Thanks, all.

Hilary--are the frozen salmon burgers at Costco wildcaught Alaskan salmon?

Ro

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> All grains and all legumes have high levels of phytates, lectins, and
> carbohydrates, and are all best avoided. Gluten happens to be an extreme
> negative for some people, but they all contribute to various health problems
> to varying degrees. Leaky gut isn't all or nothing, and of course, isn't the
> only problem these anti-nutrients cause. My approach is to generally, almost
> entirely, avoid all grains and legumes, and still feel I have a rich and
> varied diet.
>
> Check out the frozen Alaskan salmon burgers from Costco.
>
> Hilary
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ro Countryman" <
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:04 PM
> Subject: Question about Guten Free Products and Foreign Protein Issue?
>
>
>
>  Hi, List!
>>
>> Some of you may remember me.  I'm Ro.  I haven't been here for
>> awhile--life,
>> and all.   Good to talk to you again.
>>
>> I've been ill, and had issues, and life happen, yada, yada, and have been
>> off-Paleo for some time.  I'm getting ready to go back on.  As I do, I
>> have
>> a question.
>>
>> But first, I thought you might find this interesting:  when I first went
>> on
>> paleo, and lost 270 lbs, my doctors were dumbstruck.   But now, my
>> neurologist has really come full-circle, and is pushing the usefulness of
>> gluten and dairy-free eating.  She's seen patients with complex immune and
>> neurological problems (like me) respond greatly to the regimine, and she
>> often tells them about my experience.  She's also been testing her
>> patients
>> for Vitamin D levels and other things, and she said she's been "shocked"
>> at
>> how low people's levels have been.
>>
>> I admit it's been gratifying, to finally get some support and validation
>> from the medical quarter for paleo and evolutionary nutrition.
>>
>> I'm also gratified, as I get back into it, to find there's a lot more
>> choices now, in the low-carb and gluten-free world of commercial food
>> products.  The local Harry's Farmer's market up the street--which I'm
>> lucky
>> lucky lucky enough to live near since I moved to Atlanta when I
>> remarried--it has a very good selection of grassfed meat products from Ga
>> farmers, and a lot of other things.
>>
>> Which brings me to my question:
>>
>> Are the gluten free type of bread and cracker and other products, are
>> these
>> truly paleo-safe, in terms of health reactions?  In other words, if you
>> are
>> concerned about leaky gut and Crohns and such, are they useful or bad?
>>
>> I'm wondering if removing gluten is enough, in terms of the whole foreign
>> protein/leaky gut/immunological issues thing?   I haven't kept up, so I
>> don't know.  I do know that maintaining on pale might be much easier with
>> a
>> few more convenience foods in my arsenal.  It certainly might let me keep
>> my
>> husband more in the paleo eating loop if I could make him a sandwich for
>> his
>> lunch sometimes, or crumble a few gluten-free crackers up to bind my
>> salmon
>> patties.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help :-)
>>
>> best,
>> Ro
>>
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