I’m not a real doctor, but I am a real bitch and I feel more than qualified to take on the subject of gluten and weight.
And, I am so tired of gluten-free weight loss stories!
- Do people who go on a “gluten-free” diet for weight loss check every label, grill every waiter, and try desperately to find a delicious substitution for their favorite chocolate cake? Do they cry in the middle of the supermarket isle? I think not. I think they cut out bread, pasta and cake, for a couple of weeks and call it gluten-free. And guess what-they lose weight. Big surprise! It’s not the gluten, dummy, it’s the no carbs, it’s the fewer calories.
- Some people who have celiac disease gain weight once they give up gluten. Yup. That’s right. No, that’s wrong and so unfair. It’s the dirty little secret about celiac disease. No one wants to talk about it. Once that digestive system starts working again, those little cilia start standing upright again and doing their job. You start absorbing nutrients again, You start absorbing more fat. Maybe your cholesterol goes up maybe you gain ten pounds.
- Am I bitter? Possibly. Yes.
- Chapter 15 of Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s book, The G Free Diet; A Gluten-Free Survival Guide, is entitled G-Free and Slim as Can Be. I would like to slap her. Also, she’s a republican.
- Am I bitter? Possibly. Yes.
- On the up side, I could eat donuts, cookies, bread and pasta and lose those ten pounds in a jiffy. It’s called the gluten diet.
- On the down side, there’s the whole destroying my small intestine thing.
- Oh well.
Today’s Treat: Ask Enid.
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