Sean Murphey Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 On the whole, which is worse? (I mean added sugar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Dupree Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Processed Sugar. Unless you actually have celiacs disease. Otherwise gluten is harmless. You might still have a sensitivity to wheat, then Idk what's worse: health risks associated with chronic processed sugar or health risks associated with chronic inflammation from food sensitivity. I wouldn't choose either so they both lose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jone Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Sugar is bad for many reasons. It literally destroys your body. Gluten causes inflammation in the intestines and whether your celiac or not it isn't good for you. So ultimately both should be avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Brown Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I think that's a bit extreme. Fruits have sugar and many starches turn into sugar. Some cultures diet is mostly made of gluten but they are fine. Obviously too much of either is not healthy but what works for some people might not work for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Grainger Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Sugar is bad for many reasons. It literally destroys your body. Gluten causes inflammation in the intestines and whether your celiac or not it isn't good for you. So ultimately both should be avoided. Can confirm. I've eaten a diet consisting of regularly eating both, and I am literally dead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Ravn Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yup, me too. It's very bad. Trust me, I'm not an expert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Frase Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Whenever anyone says that gluten is harmless unless you have Celiac, I must object. I suffered debilitating migraine headaches for 37 years of my life. Doctors could neither tell me why I got them, not offer any effective treatment for them. When I removed gluten from my diet, my migraines completely disappeared. It's been over 3 years. I've conducted 2 experiments during those 3 years by eating typical gluten meals. Both times resulted in migraines. Sure, it's only an n=1 experiment, but it's good enough for me. But to answer the original question...why choose? Both sugar and gluten have negative health consequences, so reduce or eliminate both of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Dupree Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I have the same type of problem with gluten containing foods. I feel like I'm in a fog under a pile of bricks. I don't know if it's gluten itself or something else about the makeup of the food like phytotoxins in wheat or something (I know nothing about those, full disclosure). Wheat allergy is pretty common too. Anyway, if any food gives us this kind of reaction for whatever reason we should stop eating it, I think everyone would agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Brown Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Those this discussion isn't all about sugar and gluten Robb Wolfe had some great nutrition ideas on barbell shrugged.https://youtu.be/FJ2fZR5cQ5Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Grainger Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 If you completely removed gluten from your diet, you presumably made a significant diet change. Any one of the factors that you changed could have been the problem. I'm glad you feel better, but you cannot make any serious claims about what the problem was. Unless you've since eaten straight gluten and had the problem return. Your brain runs primarily, if not exclusively, on sugar. It's not poison. I'm not advocating a doughnut and milk dud diet, but unless you have an allergy or some other medical condition, eating them in moderation is not going to harm you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Ravn Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I've been experimenting with different approaches to diet over a few years, but consistently, I feel best on a rich diet containing gluten and lactose (also copious amounts of meat and eggs). Crazy, right? Omitting either gives me a constant nagging sensation of being hungry, along with mild stomach ache. Granted, I eat very little plain white bread, basically only full grain soured rye bread, but I do eat pasta. Even worse, I also eat added sugar - Heretical, I know, but I become a gluttonous beast post workout, eating basically everything I can get my hands on. If the fridge contains some yoghurt with added fruit and sugar, well, so be it. Milk chocolate candy bars? Bring them on. My body goes into a metabolic frenzy after workouts, meaning I can showel food down my throat at an alarming rate, and I refuse to feel bad about it. In fact, it feels great. Loads of nutrition and a great feeling of satiety. Add a nap, and you're in post workout heaven. And that, gentlemen, is my interpretation of Coach's 'See food diet'. It worked for his athletes, and it seems to work for me too. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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