Gluten Free Ain't Paleo!

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Here's a great piece from paleodiet.com I thought worth re-posting...enjoy.

What???

You read that right, my friends. “Gluten-free” is a total scam.

Bu-bu-bu-bu-but --- isn’t eating "gluten-free" part and parcel of the Paleolithic Diet?

Yes, yes, it is. And no, it isn’t. Grrrrrrrrr….really, really? Uber-super-duper-short version of why, yes, you should eat gluten-free: Gluten and gliadin are proteins, found in grains, that we, Homo sapiens sapiens, don’t have a long evolutionary history of eating a lot of, nor are we well-adapted to eating them. Unlike, say, Sitophilus granaries and his cousins.

If you want to get into the scientific nitty-gritty, I refer you to Robb Wolf’s brilliant, final word gluten. We get that part. So, how isn’t “gluten-free” part of the Paleolithic Diet and how is it a scam? Because sharp-eyed food producers and their marketing teams are more than happy to ride the recent, burgeoning gluten-free wave and milk it for all it’s worth….even if it is potentially to your detriment.

Please don’t get suckered into eating “gluten-free” food products that are, yes, technically “gluten-free” but really Franken-foods, filled with other substances that have had no place in our our evolutionary history either. My personal favorite: the microcrystalline cellulose you often see in “gluten-free” breads. If you have a loaf of “gluten-free” bread in your house, go check the ingredients list now. I’ll wait here for you.

For the rest of you, microcrystalline cellulose is refined wood pulp. Unless you are Dendroctonus ponderosae – call me simplistic and reductionist – but just gonna throw this out there --- eating refined wood pulp, probably not a super-duper idea. BTW close runner-ups are the legume-based “flours” used in many “gluten-free” bread mixes as well as a bunch more. My message to you today:

Remember why you are eating Paleo. Next time you are thinking of eating “gluten-free”, just remember...you are not an wood-pulp eating insect! Get out and enjoy the heat and sun with some loved ones. Look forward to your Keep on keepin' on,

PS If the above resonated with you – I should give credit where credit is due, Kurt Harris M.D. has been sounding the alarm on frankenfoods and their ilk for some time now.

 My Chitlins...the reason I pay attention to articles like this ; )

 
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KB Swings 24/16
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AMRAP For 3 Minutes
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