Need some advice

[CaiHong]

Hi Everyone,
I went raw over 5 weeks ago. I craved some carbs about a week ago and bought some what I thought were relatively healthy biscuits and that is when the diarrhea began in earnest, my moods got worse. Yesterday My body was wanting something so I just fed it what it wanted, that heavy German bread, cream cheese and coffee. I had a heavy workload yesterday and coped fantastically.
My question is what is going on? I want to continue raw but I think I need some guidance.
I still have diarrhea this morning and my stomach feels very on comfortable, mentally I feel good.

CaiHong

[sport]

Was there gluten in those biscuits. That could be the cause of your problem. All grains are difficult to digest but ones with gluten (and most do) are the worst.

[swaddo84]

I think it's natural to have bad reactions to unhealthy foods you have phased out.

My question is, why get carbs from biscuits when you can eat plenty of apples, bananas and pears etc?

My diet is very high in fruit and I never feel short of energy.

[CaiHong]

hi Vegan Warrior, I think this is the case, the gluten. but I used to eat heaps of bread before without an apparent reaction to the gluten. Why now?

Just on a different topic. I was given 10 silk worms as a present. I love these little guys . my grandson stayed very quiet and we swear we could hear the sound of their chewing.

I got to thinking about vegans and there highly principled diet. I am vegetarian due to animal cruelty rather than health reasons. Do vegans wear silk clothes?

Hi Swaddo84,
I stayed on a very simple raw food diet and then wanted a biscuit for my raw hummus. I am going to order a hydrator so I acan make my own raw biscuits.
Thankyou for your replies
caiHong

[sport]

Vegans come in many different forms. People who are in it for the animals will not wear silk. I personally would not like silk. It feels a bit creepy to me. I will wear leather shoes but would I would never never wear a leather jacket. I would love to live in a vegan world but know that it is just a dream.

[rawconvenience]

What is it with this hate-on for gluten. It is naturally present in grain. Between 0 and 1% of the population is a Celiac but yet more and more I hear about this fear of gluten. What gives?

[sport]

What is it with this hate-on for gluten. It is naturally present in grain. Between 0 and 1% of the population is a Celiac but yet more and more I hear about this fear of gluten. What gives?

Gluten
Sub-clinical, or hidden, gluten intolerance is a health problem at epidemic proportions in certain populations in the United States and remains largely unrecognized by conventional medicine. Definition of Sub-Clinical Sub-clinical means hidden.
In other words, there are often no obvious symptoms that would direct a doctor or patient to suspect sub-clinical conditions. Since symptoms aren't obvious and sub-clinical gluten intolerance often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, many people can suffer from the health consequences related to sub-clinical gluten intolerance without understanding the true cause of their problems. By their very nature, sub-clinical problems are hard to recognize and frequently go undetected despite the best efforts of health professionals and patients. Discovery of Sub-Clinical Gluten Intolerance
The condition of sub-clinical gluten intolerance was first documented in the United States by observations of physicians involved in treating patients with chronic fatigue, weakened immunity, and environmental illness. Over the course of many years, there has been continual work to uncover the nature and extent of this problem in the United States and Europe. In 1994, a technological breakthrough in the form of a highly specialized salivary test for sub-clinical gluten intolerance made more comprehensive investigation into this problem possible.
The First Tests For Subclinical Gluten Intolerance
The first tests for sub-clinical gluten intolerance in the United States were run on a large group of chronically ill patients. These patients had been previously unresponsive to all known treatments. Through laboratory research of this patient population of chronically ill individuals, it had become evident that they all suffered from some hidden inflammatory condition that had yet to be identified. The observation that there was a genetic component to the condition narrowed the range of possible explanations.

At one point, researchers realized there could be a connection with the diets of this select group of patients and their unknown condition. When the initial salivary tests for sub-clinical gluten intolerance were run on several hundred people from this population, over 85 percent tested positive. This outstanding discovery has now been demonstrated time and time again with a wide range of patients.

In the last ten years through testing thousands of patients the subtleties of this condition have been gradually understood. The evaluation process has become even more comprehensive, and many of those people with this condition who may have gone undiagnosed in the past can now be accurately tested.
Relationship To Celiac Disease
Sub-clinical gluten intolerance is often confused with a medical condition called celiac disease, celiac sprue, or non-tropical sprue, sometimes referred to as gluten enteropathy or gluten intolerance. The reaction to gluten in celiac disease is similar to sub-clinical gluten intolerance, except as to the degree of intensity. Comparing sub-clinical gluten intolerance to celiac disease is like comparing first-degree sunburn from a day at the beach to a third degree burn from a fire victim. They are both burns, but vastly different based on the severity or degree of damage.

[Bananna]

I got a food sensitivity test and it was the best money I ever spent....and gliadin (the protein in gluten) was near top of the list. I don't have celiac but now that I've cut gluten out, I can't have anything with it, or I will suffer seriously for the better part of two days. That never used to be the case when I ate it everyday, it just caused me general quality of life problems, but now that it's out my body reacts very strongly to it that I am a strict adherent.

[sport]

it just caused me general quality of life problems, You are one of the 85%

[Bananna]

:) ...specifically it made my endometriosis Way worse and gave me arthritis. Also caused me to be sort of tired/agitated/cloudy/unpassionate combo..but not in a pinpointable kinda way.

Life is MUCH better without it!

[sport]

I was never aware of myself having problems with it but am sure that everybody is better off without it and that includes me so I have avoided it for the past few years.

[walnutty]

Those with Autism tend to have gluten intolerances and Autism can be confirmed within the brain so that's really interesting. I know when I am 100% raw that my sensory issues in regards to my ASD is so much better and I am so much more vocal and social.