Gluten the Road Block

Gluten is a big semi truck jackknifed across the highway. Maybe a motorcycle can get through, or a person can walk through the space, (little bits of nutrients) but the traffic basically stuck until the semi is removed.  Removing the the traffic takes forever to get back to it’s normal speed.  There is probably structural damage,(esophagus,…

LET THEM NOT EAT WHEAT!!

I have been hearing and reading lately that the gluten free fad is detrimental to those of us who are Celiac, or have a truly uly diagnosed by a MD, illness that is remedied by removing wheat.  I don’t understand this thinking. I for one want EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, to stop eating wheat/gluten. Gluten is not…

Mandatory Option-Go Gluten Free

My co-op electric company that un-co-oped a few years ago has finally had to let us choose our own electric. Which is really a good thing, this coop has had a bit of a monopoly going for years, and we have literally paid for it.  Thus the needed de-regulation. We HAVE to pick a new…

Do Not Fear, Change to Gluten Free

pride:a high or inordinate opinion of one’s own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc. St. Augustine: “pride is the love of one’s own excellence” Pride is a problem when we hold such high esteem to what we have been doing, saying, believing that…

A Gut Reaction

I heard a  commercial for yogurt make the statement that 70% of our immune system is located in our gut.  In all of these almost 30 gut wrenching years of Celiac awareness, I have never heard this. Experiencing how absolutely EVERYTHING that goes wrong with my body, seems directly related to ingesting wheat.  It makes…