Gluten is not your friend-

So now begins the journey of to some real fat loss. As many of you know I have had trouble with some serious inflammation . My joints hurt all the time but I do not have Arthritis. Strangely I have good and bad days.

My Father was an anti wheat fanatic, he never ate cereal, breads, or pasta. Partly because he didn't like the texture , partly because he didn't like the way it made him feel. It bloated him and made his stomach upset. We I always thought was weird.  My dad was around 165 lbs and ran about a 5:15 mile into his 50's .  I have progressively put on weight since I left good old SFSU. I topped out at 250 in 2002. In college i went as low as 160 topped out at 175. My diet was trash, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Great Steak, Wendys, Del Taco. I  got hospitalized twice for food poisoning.

Now this is where the story goes offtrack. My wife, Miss Cassidy, has had the same problem. she has tried everything.  She is in rather good shape except for her weight . She swam a 1000 yards today. Hit 150 on SST, has plenty of muscle, she deadlifted 255 last summer. She has responded well to low carb diets in the past! There is the mystery. What if it wasn't all the carbs but a gluten allergy?

So we are going no gluten , ( which conversely is rather low carb) We are going to mix in some raw, live organic in that mix to