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Teff is a gluten-free seed which is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is high in protein, and lacks the horrible components in wheat.

How many of you have experimented with Teff flour?


Injera?

GAMRican saidTeff is a gluten-free seed which is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is high in protein, and lacks the horrible components in wheat.

How many of you have experimented with Teff flour?


Injera?

it looks kind of like diarrhea though

on another note, I had a piece of pizza today. first time with something that wheat heavy in about a month. stomach is churning

homastj said

GAMRican saidTeff is a gluten-free seed which is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is high in protein, and lacks the horrible components in wheat.

How many of you have experimented with Teff flour?


Injera?

it looks kind of like diarrhea though

on another note, I had a piece of pizza today. first time with something that wheat heavy in about a month. stomach is churning

These are heavily spiced stews. They're really tasty. The injera bread was tangy like sourdough.

OMG, Ethiopian food is DELICIOUS!!

GAMRican, maybe the reason you lost I've 6 pounds is cause you gave up wheat. Maybe not such a good thing for you personally.... Worth pondering.

homastj said

GAMRican saidTeff is a gluten-free seed which is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is high in protein, and lacks the horrible components in wheat.

How many of you have experimented with Teff flour?


Injera?

it looks kind of like diarrhea though

on another note, I had a piece of pizza today. first time with something that wheat heavy in about a month. stomach is churning

showme saidOMG, Ethiopian food is DELICIOUS!!

GAMRican, maybe the reason you lost I've 6 pounds is cause you gave up wheat. Maybe not such a good thing for you personally.... Worth pondering.

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on another note, I had a piece of pizza today. first time with something that wheat heavy in about a month. stomach is churning

It could be. However, I've been voracious since giving up wheat. I've been eating tons more meat, cottage cheese, nuts, almond butter, green vegetables, fruit, and...





































...potato chips.

As much as I've protested and criticized gluten/wheat-free diets...my diet has blown ass lately and I'm not feeling as great about my abs, so I'm thinking about making the switch...I need to do something to get all cut up again.

GAMRican said
How many of you have experimented with Teff flour?

My nephew is heavily autistic and is allergic or food-sensitive to pretty much 99% of all food on this planet (he can literally eat only a small handful of foods). His mom, my sister in law, makes him these cookies with tef flour and whole tef grain. When you first taste them yes they taste like cardboard, but there's something strangely appealing to them after a while.

Ariodante said

GAMRican said
How many of you have experimented with Teff flour?

My nephew is heavily autistic and is allergic or food-sensitive to pretty much 99% of all food on this planet (he can literally eat only a small handful of foods). His mom, my sister in law, makes him these cookies with tef flour and whole tef grain. When you first taste them yes they taste like cardboard, but there's something strangely appealing to them after a while.

I've actually found tef to taste kind of nutty and tangy (due to the fermentation of the seed). As Injera, tef is spongy like a pancake, but it holds together like an eggy crepe.

For the most part I eat clean. I don't eat any wheat. I do love pizza and pasta and occasionally when I take a cheat day I do have one of those. The next day I feel like crap all day. I feel like I am hung over. Makes me do it less and less.

I've cut bread and pasta out of my diet for about 3 weeks now and I definatley notice the difference around my waist.

What's difficult I've found is finding substitutes. I guess the book will explain that though.

I haven't read the book but I am ordering it on Amazon right now so I can get the full insight. Is this diet affordable for a student?

In my opinion, anything that is not natural or that is "natural tampered" got to have some side affects. I wish that people would just quit tampering with our organic, natural resources. Someone told me that they believe this is part of the "New World Order" plan...expose our resources to "poison" as a way to control us (i.e. flu vaccination, exposing our foods to unhealthy chemicals, getting us addicted to medications...as a way to make us "zombie like" so that we are not able to think or defend ourselves). Maybe we should give this some thought.

Interesting cow fact.. when a cow gets too much wheat and grains, their bellies become bloated and fatty.

I think the same works for people.



Moo.

If I had to give up one food, wheat would be it. Horrible, awful, destructive foodstuff.

Ahh, the "wheat belly" conspiracy theory... ever so amusing!
No valid studies, no sources = truly mind-blowing really.

I live off bread and dairy.
I worship wheat.
What am I supposed to eat instead? Something that grows in the tropics and has to be shipped to where I live 10 000km?
Don't blame wheat, blame the agribusiness!

Rita saidAhh, the "wheat belly" conspiracy theory... ever so amusing!
No valid studies, no sources = truly mind-blowing really.

The only study I need is to look at my abs. I don't even have a gym membership any more. Everything you think
You know about "diet " is myth.

Farmjock saidInteresting cow fact.. when a cow gets too much wheat and grains, their bellies become bloated and fatty.

I think the same works for people.

Moo.

Bingo.

