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I was thinking recently of trying to add gluten back into my diet because of how much I miss croissants.  But then I started making a list of the benefits and possible costs. In the plus column: chocolate croissants. Eating out with friends sans excessive planning. Not having a thing that I have to always be paranoid about.

Unchanged: get cysts either way.

Negatives: the return of migraines. The immune system of fail. Higher cancer risk. Become anemic again and have low blood pressure issues.
Ive been sick twice this year instead of the usual once a month. My immune system works better this way. And I miss croissants, but its not worth my health to have them even if there is not a passable substitute.

It bothers me to know that there will always be things I want and cant have, but then I forget to be annoyed until the next time it becomes an issue. How sad is that?

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[elucreh.livejournal.com]

I do this SO MUCH, it's not even funny. There are things I miss that just DON'T HAVE equivalents, and I just run up against them and have to weigh all the consequences all over again. Bah.

I can tell you it gets a little easier over time? It still happens, don't get me wrong, but...it's a little easier.

[flamingsword.livejournal.com]

And when you live in a larger city that has Subway's that do GF sandwiches, it will be even easier. But yeah, I've had one GF "crescent roll" and it was a sad, pale shadow of what a croissant should be. It made me sad to eat it, like I was consuming fail that would become part of my self.

If we had grown up eating a wider variety of flours, maybe we wouldn't automatically hold things to a wheat-based standard, but the foods I grew up on and have positive associations with are all gluteny. :( And I don't know how to fix that in my head yet and it's very frustrating.

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

Mostly I crave comfort foods, treats from my childhood...poptarts and Hostess snack cakes, stuff like that. No nutritional value WHATEVER...which is why nobody's even tried to re-create them, I think. They're practically made of plastic goo, but I still want to eat them sometimes, lol. I can re-create most other stuff (although not my grandmother's dinner rolls yet, but I suspect that is a flaw in the baker, not the flour)

[marilla82.livejournal.com]

There are so many associations with food and happiness. The fact that we seriously consider our options, weigh the risks of our overall health for the satisfaction a chocolate croissant or a piece of pie can give us momentarily speaks VOLUMES for how society uses food as a luxury item, indulgence, reward and often substitute for human connection.

This something I struggle with myself and I am not gluten-intolerant. I am caffeine intolerant (hello, migraines) and have weight issues that stem from a childhood of poor eating habits and Southern cooking.

[flamingsword.livejournal.com]

I feel you on the caffeine deprivation. At least there's always decaf? But I discovered that the dark chocolates that I love can give me caffeine overdose headaches if I eat too many, which . . . WTF?!? Et tu chocolate? So now I try to limit myself to 1 oz. or less of dark chocolate in any 4-hour period, no matter how bad my PMS and attendant cravings.

At least you didn't pull a Bill Clinton and have to go vegan to avoid a second bypass surgery? And knowing that you can change your internal acculturation with time is empowering. Some foods ARE a luxury item, but learning to budget our minerals/proteins/carbohydrates/fats balance sheet is not a thing we are taught as a culture.

I may just need to stop meeting my friend for weekly coffee at La Madeleine, where you have to pass the PASTRY WINDOW OF DOOM right by the door. It's doing weird things to my food cravings.