anti-inflammatory diet vs sourdough...
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cathywone recommendation on all the websites my doctor pointed me at about managing my hand pain is 'anti-inflammatory diet'.
one recommendation on all the anti-inflammatory diets is 'avoid wheat and wheat byproducts'
carlos is a wheat byproduct. a tasty, tasty wheat byproduct. and transforming him into different wheat byproducts and eating those wheat byproducts is a pleasure for both me and my family.
I'm wondering if there's still space for whole wheat sourdough though? whole wheat looks like a 'maybe', sourdough is a fermentation process which seems to be good? is that possibly 'close enough, if you have to, I guess' on the spectrum of wheat byproducts? but that feels like wishful thinking.
...and then of course people made satisfactory sourdough bread for millennia before modern wheat came into the picture. but if I can even find non-standard flours they tend to be kind of expensive, and I'd almost have to relearn how to make the bread.
maybe this is another hobby I never should have taken up in the first place? because now I'm wondering if I need to give it up.
one recommendation on all the anti-inflammatory diets is 'avoid wheat and wheat byproducts'
carlos is a wheat byproduct. a tasty, tasty wheat byproduct. and transforming him into different wheat byproducts and eating those wheat byproducts is a pleasure for both me and my family.
I'm wondering if there's still space for whole wheat sourdough though? whole wheat looks like a 'maybe', sourdough is a fermentation process which seems to be good? is that possibly 'close enough, if you have to, I guess' on the spectrum of wheat byproducts? but that feels like wishful thinking.
...and then of course people made satisfactory sourdough bread for millennia before modern wheat came into the picture. but if I can even find non-standard flours they tend to be kind of expensive, and I'd almost have to relearn how to make the bread.
maybe this is another hobby I never should have taken up in the first place? because now I'm wondering if I need to give it up.
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Date: 2023-02-12 03:58 pm (UTC)and thank you so much for the information. it sounds like 'put carlos on an anti-inflammatory diet' is a good first step, or possibly 'make carlos hibernate, begin nurturing cecil on fancy flour'. (amaranth, millet, oats, and teff were all recommended I think, barley, buckwheat, rye, and spelt (in other words mostly the cheaper and more available ones) were on the 'proceed with caution' list.)
I possibly need to investigate my local "health food" / bulk shopping options, because I have the grinder attachment for my blender and I've been afraid to use it so far but I might need to not be.
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Date: 2023-02-13 04:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-13 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-13 07:58 pm (UTC)I can recommend amaranth and millet and teff and buckwheat (not actually wheat, despite the name). Oats, as long as they are grown in a wheat-free field and marked gluten-free are good. Barley and rye contain gluten, and spelt is an ancient form of wheat. None of those are good for me, at least.
Bulk shopping is good if the GF ingredients are segregated from the wheat ones, because otherwise dust gets around. I love Bobs and uhh... there are some other brands that I get big 2lb bags of. If you nudge me, I can remember to take a picture of my stuff on my counter at some point.
Also, if you want to go through my Pillowfort, there ARE posts about this sourdough somewhere. I just. Apparently didn't tag them? Because I was looking for them yesterday when responding to this so I could harvest some handy pictures.