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:
>>
>> 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.
>
>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...

On 7/24/2015 8:32 AM, Je�us wrote:
Fourteen hundred years ago Islam gave women rights; rights that could
not have been imagined by European counterparts. Bold words! Words
that have been spoken repeatedly, especially in the last two or three
decades by Muslim converts, and Islamic writers, academics and educators
across the globe. Womens rights, responsibilities, and choices have
been the subject of books, articles, essays, and lectures. Sadly
however, convincing the world that Muslim women are not oppressed by
Islam is a message that is just not getting through. Media headlines
scream oppression and the words Muslim, women, and oppression seem to
have become inextricably linked.

No matter what Muslim women do or say to try to convince the world
otherwise, words like hijab, burka, polygamy, and Sharia seem to do
little but convince people that Islam oppresses women. Even educated,
articulate women fulfilling the modest conditions of hijab can do little
to dispel the myths. Women who conduct themselves with decorum and
grace and function effortlessly in the modern world have their
achievements and successes celebrated. However, if a woman wears a
scarf, covers her hair or puts her religion above worldly pursuits she
is immediately labelled oppressed. One wonders if this is the case for
women of other religious persuasions.