Gluten traps

hello breathedeep,
These are processed food. They are made of gluten and vegetable oils, and soy. It's better to buy chicken and cook it yourself.

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Chicken Patties:
Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Salt, Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Salt, Breading Set In Vegetable Oil, Contains Wheat And Soybean Oil.

Chicken Strips:
Organic Chicken, Water, Organic Rice Starch, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Breading: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Sea Salt, Torula Yeast, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Paprika, Batter: Water, Organic Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Organic Garlic, Organic White Pepper, Organic Flavorings (Organic Rosemary, Organic Sage And Organic Marjoram), Organic Cayenne Pepper, Breading Set In Organic Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil, Contains Wheat And Soybean.

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Thank you. Yes I normally do. I was trying to find something to snack on when I am in a rush. I will never buy processed frozen again.

mkrnhr said:

hello breathedeep,
These are processed food. They are made of gluten and vegetable oils, and soy. It's better to buy chicken and cook it yourself.

The ingredients said:

Chicken Patties:
Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Salt, Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Salt, Breading Set In Vegetable Oil, Contains Wheat And Soybean Oil.

Chicken Strips:
Organic Chicken, Water, Organic Rice Starch, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Breading: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Sea Salt, Torula Yeast, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Paprika, Batter: Water, Organic Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Organic Garlic, Organic White Pepper, Organic Flavorings (Organic Rosemary, Organic Sage And Organic Marjoram), Organic Cayenne Pepper, Breading Set In Organic Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil, Contains Wheat And Soybean.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking when I saw the list above. Also, as I currently understand it, the word "natural" isn't the same as pastured. This basically means that the animal wasn't on the diet that was optimal for it.

breathedeep said:

...I am reading that some soy is used with HEXANE which could be my reaction/poisoning. So I asked Applegate if they use soy or soy oil which as treated with HEXANE. I am waiting for a response...

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This treatment of soy is discussed in Primal Body, Primal Mind, and mentioned in The Vegetarian Myth, which are on the recommended reading list. Hexane is also mentioned in Deep Nutrition. Amazing, isn't it?

Megan said:

breathedeep said:

...I am reading that some soy is used with HEXANE which could be my reaction/poisoning. So I asked Applegate if they use soy or soy oil which as treated with HEXANE. I am waiting for a response...

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This treatment of soy is discussed in Primal Body, Primal Mind, and mentioned in The Vegetarian Myth, which are on the recommended reading list. Hexane is also mentioned in Deep Nutrition. Amazing, isn't it?

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Yup. Hexane is really nasty! But wheat/gluten, vegetable oils, and soy are just as nasty. As mentioned, many vegetable oils are processed with hexane, as well. But the oils themselves are VERY unhealthy, regardless of hexane processing. And soy wasn't even meant for human consumption originally, but as a method of crop rotation. Also soy is a xenoestrogen -- it mimics estrogen in your body. You DON'T want to be messing with your hormones with this crap, especially with all the other estrogen like substances in plastics and packaged foods and body products, etc. that most have been exposed to for years.

I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere but I made the mistake of not looking at my tea blend. On the ingredients list was Barley of all things. Some people are saying that the gluten does not transfer from steeping but I am not taking any chances with it. I'm so paranoid about contaminating myself with gluten and here I didn't even think to look at tea of all things. So, any blends that are advertised as coffee alternatives or 'dark' yerbas, make sure you read the labels because I've seen some that have wheat as well to give it a bolder flavor.