It is a pity that some people are willing to believe anything spoken by some celebrity types.These are seldom well-informed people, and far to often they are eager to get their names and faces out on the airwaves anyway they can and happily accept money for "endorsements" for things that they don't really use.On one local TV channel they have a show that purports to be about "news" for health, nutrition, exercise and so on. Some of the so-called celebs that have appeared on this show certainly do not practice what they preach. They advise people who are trying to lose weight to take questionable "herbal" products - unproved "teas" and so on, while later that evening they are caught on camera at some trendy joint, eating stuff that is the total opposite of their pitch.I don't trust anyone who wears a size zero, has a bust that is obviously manufactured and yet says they eat a "carefully balanced diet an takes the "supplements" that they are selling. No way!One of the Britney Spears lookalikes that has shown up on some of these "shows" does advocate a gluten-free diet but was recently photographed chowing down at Pinks, a famous hot dog place that is certainly a long, long way from GF. Thousands of little girls, who should be eating a truly good, balanced diet, are doing all the wrong things because their idols tell them to buy these products. It's just really sad. And it can eventually be bad for people who actually do have the condition because it gets to the point that most people won't believe it.I don't know if any of your remember the era of "hypoglycemia" some forty years ago, when any symptoms were attributed to this phantom low blood sugar thing. They blamed everything from PMS to migranes on "hypoglycemia" and it went on for a few years until it was finally buried under tons of real research that proved it was all a myth. Bob Cummings, the actor, made a ton of money selling a "supplement" to alleviate the symptoms of hypoglycemia - sugar pills - and eventually he was sued and lost a big chunk of money in fines.
Quote from: earth mumma on March 28, 2011, 10:55:37 amThis is interesting. When My DS was 2 he looked like a starving 3rd world baby. He was so skinny and had this huge distended tummy. He was a fussy eater and would hardly eat a bite after lunch. He had problems with his bowels and got sick very easily and had enlarged tonsils and snored so loudly we could hear him 3 rooms away!! I really wanted to avoid him having any surgery and we took him to a Naturopath who suggested that we take him off not just wheat but gluten. I was horrified and wondered how I was going to manage without gluten in his diet (this was btm - before Thermomix). We did no testing as it involved a general ansethtic. When I finally came around to going gluten free I was astonished as to the change in him. He put on weight, his bowels inproved, his tonsils shrunk and he stopped snoring. His energy levelled out (before he was a little hyperactive). We very very strict for the first 2 years and whenever we slipped up he would get sick. I thought it could be celliacs disease, but slowly we tried to reintroduce gluten into his diet and now he can tolerate lots of differnt grains, but he still seems to be sensitive to wheat. Every now and again he might OD on gluten products and need to go gluten free for a while until he feels better, but it really doesn't seem so hard now. Thankfully he seems to find spelt is fine for him so I make any cakes with this and pizza doughs etc. It is so much easier to be gluten free with a TM. So for my ds I think it is more of an intolerance rather than celliacs. actually earth mumma the only way you can know that is via the blood test and the biopsy, and he needs to be eating sufficient gluten for those to work. natropaths who suggest removing off gluten without proper medical testing make me furious. did you know that some people have NO symptoms yet still have coeliac disease? so not having much of a reaction means nothing. did you know that people with coeliac disease who consume gluten put themselves at risk of bowel cancer? so it really is worth knowing for sure... this is a great document that explains it all http://www.coeliacsociety.com.au/downloads/Sept%2008%20Making%20Sense%20of%20your%20diagnosis.pdf
This is interesting. When My DS was 2 he looked like a starving 3rd world baby. He was so skinny and had this huge distended tummy. He was a fussy eater and would hardly eat a bite after lunch. He had problems with his bowels and got sick very easily and had enlarged tonsils and snored so loudly we could hear him 3 rooms away!! I really wanted to avoid him having any surgery and we took him to a Naturopath who suggested that we take him off not just wheat but gluten. I was horrified and wondered how I was going to manage without gluten in his diet (this was btm - before Thermomix). We did no testing as it involved a general ansethtic. When I finally came around to going gluten free I was astonished as to the change in him. He put on weight, his bowels inproved, his tonsils shrunk and he stopped snoring. His energy levelled out (before he was a little hyperactive). We very very strict for the first 2 years and whenever we slipped up he would get sick. I thought it could be celliacs disease, but slowly we tried to reintroduce gluten into his diet and now he can tolerate lots of differnt grains, but he still seems to be sensitive to wheat. Every now and again he might OD on gluten products and need to go gluten free for a while until he feels better, but it really doesn't seem so hard now. Thankfully he seems to find spelt is fine for him so I make any cakes with this and pizza doughs etc. It is so much easier to be gluten free with a TM. So for my ds I think it is more of an intolerance rather than celliacs.
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