On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:25:19 -0700 (PDT), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 4:15:53 PM UTC-4, ImStillMags wrote:
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>> All the research that is being done now on the REAL problem people are having digesting gluten is pointing to the massive amounts of chemicals sprayed on crops.
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>I'm wheat intolerant - Different symptoms than are usual for true testable allergies but the symptoms are real. I can turn them off with a few days of careful avoidance of wheat, triticale, spelt and kamut. I can turn the symptoms on with one whole wheat bun, or a good yeast roll, or the breading of a KFC value meal.

I feel sorry for you, seeing how wheat is so ubiquitous and difficult
to avoid. You're much more intolerant of wheat that I am. My
sensitivity can be a little unpredictable, as sometimes I seem to get
away with eating a lot more wheat than other times.

>Of course if I'm going to make myself deliberately sick like that it should be a pizza with a whole wheat crust or some chicken fried steak made with fresh ground whole wheat.

You might as well go for the best if you're going to suffer

>Maybe my family is an outlier - My maternal grandfather who born in 1909 for his entire life had the exact same list of symptoms that I get from wheat. But back in his day no one thought it was even possible for wheat to cause problems so he never went a day in his life without something made with wheat.

Much like me, I suffered for years without knowing what the problem
was, doctors were of no help. It was only after going on a low carb
diet in 2002 that I made the connection between wheat and my feeling
unwell. I've since been tested and confirmed it 'officially'.

I often wonder if I made things worse for myself, as a kid I ate a
crazy amount of weet-bix cereal... at least six and often a dozen of
them per day right up until adulthood. I reckon I kept the company in
business...

>It is reported that other male members of his family in previous generations had the same
>list of symptoms as well. It just ran in that branch of the family to cough constantly, have
>indigestion after most meals and so on.

I know my hayfever and dermatitis is directly related to my wheat
consumption as well. Neither is a significant issue these days, but I
do need to be extra careful during spring time.

>What I think is people realized it is *possible* for wheat to give people problems so they stopped
>ignoring the possibility and starting looking for the possibility. Back in 1999 I only went wheat free
>because I went on a diet with an elimination and challenge system as a part of its directions.

Sounds like a familiar story...