View Single Post
  #15 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Jim Elbrecht Jim Elbrecht is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,927
Default First smoothie (not grn)

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:01:24 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 11/09/2011 1:02 PM, notbob wrote:
>
>> As for that whole wheat thing, that's another load of bullocks.
>> Millions of women suddenly convinced they're deathly allegic to wheat
>> and their plumbing is gonna drop out if they don't stop eating
>> ANYTHING with a single molecule of gluten in it. Puh-leeze!! You
>> wanna quit eating all gluten and munch amaranth muffins, knock yerself
>> out. I'm gonna make me some sugar saturated cinnamon rolls made with
>> 0 transfat margarine, if that'll work.

>
>
>That is not my understanding of the benefits of eating whole wheat flour
>products. It has a lot more nutritional value that white flour and the
>bran helps keep the digestive system operating properly. It is most
>definitely part of a heart healthy diet.


And I think there is just as much gluten in the whole wheat version of
flour.

And I wouldn't knock amaranth [or quinoa] until you've tried it. I
like the taste & texture of both-- the nutritional kick is a bonus.

Jim