why would a man with his medical degrees and intellect avoid gluten????
the ONLY people that "need" to avoid gluten are those with celiac disease (legitimately) and moronic ignorant hipsters that get their "science" from bumper stickers
my online writing style is one of speed and apathy, NOT ignorance
Because he's nuts. He's got a lot of weird phobias and compulsions.
my website -- http://maggieameanderings.com/Archive.htm
Because he's nuts. He's got a lot of weird phobias and compulsions.
Non-hominid predators have not exactly benefited from eating meat. Nor, specifically, cannibals.
It is just a statistically relational link, and not a cause-and-effect, of animal diet and brain-size.
It could just as well be some bacteria that hominids acquired that broke down the food into important materials for building the brain.
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Non-hominid predators have not exactly benefited from eating meat
Nor, specifically, cannibals.
It is just a statistically relational link, and not a cause-and-effect, of animal diet and brain-size.
It could just as well be some bacteria that hominids acquired that broke down the food into important materials for building the brain.
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I enjoy this show, but one thing I didn't like about it was that Daniel's phobias seemed more like a mishmash of cliches than something that was thought out thoroughly.
Those are all good points, though I certainly hope that nobody would base his or her medical decisions on shows like this!
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
I agree with much of what you say about this topic; however, I live with a delusional paranoid (along with adjustment disorder with depression/anxiety, PTSD, and a couple other underlying conditions) person who absolutely refuses drug treatment and who fires any therapist who dares mention medications. Her schizophrenic cousin had trouble finding the right combination of meds for years, and his experience still scares her. She also saw her supposedly ADHD nephew fed a ridiculous cocktail of drugs from the time he was four (the poor kid's eyes used to roll in his head), which also made her suspicious of medications. At the same time, we have other friends who have benefited from mental health medications, but their experience does not resonate for my friend. Mental illness remains enormously complicated in so many ways. I'm glad you found meds that help you. Someday, I hope my friend will find some that work for her.
Put puppy mills out of business: never buy dogs from pet shops!
finding the the right treatment for any disorder can be lengthy (cancer for example). just because something didn't work the first time, that's no excuse for not trying a second or third time. a person's first diet probably won't work either, but one needs to keep trying.
my online writing style is one of speed and apathy, NOT ignorance
I'm sighing, too. This show is tirelessly politically correct. Enough already. So long Perception, I'm out.
shareLeaky gut syndrome.
Please bring back:
Rush, Flash Forward, Enlightened, Lie to me, Life, Firefly, The 4400 - and Perception!
Please bring back:
Rush, Flash Forward, Enlightened, Lie to me, Life, Firefly, The 4400 - and Perception!
Because the writers do not have medical degrees and their actual medical knowledge is limited to Dr Phil.
Edit: and Wikipedia
I understand. Thank you for telling me. -The masked bandit
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You are incorrect about gluten. One does not need to test positive for celiac disease in order to have a sensitivity to gluten. I am not a hipster, nor do I take scientific information from bumper stickers. Since the early days of menopause, I've had a hard time digesting gluten, dairy, soy, natural sweeteners (I never touched the poisonous artificial ones), canola oil and a host of other foods/additives. I've been tested, and my doctor found that I have food sensitivities. I've talked to many other women who are experiencing or have completed the menopausal process, and many of them have suffered similar symptoms when they eat such foods (nausea, bloating, bowel issues, joint pain, headaches, rashes, etc.). Our food supply is laden with toxins, so it does not seem surprising so many of us are having negative reactions to many foods.
When I avoid processed foods and foods that include the above items, I immediately lose weight and find my bloating and joint pain clear up. Increasingly, I cannot tolerate any grains. I felt skeptical at first, too, but once I did the elimination program, I felt normal again. Everyone has a different reaction to various foods; there is no one size fits all approach to nutrition. Unfortunately, celebrities who avoid gluten just out of a sense of being in fashion give this practice a bad name.
Put puppy mills out of business: never buy dogs from pet shops!
Our food supply is laden with toxins
When I avoid processed foods and foods that include the above items, I immediately lose weight
I cannot tolerate any grains. I felt skeptical at first, too, but once I did the elimination program, I felt normal again.
