My opinion is no...I think it's actually allergenic and most people are allergic to it without recognizing it...I also think it creates a lot of inflammation and irritation and the body, and contributes to leaky gut syndrome and indigestion. Just curious if anyone here had an opinion since I know it's so abundant in many fake meat products? I was looking at some today in the health food store and it's amazing how processed some of them actually are and that I used to live on them...
I'm rather biased here. I switched to a gluten-free son with my son last november, so he wouldn't be "alone" in a huuuge change. Since then we've both "been glutened" a few times by accident and we have BOTH had adverse reactions; his were all physiological, but I became physically ill. And I'd not prior to this thought I had ANY problem with it at all! Because I do have a long list of known allergies already, I'm assuming that I must have had a sensitivity to wheat all along & just not known about it. So for me - yeah, it's not healty. For my son who is NOT allergic... it is also not healthy, as it makes him act out & become - I guess "emotionally unstable" would be the closest term I can think of. My husband & daughter - who knows. They still consume gluten on a somewhat regular basis and are still healthy as horses. I think it's like any of the major allergens and you're either sensitive to it or you're not. love, mom
^^inclined to agree, and too much exposure can hit the trigger in sensitive individuals. I have a few mock products. I've made seitan at home, with mixed culinary results. I also keep soy on low rotation, too, thereby becoming "dependent" on beans and whole grains for protein, which seems to work. For non-sesnitive individuals, it's ok. there probably is a point at which it is too much, and so many veggies tend to still be eating SAD patterns with better ingredients, which is a start, but not the journey. So they go from eating too much meat to be healthy to eating a bunch of gluten meat and soy products...and now we see some studies suggesting that too much of those is not great, either. Eat your veggies, kids!
Exactly. I'm a big believer in variety and moderation. Veggies, fruits, whole grains, beans, and nuts are my main sources of nutrition - and I vary what specific ones I eat every day, to form a balanced diet for that specific day and overall, to fit into a healthy life (because a balanced diet really doesn't mean just balancing a 24-hour period at a time, it means taking into account what else you have/plan to eat lately or soon and balancing that). Personally, I try not to eat processed soy products more than once or twice a week. Ditto on heavily processed wheat products. I eat a lot of brown rice and rice products, and a smattering of other grains as they become available to me and they sound good. In general, I continue to feel healthier with each passing month, so I'm thinking I'm probably on the right track!
