Dr. Oz could be blowing smoke up your skirt by giving you confusing information about gluten-free diets.

He compared apples with oranges today… I would like to provide some clarification.

If you listen to anyone, listen to Dr. Mark Hyman when he describes the health issues surrounding gluten sensitivities and solutions with whole foods.

Dr. Oz was making mountains out of molehills by misconstruing caloric values with weight management and drawing inaccurate conclusions with his comparisons of processed food items. Since you are smarter than the average audience member, you wouldn’t be inclined to eat ANY of the garbage that was compared…it was NOT real food!

Those cardboard waffles and drab boring crackers among the rest of the crap he compared using calorie amounts, instead of nutrition…are hardly a valid point of reference. We would never want to eat anything he had on the table. The bread in a sandwich and the lunch meat is inedible for those who care about health rather than counting calories or filling the hunger in your gut.

The chili with beans, onions, organic spices, and free-range grass-fed beef or ostrich meat from Fossil Farms would be one option for your lunch or dinner. Mark pointed it out and Oz took note of how good that bowl of chili looked on the set. The point is to eat whole foods, not any processed stuff.

Beans, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fresh fruit, greens, seaweed, spices, and herbs are the way to go toward a healthy lifestyle. These foods will take you on a journey to your ideal weight.

You don’t need to get lost in the quagmire of calorie counting…that’s sheer madness. So is the whole idea of breaking down the good, the bad, and the ugly about the processed gluten-free foods or their traditional counterparts like wheat, barley, or rye flour food products. If you can read and if you can tell a grain of wheat from a grain of brown rice; then you will do just fine in your quest for whole food replacements for the lousy processed items made from gluten.

The doctors both identified foods with gluten like bagels, most breads, pastries, lunch meats, and so many packaged foods. The description of the hidden gluten in toothpaste, skin care products, make-up, and other household products should have helped you realize how pervasive this is in our daily lives.

If you shop at Whole Foods or your local Food Coop or Farmer’s Markets, you will be able to find healthy alternatives to the common offenders that taste good and have more nutrition for you. But you are going to have to learn to go into your kitchen and make healthy meals from whole foods. That’s the price you pay for loving your body enough to take good care of it, instead of making excuses about calories or the lack of creativity when you cook.

When you eat a Raw Foods diet or a plant-based whole foods diet, you are going to get back to your ideal and perfect weight and body size gradually and in a healthy sane way. You don’t have to make a huge effort to diet, it will occur naturally. This obsession that doctors have with calories has got to be thrown out with the processed foods that make experts wallow in the weight of their own foolishness. Just step out of the quicksand of calorie counting and stand on the firm ground of whole foods.

One more thing…don’t fall for the ‘bait and switch’ technique that a lot of commercial brands are throwing at you these days. They know that you are looking for gluten-free choices when you shop for food. Chex is not a good choice, even though it is gluten-free. You have to use your brain to make these obvious distinctions and quit listening to the advertising gimmicks, the misinformation, and the doctors who don’t cook.

Here is one site that has a lot of gluten-free foods, some of which are excellent and healthy and some of which you should stay away from altogether. You’ll know the difference…use your common sense or ask me for details if you get stuck on the specific brands or items.

Read the ingredient list…

The person who wants to arrive at their ideal weight and be true to their goal of giving their body healthy whole foods will enjoy many gluten-free foods. It goes with the territory of health and wellness. You simply need to be mindful of the correct information and the distinction between poor advice and reasonable facts.

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