Everyone has a different reaction to various foods; there is no one size fits all approach to nutrition
Shove your hipster label up your ignorant posterior, you smug twit. When I say processed, I don't mean coming in a box. I have always cooked everything from scratch. Instead, I'm referring to canola oil, which the so-called experts keep telling everyone is healthy, when it most certainly is not. Try finding too many things without some canola thrown in. Soybean oil, as well as other forms of soy, are in everything from mayo to gum to toothpaste. Some form of sweetener is in nearly every toothpaste, gum, etc. Many oils known as vegetable oils are way over-processed, often with materials that appear on lists of carcinogens. Most grains are over-processed. Do some research before spouting your nonsense. I have read hundreds of articles written by people on all sides of this issue; I don't just listen to one source. As for the toxins, GMO soy makes many people violently ill. Many otherwise healthy foods have been contaminated by radiation, medical waste, animal waste, etc. Sugar itself is toxic, as is sucralose, etc. Try eating out without encountering many of these allergenic products.
I do not consume fewer calories at all, since I use unsweetened coconut products, as well as plenty of regular and extra-virgin olive oil. I make my own mayo to use with raw veggies or to make chicken/turkey salads. My average day includes about 300 more calories than when I used to have gluten, dairy, etc. More scientists and physicians are starting to realize it's not just calories, but also the types of foods you're eating, based on your own chemistry. Your suppositions are way off base. Clearly, your reading comprehension is faulty, as well as your logic, since I already stated I have food sensitivities, which are just a form of food allergies.
I'm so glad you know what I do better than I could. What a moron! You sound like a tea bagger. How dare you tell me my reactions are in my head when they have been documented by a well-respected doctor? A rash is on one's skin, rather than in one's head. Tell my joints they're not really feeling excruciating pain.
Do you realize most of the studies to which you refer are paid for by the industries involved? Do you realize the FDA is run by industry insiders? How else can you account for so many new drugs almost immediately ending up on the bad drug list? To paraphrase Monty Python: it's people such as you what cause unrest.
Put puppy mills out of business: never buy dogs from pet shops!
first you said:
When I avoid processed foods and foods that include the above items
I have always cooked everything from scratch
I'm referring to canola oil
I have read hundreds of articles written by people on all sides of this issue
GMO soy makes many people violently ill
Many otherwise healthy foods have been contaminated by radiation, medical waste, animal waste, etc
Sugar itself is toxic
I do not consume fewer calories at all, since I use unsweetened coconut products, as well as plenty of regular and extra-virgin olive oil.
More scientists and physicians are starting to realize it's not just calories, but also the types of foods you're eating, based on your own chemistry.
You sound like a tea bagger.
How dare you tell me my reactions are in my head when they have been documented by a well-respected doctor?
Do you realize most of the studies to which you refer are paid for by the industries involved?
Do you realize the FDA is run by industry insiders?
while you're avoiding gluten, your drastically reducing your carb intake. that alone explains your experience.
I understand. Thank you for telling me. -The masked bandit
while you're avoiding gluten, your drastically reducing your carb intake. that alone explains your experience.
No, wrong-o. I still have other starchy carbs, such as yams, fresh corn or sprouted corn tortillas, bananas, mangoes, gluten-free breads (sometimes). I also have potatoes 3-4 times a month in sensible portions. I have insulin resistance, so I keep my carb intake pretty steady. Just eliminating gluten did not clear up my symptoms, which also occur when I ingest dairy, soy, canola oil, carrageenan, and any heavily processed or adulterated (containing hormones, etc.) foods. I consume only free-range, organic, grass-fed land proteins and am careful to avoid any mercury-laden fish/shellfish.
The really bizarre thing was I had followed the then-popular high carb/low fat/protein program in grad school and lost 70 pounds. The menopause process clearly altered the way I digested gluten, dairy (especially casein), nightshade veggies, processed foods (I nearly always cook for myself). Some people are born unable to digest a few or many foods because they lack the enzymes to handle them.
Put puppy mills out of business: never buy dogs from pet shops!
No, wrong-o. I still have other starchy carbs, such as yams, fresh corn or sprouted corn tortillas, bananas, mangoes
I also have potatoes 3-4 times a month in sensible portions
I consume only free-range, organic, grass-fed land proteins and am careful to avoid any mercury-laden fish/shellfish.
nightshade veggies
Some people are born unable to digest a few or many foods because they lack the enzymes to handle them.
why would a man with his medical degrees and intellect avoid gluten????
the ONLY people that "need" to avoid gluten are those with celiac disease (legitimately) and moronic ignorant hipsters that get their "science" from bumper stickers
Unless you are a doctor or a medical researcher or a chemist, I don't think you have a sound basis for your statement.
