Turgon said:
Bo said:
Hi Turgon,
Just to let you know, I am almost finished with the gluten part, I will have it ready by Wednesday. I will have Soy & Corn finished around the weekend. And then we can start the fine tuning :D, how is the progress going on the GMO part?
Hey Bo,
I've fine tuned Dairy a little bit. Read over Oxajil's link and added a small bit about osteoporosis and opioids. I'm going to start on GMO foods tonight or tomorrow, so I should have it complete by the weekend too.
awesome ! * high five! *
I finished the gluten part as well.
Episode - Gluten. [any feedback to it are welcome]
[showing different footages of people eating products containing gluten – max 15 sec.]
[the following is combined with article footage(sources) and videos.]
Eating a nice dark, crunchy slice of whole wheat bread--how could that be bad for you?
In case you didn’t know, bread contains gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, kamut, and oats. It is hidden in pizza, pasta, bread, wraps, rolls, and most processed foods. Clearly, gluten is a staple of the American diet.
‘’In the 1920s, the US government found that animals fed a diet of white flour developed serious neurological diseases and died. Instead of banning this deadly product like they should have, the FDA declared that most white flour products must be "enriched" with iron and a few vitamins to "correct" the problem. Unfortunately, this decision has helped create an even more insidious situation that results in diabetes, heart disease and cancer for millions of people. ‘’
''gluten can inflame the brain by causing an autoimmune response. Autoimmunity is an abnormal response to the body's own tissues. In other words, something comes into the body and the body goes on alert but somehow mistakes its own tissues as a foreign invader and declares war mistakenly upon itself. Allergies are a prime example. In this case, antibodies meant to fight gluten also attack your body.
Secondly, during the digestion process, gluten can be broken down into into strange proteins that are a lot like psychedelic drugs. These are opium-like proteins called gluteomorophins. As you can probably imagine, these can drastically change brain function and behavior.''
Did you also know that there are 55 diseases that can be caused by eating gluten listed in a review in the New England Journal of Medicine. Some of these symptoms are: arthritis, ADHD, depression, anxiety, IBS, lupus, frequent headaches, fatigue, eczema, loss of muscle coordination, osteoporosis, a weakened immune system, fungal overgrowth, organ inflammation, weight loss/weight gain, and malnutrition.’’
So what most people don't know is that gluten can cause serious health complications for many. You may be at risk even if you don't have full blown celiac disease. What celiac disease exactly is, is something we will discuss in depth at a later episode.
From all the data that we can read it is very clear to us that Gluten affects everyone negatively, some might not even be aware of it and the symptoms might show up years later.
So being gluten-free is a lifestyle choice for health of body and mind. If we choose a gluten-free lifestyle for obvious health reasons, we are intentionally avoiding trouble both now and in the future.
So what can we use as an alternative for gluten?
As an alternative we can use buckwheat.
For the time being this is a good replacement for gluten, just make sure it is gluten free. With buckwheat you can create delicious crepes and bilinis which can easily replace bread. You can check out the recipes for it on a thread here http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,12952.0.html.
You can find these products by checking out local organic stores near your place or order them online. It's also important to remember that our body has become very addicted to gluten and that we need be persistent and patient in letting our body be able to heal it self.
In Season 2 we will be providing a more in depth guideline on the best ways to start a healthy diet. However for now it is important to understand the basics about what you are actually eating.