Gluten-free Day 6
Category: dribblings
Breakfast is still difficult. I finally managed to make some hard-boiled eggs. I used the easy way and then cooled the eggs with cold water a couple of times. The shell peeled away nicely.
Lunch and dinner so far this week have been different salads, and dad made some antipasta that was out of this world. I’ve eaten on it for two meals. He just cut up a ton of veggies (cucumber, green pepper, banana pepper, I think there was some okra?, tomato, I’m sure I’m forgetting something, parm cheese, pepperoni, and some Italian dressing. I added some big chunks of mozzerella cheese and half a packet of that salmon (in the foil packs?), it was awesomely fresh tasting.
If you grow fresh basil and haven’t made a Caprese salad, I suggest you do so. I didn’t make it with slices of cheese and tomatoes. I cut them up. So it wasn’t as pretty as the pictures, but it was good and surprisingly filling. I figured I’d be hungry an hour later, but I guess the cheese fills you up.
With all of the raw veggies I’ve been eating every day at every meal I figured my stomach would be giving me fits. But no. I’ve been fine. Even the green peppers haven’t bugged me.
Suck it, gluten.
Tags: gluten-free
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That’s awesome that it is already making a difference. Fresh veggies are magically better than all the easy processed foods. Unfortunately, like you said before, they are cheaper and quicker than eating healthy. I’m going to cry if/when Aldi has some scandal and I can’t shop there anymore. So far so good, and you can get a hell of a lot of decent produce for soooooooooooooooooo much less. Imma look into some gluten free shenanigans. (How long before Jimmy gets to tell all of us ‘I told you so’? haa)Fantastic.
You know we’ve always had similar variations of the same kinds of stomach craziness – a little over a month ago I started taking a ton of vitamins. ..like, a crazy amount supplements that the healthy people take. I thought it would wreck my entire system to all hell, but it actually didn’t. In fact, it seemed to alleviate some of my issues (aka, ‘For real? I have to go blast off in the bathroom for 30 min AGAIN’ type of stuff). I will say this, NEVER take fish oil first. You will be burping up fish oil for half the day. You have been warned.
Oh, and fresh basil is WONDERFUL. With all of this rain my plant has become MAMMOTH. My tomatoes… well, shall I say, tomato, are coming along much slower than everything else. Bastards.
“blast off in the bathroom” heh. I’ve not had to do that… as much. I will say I have learned that raw yellow squash = stomach ache.
Thanks for the warning on the fish oil. If you make that basil salad, you will also burp up basil for hours, but it’s not that bad. it kinda has a minty vibe.
I have to admit until I read all your postings on this topic, I didn’t realize that gluten is basically wheat. I wonder why we don’t just say “wheat”? I have been absent fom your discussions due to having my gall bladder removed. I wonder if there is any info on whether or not that would have been necessary on a gluten? Anyway – it’s good to catch up with your posts!
Jeanne!
How are you feeling now that you’re sans gall bladder? I hope you are doing well and that the incision was small.
Gluten is in other grains as well, it’s just that most of the grain we eat is from wheat. I think it’s in some oats.
I am feeling much better, thank you for asking! OK – now I am back to my original question: what is Gluten? So – from Wikipedia, “Gluten (from Latin gluten “glue”) is a protein composite in foods processed from wheat and related species, including barley and rye. It gives elasticity to dough, helping it to rise and to keep its shape, and often giving the final product a chewy texture.” Ugh! I love rye bread! And other “chewy” breads! So – still in ignorance I ask – what is harmful to humans about gluten?
I know, gluten makes breads even better. Uh mah gah, pan crust pizza, amirite? Some people have severe allergies to gluten. Some people have a sensitivity to gluten. People can’t digest it like animals can, I think because some animals have more stomachs, maybe? So the gluten stays in your guts and causes problems (inflammation and other such); I’m not a scientist. And the wheat the farmers or whoever grow today has been hybridized (so it can grow faster and bigger and whatnot) has changed from the old wheat of yore, and now it has way more gluten in it than ever. And the new wheat never had to be tested because, it’s wheat. And now this wheat is in everything.
every. delicious. thing.
Ah! I appreciate the enlightenment!! And if you are actually feeling different/better physically since giving it up – that’s good. I am still a bit skeptical, though. Is it like the carbs we gave up a couple of year ago? Or the eggs a couple of years before that? I am concerned it is another reason to buy more new books and have more new products. Having lived a long time – this stuff comes and goes with the wind something, and it’s hard to sort the wheat from the chaff! 😉 does the chaff have gluten also? Maybe we can eat that? LOL Probably good for the fiber we all had to have last year.
oh my gosh, what is up with the fiber thing? all of my co workers are “fiber this” and “fiber that” and I’m all, maybe if you ate a god damned vegetable once in a while…
I haven’t lost any weight since I’ve started the gluten-free diet. But it’s not exactly a weight loss thing anyway. I have noticed that when I’m hungry, I’m very hungry. But when I eat I get full and I’m not hungry again for hours. Like today, I wasn’t hungry at lunchtime. So I didn’t eat. But now, it’s 4:30 and I’m super hungry. So I’m hungry, but not snacky, I guess is what I’m trying to say.
I do feel better, but I’m eating tons of veggies and other fresh things, so how could I not feel better? I would say I have more energy, but it’s so damn hot here that as soon as you walk outside you just want to go back in and cry.