If a person who has not been diagnosed with celiac, who has family members who HAVE been diagnosed, avoids gluten sources....
begins to feel better and suffer fewer inflammatory responses, why shouldn't he or she continue to avoid it?
I don't think people who avoid gluten enjoy doing so. Think of all those cheeseburgers on toasted buns
I've been learning to make gluten-free dishes so my sister can eat with the rest of us at family gatherings...we do it for her.
does your sister actually have celiac disease? or are you just catering to her falling for a new fad diet? if she does have celiac disease, then good for you, you're loving and caring family. HOWEVER, if she does not, then why must you cater to her diet, and she doesn't need to cater to yours?
i ask because i have an uncle that is a militant vegan. when i go to stay at his house, i know that i will be eating vegan for my entire stay there. i do that because it is his house, his rules, and i will respect his beliefs accordingly. however, when he comes to visit me, he insults me at every turn for the non vegan products i have in my house. and do you think he changes his diet for my beliefs? no. not remotely. the truth of the matter is that i'm willing to show far more respect for his beliefs then he is willing to show for mine, and i suspect something similar is happening with your sister and her new found beliefs.
I have dealt with many who espouse a cavalier attitude toward diseases like Celiac, who dismiss it without knowing the facts because they're sure someone is just following a fad.
you have to understand that from our perspective, statistically speaking, we're right to dismiss it. when only about 1% of the population actually does have celiac, that means that most are just jumping on the gluten free band wagon.
case in point, there is a hiker on one of my groups who always talks about being gluten free. about two weeks ago he started talking about how he was going in to get the work done to prove that he had gluten sensitives. now that the results are in, he's still gluten free, but we don't have to listen to him talk about it as the research said he was "normal" and had zero problems with processing gluten - he of curse doesn't believe the results.
Do you really think that because it is estimated that 1% of the population has Celiac disease, it gives you license to dismiss it with scorn and disbelief, and a disregard for others?
One percent of the earth's population is more than 71 million people
You have no license to judge whether or not their illnesses (or diet preferences, or reasons for those diet preferences) have merit.
Perhaps that would change should you ever become the victim of a "statistically insignificant" illness.
By your standards, you and your "collective WE (assuming you mean the rest of the population)" are right to dismiss it.
Why you should care what people choose to eat is a mystery.
Why you should care WHY people choose their diets is an even bigger mystery.
You sound smart enough to understand numbers. One percent is not a number, per se; it represents a ratio. People often confuse that. One is a low number. Seventy-one million is a large number. In this case, the one is representing the seventy-one million; and it is only statistically low. If you reduce people to statistics, you think like a bean counter who justifies not fixing a problem in a car because it's cheaper to pay out the probable lawsuit amounts after people lose their lives. They put a number value on a human life; this is not civilized. Seventy-one million people is a lot of people, no matter how you look at it.
No one can shove anything down your throat unless you let them. Don't spend time with people who try to do this. You may end up with a small circle of people, but perhaps you would be happier.
Maybe YOU are on the bipolar bandwagon? Just because you take meds for it might not mean much these days. I know a lot of people on meds for some mental illness or other. I've lost people I love to suicide because they were truly mentally ill; I understand that pain. But I doubt it's hard to get a doc to pony up a script for an antidepressant. It might be the med du jour in a lot of peoples' medicine cabinets.
Again, you seem to need to expel the fake bipolars from your circle. You seem to need to expel a lot of people who apparently don't let you run their lives, tell them what to eat, and tell them what illnesses they "definitely do not have." Unless you are their physician, you should keep your nose out of their medical business and not presume to tell them they are not sick. You are not entitled to speak for all who claim to have something, including OCD. Maybe that's just another one of your bandwagon rides. You do not know everyone who has OCD and therefore cannot speak for what they do or do not do.
My sister would love to eat a lovely hot roll or even just a Ritz cracker. I've never seen her belittle anyone who does not eat gluten for any reason.
