Food was created as nourishment for the body.  But for some reason today food has been stripped of so many important nutrients before we ever see it.  The farmer starts with a seed works hours to get it in the ground.  He waters it and watches it grow all summer long.  Then it is time to sell it.  He hauls it to the elevator and then what happens.  This simple grain then starts a long journey.  If we are lucky, it goes to a plant where it becomes a whole grain product.  But chances are it is heading to a plant where they will strip out the germ and sell it off and then the dull lifeless outside now becomes bleached white flour.  Hurrah!  It is so sad. 

Food is a passion of mine there is nothing besides my family that I think of more.  What can I do with the beautiful food that farmers are growing?  The answer - anything!  I add zucchini to sauces, veggies to gravies, different root veggies to my mashed pototoes.  I make homemade breads for my family after I grind my own flour.  Why do I do it?  Simple answer is I believe if we put good food in our bodies we will not have to rely on medications to fix all the problems we create.

I just read an article that if we leave out white flour, we will not have joint pain.  Gout will go away. 

 

Changing the idea of the food we eat is going to be challenging.  For years, we have been told that grains of any kind are considered equal.  But newest research is saying this is not true all grains are not considered equal.  Farmers grow amazing grains but the Milling Industry take the simplist pure form grain and makes it into powder (lifeless powder).  Why?  Because each part of the whole grain has value and the more it is pulled apart the more money they make.  Then to make them more money they bleach it so they can mill it and ship it out right away. 

The bleach they use (alloxan) has been proven to kill off the beta cells in the pancreas (basically what creates diabetes). That processing makes the flour act like sugar in the body.  The body recognizes this white powder as sugar so it is not good for diabetics so people who need to avoid sugar need to avoid bleached white flour.

Try starting slowly in removing flour from your diet.  Don't coat meat with flour before cooking - try corn starch.  Don't thicken gravy with flour use corn starch. 

Here is a starter recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies.

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

Make into balls and place on a Silpat and bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.

 

Weight Watchers is a great plan in all most every aspect accept the use of refined flour.  They teach to cut out sugar why don't they tell us to stop eating flour?  Why do they make their snack foods with bleached flour?  Good Grains are good for you and yes they have more calories because they have more values for our body.

 

 New speculation and research is saying if you are not gluten free or wheat intolerant do not REMOVE it competely from your diet you with make yourself intolerant sooner than later.

I run into people all the time that think it is a good idea to eat gluten free.  Your body becomes protective and sensitive to any degree of wheat.

We find people complain about stomach issues and as celiac's disease becomes more press, everyone thinks that is what they have.  More than likely they are "bleach wheat" intolerant.  Flour acts like a "glue in the stomach" which causes gas and stomach cramps.  Some people think they are fiber intolerant yet they "fiber" the eat is so low grade in flour that it plugs their system and they blame it on fiber. - but the blame needs to fall on low grade flours.

If you think low grain rice flour, tapioca or potato flour is better than REAL WHOLE GRAINS you are false lead.  People eat these because they do not have a choice but they are compariable in nutrient base to bleached white flour.

Eat whole grain - you have to eat labels very carefully.  Whole grain is suppose contain the bran, germ and outer layer of the grain.  Multigrain - means NOTHING because it is too broad.  Multigrain just means that they are using more than one type of grain but they can be bleached, and refined.