FROM THE KITCHEN

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So far I have mostly stayed away from wheat and wheat products since the last article I wrote concerning wheat intake. It is of course, (as a lot of stories go) a good news- bad news outcome.

Some of the good news part to come out of the experience so far, have been the fact that I find that I feel more satiated by the food that I do eat and I am not always feeling hungry, which means that the late night raids on the refrigerator have mostly ceased. This has also resulted in a reduction of the amount of food that I do eat, for the most part. I have also found that I dont use antacids like I did before, which for me is huge. My diet has really changed in the fact that I eat mostly proteins, fruits, vegetables and nuts. My wife Monica has been my hero in discovering non gluten solutions to a lot of our traditional menu items. Also there are days where I feel that my body mass has lessened some and my clothes are fitting a little different in a better way.

The bad news part of the story is although I do feel a little skinnier and my clothes are fitting a little better, it still says WOW when I get on the scale. I think that a little exercise can change the whole story to a good news one in the near future though.

I have also discovered a few things that I knew existed but didnt really pay attention to because I wasnt in that market, but there is a long line of gluten (wheat) free products available for sale. Also I found that being a label reader now, food manufacturers add wheat to a lot of processed products that you wouldnt expect it in. The tradeoff to watch for in gluten free products is what is added instead of the gluten. Quite often it is some sort of starch or starch by product and therefore one has to watch for the caloric intake added because starches are carbohydrates.

They also add other sugars and other carbohydrates in large and hidden ways to processed products. Sugars can be named in products as fructose, glucose, lactose, dextrose, ethyl maltol, maltose, corn syrup, malt syrup, mannitol, sorbitol, sorghum syrup and on and on. Quite often youll find a multitude of these products added to just one item at different points in the process. There is also research out which points towards these items being less healthy than the pure unrefined sucrose known as sugar.

If your diet incorporates foods that are processed, become a label reader. It pays to know what you are putting into your body.

For now .....Eat Well, Live Well

 

For now .....Eat Well, Live Well

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