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In reply to the discussion: Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says [View all]femrap
(13,418 posts)have a genetic tendency to gaining extra pounds. I have yo-yo dieted my entire life. I will keep the weight off for over 5 years and then BAM! something bad emotionally happens (W's 2nd term, for example), and I look to food to comfort me.
So I know a little about nutrition and allergies because of all my dieting, and wanting to have a 'lifestyle' diet not a 'going on a diet which I eventually go off' diet.
A person can develop allergies as an adult and those allergies in a few years can disappear. I got sinus headaches from dairy. I quite dairy and changed to soy cheese/milk and the fat dripped off of me. Now regular cheese doesn't bother me in the least.
Wheat. This is the first that I've heard of this 'opiate-type' ingredient in wheat but it makes perfect sense. I can sit down and eat pasta, bread, etc. and I never feel full. Do you? Protein makes me feel full.
Another thing about United States Wheat: we grow only a couple of kinds of which there are thousands. Our wheat is what I call 'The Wonder Bread' wheat. In Europe they grow an entirely different type of wheat. When I went to Europe w/ my backpack back in the mid-70's, I was amazed by the taste of their bread. I also discovered that beer tastes really good (always hated it in the US). I read recently that Europe is still growing a different wheat than us.
Try an experiment. If you have Aldi's grocery stores near you, go buy one of their pizzas that is made in Italy or Germany (they are seasonal so you might have to wait a couple of weeks before they arrive). The crust tastes so much better than what we have here....and what really amazed me was that I didn't eat the whole pizza (which I always do if it is a US pizza)....I was full. When those German and Italian pizzas arrive, I buy a bunch....and so does everyone else....they are that good!!! And cost only $3 to $3.50.
I have cut down on my bread intake and have lost 6 lbs. without even trying....but I'm still eating the Aldi's pizzas.
I am going to look for rice noodles and see if I like them w/ pesto sauce or marinara sauce. Maybe I should look for pasta made in Italy as well.
Big Food and Monsanto are killing us and they are in collusion w/ Big Health and Big Pharma.
I fix an eye of round beef roast and slice it up into individual servings and freeze it. Same w/ a pork loin. I'll marinate chicken breasts/tenders in teriyaki...again wrap up into individual servings and freeze. Also skinless chicken thighs. I'll fix all four in one day...saves energy. I fill up the oven.
I keep dark chocolate from Aldi's (you'll never eat a Hershey bar again) in the freezer and eat 1/2 a bar a day. I eat cheese which I know has fat, but we need a bit of fat to satisfy our hunger. Again Aldi's has a wide selection of 'real' cheese....10 slices for $1.99. Aldi's owns Trader Joe's, but their prices are much less. Aldi's is the biggest grocer in Europe so they will sell us stuff made in Europe which is much better than the stuff made in the US. Lots of different veggies/salads and I'm set.
Crock Pots can make some great thick stews/roasts...and again I freeze in individual GLASS containers...do not use plastic given the US's tendency to use NON-SEALED BPA plastic containers. Again, Europe will NOT accept the non-sealed containers of food.
Our wheat sucks. I just eat my burger w/o the bread piled w/ sauted onions, mushrooms, and cheese. It's too bad we can't find a farmer willing to grow European wheat....he/she'd make a fortune! Monsanto would probably have them shut down. And then we need a European bakery...different way of baking....but these are already in the US.
Hope this gives you some ideas for experimenting.
One side of my family is from Germany, but no one kept in touch. DAMN! Supposedly from Baden-Baden which is right on the French border....that'd be heaven for me!
Good luck. Let me know how your nutrition plan works out.