I'm sorry I baffled you with that comment. The thing is that you obviously believe in evolution and I do not. I believe people ate fruits, then added veggies and grains they grew and only ate meat after the flood. That is why I could not argue that humans did not start out as hunter/gatherers. So this topic cannot continue.
As for my feelings of GI: 1. this thread was about our ideas on GI and why it is so prevalent and will it work and does the idea of it being a new food causing issues make sense 2. I don't think it is fair to think I cannot make comprehensible arguments about IBS issues. I am not scientifically minded like Syl but I do have a decent background of IBS info to share. 3. I think you may have been offended because of my statement that GF is a fad in some ways. That is entirely true. In a Gastro newsletter I get it pointed that out that many think going GF will help just anyone and that gluten is bad for the body and going off of it will be healthier and increase weight loss. As the article and studies show, it is only GI people who have to avoid gluten. There has been no scientific proven benefits to avoiding it for other reasons and no studies showing it leads to weight loss. I didn't mean to insinuate that GI is all in people's heads and I never said anything that could possibly sound that way. We all have to acknowledge that GF is the food fad du jour by people who like to get on food fads. I hear it all the time. The woman next to me at the farmers' market sells GF products and tons of people talk about eating GF from time to time and how that is a healthy thing to do. Eating GF from time to time is ridiculous! It is an all or nothing thing. So that is part of the reason I can say that for many GF is a fad. That is great for GI people since so much more food is available to them. I hope this clears things up and also explains why I think going into the history of humans is not appropriate due to religious views. PS my best friend's name is Geri and I am a moderator on this forum
-------------------- IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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