As to those say "it's not been proven", "none so blind as those who will not see", lol. I'll be looking in the mirror and on my old drivers license....there's 150lb dif and all it took was a bit of time and getting rid of the starches. No pain, no starvation, no "suffering"....just eating what my body (apparently) wants and not filling it up with shit.

But PLEASE nay-sayers, PLEASE keep eating the shit, hahaha ---I'd much rather you help keep MY food costs down by eating that crap instead.

Rita saidAhh, the "wheat belly" conspiracy theory... ever so amusing!
No valid studies, no sources = truly mind-blowing really.

Please feel free to enjoy the poison portion which would be mine.

Three Hidden Ways Wheat Makes You F A T !

P.S. Thanks for sending me your picture. I'll pass on the offer to skype-fap with you.

GAMRican said
Please feel free to enjoy the poison portion which would be mine.

Please feel free to enjoy your blatant orthorexia, hun.

(Cute website btw, wholesomely abundant in neurotic, highly unsupported facts - see what I did there? Not that evidences should be accounted for, of course!)

You're right - we're not quite 100% there yet in terms of the research, but there's plenty pointing us towards the idea that eating wheat may not be the best choice for food (and most grains, if you're a Paleo follower like myself)

1. Gliadin wreaking havoc in the gut and causing whole-body inflammatory responses due to their binding to tissue transglutaminase.
2. Poor nutrient density and bioavailability from wheat and other grains (in comparison to say, wild-caught fish or chicken eggs)
3. Opiod-like gluten exorphins A5, A4, B5 and B4 create an opiominergic effect when eating wheat containing foods - messing with your overall feeling of happiness (this is why many find bread, cookies, cake to be comfort foods - they have a literal morphine-like effect)
4. Wheat only having been a relatively recent agricultural phenomenon (13,000 BC?) the theory is that our bodies have not yet quite adapted to the consumption of non-fermented grains in comparison to meat, leafy greens, and tubers.
5. More research may be finding that wheat (and other grains) may be contributing to anything from cardiovascular disease to neurological issues (such as Alzheimer's and dementia) to the host of autoimmune disorders that seem to plague modern society - hayfever, MS etc.

I don't have these studies on hand, but I can always look 'em up. All directions are pointing to the fact that wheat may either be outright harmful to individuals - causing disease, increased mortality, and poor quality of life - or that it may simply be an inferior source of food compared to other sources.

Give it 10-20 years, and the medical establishment may eventually get there. We're starting to see the effects of high fructose corn syrup and sucrose in general now, and I think that the correct conclusions will be obtained in the future.

okay you guys stop eating it, I will continue to eat and enjoy

You guys can harp on wheat, gluten, carbs whatever all day.. cut them out singularly and not see much of a difference. Weight loss is made by lifestyle changes and consistency in those positive changes.

Wheat doesnt make people fat, people make people fat by being ignorant and by not having any grasp of what a proper potion, well balanced diet, or a shred of self discipline.

You may be in the process of making those changes, and say, hey this guy is being a dick.. but it takes time. And the skinny fast thing, is not healthy. Doesn't happen over night.

@ a couple of guys in this thread, lol:

ATXnative saidYou guys can harp on wheat, gluten, carbs whatever all day.. cut them out singularly and not see much of a difference. Weight loss is made by lifestyle changes and consistency in those positive changes.

Wheat doesnt make people fat, people make people fat by being ignorant and by not having any grasp of what a proper potion, well balanced diet, or a shred of self discipline.

You may be in the process of making those changes, and say, hey this guy is being a dick.. but it takes time. And the skinny fast thing, is not healthy. Doesn't happen over night.

I'll agree with you that weight loss is made by lifestyle changes and consistency in the positive changes. It shouldn't be a diet - as that implies you will be quitting it at some point. It should be a lifestyle change. However, it's not calories in, calories out, it's not about portion control, and it's not about discipline (otherwise Weight Watchers would be wildly more successful than it is). The quality and type of food as well as the individual's physiology makes the situation far more complex than just the amount of calories you put in. CICO is only one part of the situation. You're dealing with satiety, autoimmune responses to food, hyper/hypochloritic digestion, hypo/hyperthyroidism, cortisol levels, insulin levels, omega 3: omega 6 ratios, sleep, intensity and length of time regarding exercise, type of exercise, genetics, epigenetics, past history of diet, and so on and so forth.

To declare that people are like cars, and all you have to do is put less gas in the tank is very misleading, and frankly why we have the obesity epidemic we do today. Obviously, caloric restriction doesn't work, otherwise we'd all be skinny and beautiful. Every diet has at least one individual that it works for yes, but what works for one person doesn't work for the next.

Sure, there are people that do fine on wheat. But I see them at one end of the bell curve, with the celiac and gluten intolerant people on the other end, and most people falling under the bell curve of negative effects overall.

^^ And that's just it....too many people think of the human body as if it was a car engine. It isn't.