Re: So Hard To Find Decent Food
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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Well if I eat gluten it's like there's a sack of cement in my stomach and I don't want to talk to anyone for a few hours. If i combine it with nuts I go into shock. I thought I had some sort of bowel or stomach cancer before I was diagnosed. It was like being slowly poisoned. There is nothing I would love more than to have a fresh danish pastry or just baked bloomer slathered in butter. I can just smell and remember how delicious that is. I am so grateful for all the choice because it means I can take a sandwich to work or bake a cake. I am really thrilled that the allergy labelling is so strict. It's so easy for manufacturers to avoid gluten without compromising on flavour and in fact it's healthier for people to not eat too much of it because it is hard to digest even if your body hasn't decided to hate it.
OGF I can find plenty of unhealthy choices in the aisles. Camembert, Brie, Port Salut. But if you want olden style food go to a foreign deli.
I don't see the appeal of Skyr. It tastes bitter. I love Onken set yoghurt. They used to do little pots of set yoghurt but now it's all stirred. Cost saving maybe. You can still get them in France and Spain. lovely with a bit of honey in the morning. The stirred stuff makes my eyes water.
I'm not a dietician Annie, but I try to watch what I eat, although being a runner for most of my life means I can virtually eat what I want and never put on any weight. I also have an interest in food and how it is utilised by the body. It seems that the problems with gluten is a new phenomenon. It was never heard of when I was a youngster.
My theory is that it's not actually the gluten that is causing the bloating and discomfort but the fats present. As we age our bodies are less able of processing those fats and therefore they remain in the gut far longer than they should, making us feel bloated and full of wind. Our stomach acids are also weaker than they were and digestion also takes longer than it should. Perhaps gluten does play it's part, but it always seems to appear in fat laden foods ie, Cakes and pastries, and most nuts.
Yes Annie, there are plenty of unhealthy choices available, but as science has recently proved, some foods that were deemed 'unhealthy' are now being reassessed and in moderation, are found to be quite nourishing......