You, I think, believe yourself to know best for everyone around you, and even those who are not around you whom you have never met. If you are so annoyed by so many people who say things you do not like, or people you consider stupid (apparently a statistically significant percentage of the people you are acquainted with or spend time with) you really should do yourself a favor and just cut these people out of your life. But I suspect you enjoy either playing the martyr who has to endlessly explain to others why they are wrong because they don't think like you; or you are really mentally ill and need these people around you to validate yourself.
One percent is not a number, per se; it represents a ratio
One is a low number. Seventy-one million is a large number.
If you reduce people to statistics
They put a number value on a human life; this is not civilized.
No one can shove anything down your throat unless you let them.
Maybe YOU are on the bipolar bandwagon?
Just because you take meds for it might not mean much these days.
I've lost people I love to suicide because they were truly mentally ill
I understand that pain.
But I doubt it's hard to get a doc to pony up a script for an antidepressant
you should keep your nose out of their medical business and not presume to tell them they are not sick.
You do not know everyone who has OCD and therefore cannot speak for what they do or do not do.
My sister would love to eat a lovely hot roll or even just a Ritz cracker. I've never seen her belittle anyone who does not eat gluten for any reason.
people you consider stupid (apparently a statistically significant percentage of the people you are acquainted with or spend time with)
You, I think, believe yourself to know best for everyone around you
You are the narcissistic douche, based on your posting history. I suspected as much. But no matter how cool you think you are or how angrily you post ordering me to shut up, it's not within your power.
That's a good mantra for you. It might make you healthier:
"It's not within my power."
your reading comprehension is abysmal. the ONLY reason why i told you to shut up was in regards to you mistakenly and delusionally thinking that you understand the pain that a person that committed suicide was in.
my online writing style is one of speed and apathy, NOT ignorance
Doesn't matter WHY you angrily and with profanity told me to shut up. You betray yourself with this anger. But you are impotent in this matter. You can curse, beat your chest, scream, kick your computer, kick your dog, do whatever is in your power to do -- except accomplish your goal of getting me to shut up. You are powerless here. Powerless. Repeat -- powerless. That has to feel really frustrating.
shareyou're an idiot, and if you want to believe that you truly understand the pain and suffering that a person that KILLS THEMSELVES TO ESCAPE THE PAIN, then you're also a delusional idiot or perhaps, simply, foolish
i won't lose a moment of sleep over it. i don't find it frustrating at all, i find it sad, pathetic, and a tad bit narcissistic. but go ahead and tell everyone you meet that YOU understand - LOL
my online writing style is one of speed and apathy, NOT ignorance
you're an idiot, and if you want to believe that you truly understand the pain and suffering that a person that KILLS THEMSELVES TO ESCAPE THE PAIN, then you're also a delusional idiot or perhaps, simply, foolish
i won't lose a moment of sleep over it. i don't find it frustrating at all, i find it sad, pathetic, and a tad bit narcissistic. but go ahead and tell everyone you meet that YOU understand - LOL
One thing that's always predictable about mentally ill people, or those who say they are, is that they think the world revolves around them; and are incapable of seeing the world through any other lens.
Try a little variety there
how simple-minded you think everyone else is.
You also desperately need to feel accepted
unspecified "normal" group
It's a trait of narcissistic people.
you'll examine your own posting history with others and see how often you do NOT have a civil conversation with others
I'm willing to bet that the actual, live people with whom you are acquainted are tired of your pompous pontificating
You might need a medication adjustment to help you cope better.
pompous pontificating
to dump your bullsh!t on people you don't even know
That means you're a coward, too.
i'm an infantry vet, so based on life experiences and the choices you and i have made, i'm willing to bet that on the big spectrum of life, you're a lot closer to that coward line than i am
since you avoided all other points, i'm going to go out on a limb and say that you were a P.O.G.
my online writing style is one of speed and apathy, NOT ignorance
Choosing not to respond to most of your nonsense is not avoiding; you are just tiresome. Boring, in fact. I see you're one of those lowbrows who think only grunts in foxholes are necessary to accomplish the mission. That does not surprise me at all.
You might be one of the bunch who couldn't do anything without direction except find the chow hall.
and i'm sure you're one of those pompous and pretentious support MOSs that thinks that infantry was the only job they could get
my online writing style is one of speed and apathy, NOT ignorance