What Is Grain Free?
Grain-Free is the elimination of all grains including wheat, rice, corn, millet, barley and oats. A grain-free diet has been proven through the personal experience of hundreds of people worldwide who have experienced significant relief from symptoms of crohn's disease (and many other illnesses of the digestive system) and also for chronic fatigue. Main-stream medicine disputes this due to the fact that the so-called evidence is anecdotal in nature, and cannot be backed up or substantiated by clinical trials or studies. They will tell you that there is no evidence that diet can play such a pivotal role.
Quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat are technically not grains and so (technically) they are allowed. However according to the SCD these are still not permitted. I feel that whether you would have these or not would depend on your own personal experience of these non-grains and whether you felt you could tolerate them or not. Everyone is different.
List of Grain and Grain-Free Foods
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 11:34 | 
Written by Grain Free Living | 
A useful list of what is a grain, and what is NOT a grain.
Last Updated (Monday, 28 September 2009 10:32)
Why go grain-free?The benefits of a grain-free diet has been proven through the personal experience of hundreds of people worldwide who have experienced significant relief from symptoms of crohn's disease (and many other illnesses of the digestive system) and also for chronic fatigue. Inevitably, mainstream medicine disputes this as the "so-called evidence" is anecdotal in nature, and cannot be backed up or substantiated by clinical trials or studies. They will tell you that there is no evidence that diet can play such a pivotal role in the treatment of serious diseases like crohn's - they will say that all there is drug-treatment and surgery. Well, since when is a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company going to spend millions on a clinical study that proves that, for some people, certain foods harm and other foods heal? Where is the profit in that? Last Updated (Monday, 18 May 2009 21:25) Grain Free & The Food PyramidOne of the first things I hear going through people's (by people I usually mean doctors and traditionally trained mainstream dieticians) minds when I tell them we are grain free is "gasp, that must be so unhealthy, cutting out AN ENTIRE FOOD GROUP" Firstly, lets get one thing completely clear. Going grain free is NOT a low carb eating plan. Don't listen to ignorant people who assume that cutting out grains is "completely cutting out a food group and isn't that really dangerous and doesn't it mean that you are going to be malnourished because you don't eat bread or rice and pasta?" Well, to see where this idea comes from, lets take a look at the typical modern day food pyramid: Last Updated (Friday, 04 September 2009 17:18) Failsafe EatingFriday, 04 September 2009 16:28 | Written by Grain Free Living |
This website now includes links, references and recipes relating to FAILSAFE (FAILSAFE stands for Free of Additives, Low in Salicylates, Amines and Flavour Enhancers) eating as many children who react to grains will also greatly improve on a FAILSAFE diet. A good summary of this diet is at this site... |
Isn't It boring and restrictive?Monday, 18 May 2009 08:44 | Written by Grain Free Living |
This is not a diet of just salad and protein. That would be really, really boring. And restrictive. (I should also point out that it is NOT ANYTHING LIKE OR TO DO WITH the Aiken's Diet or any other low carb eating plans. This is a diet for intestinal and immune health and wellbeing, and it is total lifestyle change and it not a DIET in the traditional sense of the word, although for simplicity I tend to refer to it as that).
To my mind, the typical Australian or American diet is WAY more boring. Think about it: You get up in the morning and have the same old cereal (wheat), muesli (wheat) or toast. (wheat) Mid-morning tea you have a coffee or tea and some biscuits (wheat) Last Updated (Friday, 04 September 2009 17:17) Being Grain-Free & Nut-FreeMonday, 28 September 2009 09:47 | Written by Grain Free Living |
Many recipes that cater to a grain-free diet usually involve nuts - almond meal in particular. It cooks with a beautiful moist texture, is high in protien and tastes great. But lots of people who can't eat grains also have a problem with nuts - compromised immune systems with often have multiple sensitivities and nuts are at the top of the tree for producing nasty reactions. Almond meal is also high in salicylates so can't be eaten by anyone with a sensitvity to this natural food chemical. This is where the recipes at GrainFreeLiving come in. I cook with almond meal sometimes, but the majority of my recipes are not only grain-free but they are also nut-free and soy-free, so can be eaten by those with allergies to both nut and soy products. I also often use oil instead of butter (dairy-free) and include a number of egg-free options. I was forced to break away from the common dependancy on nut flours when having to come up with food everyone could eat for playdates with a group of friends who have highly allergic children (we needed to be grain-free, egg-free, nut-free AND free of additives, low in amines and salicylates - Now there is a real challenge, but somehow, we did it). Here are a few tips for changing recipes that use almond meal into a nut-free version: Last Updated (Friday, 23 October 2009 16:36) |