regular mattress, Select Comfort mattress use air chambers.
In September I read that EMS can decrease the body's Melatonin production. Melatonin is part of the body's sleep cycle. I started taking Melatonin andthrough a couple of resources and by trial and error have found that taking 6 mg or Melatonin about 2 hours before I want to sleep works well for me.Before starting Melatonin you should read up on how much to take as a dose. 6mg is double the bottles recommended dose. I still do not sleep as much as I should/need (8-9 hour/night) but I usually get at least 7 hours of sleep/night. And if I don't take my meds I usually get a nap in during the day- the kicker is I have narcolepsy!
I have had a little more trouble sleeping for the past 10 nights or so, butthat is my own fault cause I've been watching the Olympics on TV and usually I only expose myself to the electromagnetic energy from TV during the tennis grand slam tournaments! !
I hope this helps, good luck,
Jennie
PS - Select Comfort has a program for no interest payment plans
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