For those of you who have given up wheat...

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't feel sluggish and tired, but I have given up wheat and other grains and it's been life-changing. I went from being a 'healthy whole grains' obsessed vegetarian for 20+ years to low carb and then paleo pretty much overnight. It's been surprisingly easy, plus I lost 35 pounds over the course of a year (between exercise, calorie counting, and low carb).

I just don't think eating grains is necessary for health, at least not mine. But the best guide is your own experience.

Paleo is where it's at. If you really want to turn heads, start weight lifting!

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Anonymous wrote:So what do you munch on, PP? Considering a diet overhaul...love my wheat but weight loss has been impossible.

Tons of stuff!

I always have a nuts hanging around, popcorn, hummus with celery, GF chips, GF gingersnaps, tons of cold salads, banana and PB, Indian junk food (found at Asian groceries), and absolute ton of stuff. I find it pretty easy to eat GF, however, I do a ton of cooking and am militant about avoiding processed foods, so it was not that difficult. I still have my vices (see above). I'm also trying to lose 10lbs to go from normal to thin and for that, unfortunately I need to actually reduce calories, which I'm not sure if I'm ready to commit to any amount of hunger.

I'm confused. You are militant about avoiding processed foods but you eat GF chips and gingersnaps, and Indian junk food? Do you make all of that stuff from scratch at home?

These are not my normal snack foods. Probably go through a bag of each every 2 months. I consider that pretty militant considering these are the only processed foods I eat. I don't think many people could declare that they eat zero processed foods, unless they are living like the uncontacted tribes in the amazon.

I'm quite unusual, in making my own yogurt, hummus, canning tomatoes for salsa and sauce, grinding my own meat, making jerky, making my own lunch meat, cold smoking my own salmon, making Kombucha and I have backyard chickens...so yes, I do eat processed foods, foods I process myself. I do not suggest that anyone try to live like this, I just happen to use food as my creative outlet and I truly enjoy the culinary arts.

Do you have a job? Kids?

Two kids and I work full time (as does my spouse). My way of eating is not for people who are unorganized and don't plan well. For Jerky I do it maybe every 6 weeks. Salsa and sauce is once a year for a full day. Meat grinding is only every few weeks ( bulk buy from farmers). The chickens are responsibility of the kids. They feed and gather eggs every morning.

I do a lot of bulk cooking/sunday meal prep. My weeknights are very easy. We also eat quite simply.

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Anonymous wrote:Finally something comes out against the whole wheat lovers. Many people do not respond well to wheat -- in fact only Northern Europeans really eat it.

Northern Chinese eat wheat as their staple as well. They are not the rice eaters the rest of China is.

I lived in Northern China, and they do not. At least none of the folks i knew. They could eat a piece of pizza with the foreigners and complain that they didn't feel full until they had some rice. I'm curious to know what wheat staple they eat?

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Anonymous wrote:Finally something comes out against the whole wheat lovers. Many people do not respond well to wheat -- in fact only Northern Europeans really eat it.

Northern Chinese eat wheat as their staple as well. They are not the rice eaters the rest of China is.

I lived in Northern China, and they do not. At least none of the folks i knew. They could eat a piece of pizza with the foreigners and complain that they didn't feel full until they had some rice. I'm curious to know what wheat staple they eat?

According to the following website ( and many others), northern Chinese cuisine contains a lot of wheat in the form of noodles, buns and dumplings:

http://www.allchinanet.com/chinese_food/northern_chinese_cuisine.shtml

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Anonymous wrote:Finally something comes out against the whole wheat lovers. Many people do not respond well to wheat -- in fact only Northern Europeans really eat it.

Northern Chinese eat wheat as their staple as well. They are not the rice eaters the rest of China is.

I lived in Northern China, and they do not. At least none of the folks i knew. They could eat a piece of pizza with the foreigners and complain that they didn't feel full until they had some rice. I'm curious to know what wheat staple they eat?

According to the following website ( and many others), northern Chinese cuisine contains a lot of wheat in the form of noodles, buns and dumplings:

http://www.allchinanet.com/chinese_food/northern_chinese_cuisine.shtml

According to a website, or someone who lived there. Hmmmmm?

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Anonymous wrote:Finally something comes out against the whole wheat lovers. Many people do not respond well to wheat -- in fact only Northern Europeans really eat it.

Northern Chinese eat wheat as their staple as well. They are not the rice eaters the rest of China is.

I lived in Northern China, and they do not. At least none of the folks i knew. They could eat a piece of pizza with the foreigners and complain that they didn't feel full until they had some rice. I'm curious to know what wheat staple they eat?

According to the following website ( and many others), northern Chinese cuisine contains a lot of wheat in the form of noodles, buns and dumplings:

http://www.allchinanet.com/chinese_food/northern_chinese_cuisine.shtml

According to a website, or someone who lived there. Hmmmmm?

Why is a claim by an anonymous poster on a website any more legitimate than another website? Just asking...

[Anonymous]

I went wheat free for 3 months and lost 20 lbs. I didn't exercise, beyond chasing my kids and housework, and didnt count calories or otherwise limit other grains. Like a PP, I dropped that bloated belly that always made me look newly pregnant. I went back on wheat and have gained back 6 lbs in the past 4 months. I may try to cut it all out again, but right now I'm trying to limit wheat to one meal a day (I.e., a sandwich or a wrap for lunch). I felt amazing when I was wheat free--so much energy, much more patient with my kids, fewer bowel movements (a good thing, as I was going 6-8 times a day when eating wheat!), and much less bloating. DH and his dad can eat wheat all day and never gain a pound, but my family all has the tell-tale "wheat belly"...except me when I was totally off of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Finally something comes out against the whole wheat lovers. Many people do not respond well to wheat -- in fact only Northern Europeans really eat it.

Huh? So Italians, Greeks, Portuguese etc don't eat bread, pasta, etc?

And I have never eaten more white bread than I just did in 2 weeks in Spain.

[Anonymous]

What about beer? DS GF mean that you can't have beer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about beer? DS GF mean that you can't have beer?

yup. unless you do gluten-free beer.