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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 584620" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>Oh yeah. I've heard that the minor (or less minor) physical irritants cause an endorphin release, don't know that there's been any concrete studies into this idea. But anyone who's felt a "Runner's High" or other similar physical flow state knows how awesome endorphins can feel. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Far as wheat vs. all glutens, I'm not sure. I know when I would eat oatmeal for breakfast, I'd have a major <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />iness attack later that morning. I wasn't sure if it was a carb crash, or something in oats using up all my body fluids and dehydrating me, or what. Which stinks as I love oatmeal and oats in general. </p><p></p><p>It's safest for me to just not eat any grains. I'm pretty sure the wheat is an actual allergy, not bad enough to be epi-pen level but bad enough to cause fluid retention and asthma attacks. And when I cut out all wheat from my diet, my running went from "30+ paces and I have to stop and walk" to "hey I just ran a quarter mile!" Also my regular annual winter bronchitis went away. Gone. Wish I'd known about that when I was a kid, I might have been a lot healthier. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Far as cheese goes, I avoid cow's milk much as I can. Blacksmith feels that it affects _my_ moods and behavior, but once I got here and got a closer look and more exposure to the realities of cow's milk production, it's not that hard for me to avoid it. Killing an animal for food? Once and done. Raising a milk cow? Well, you have to decide what to do with the calf. Sell to a veal facility? Sell to a neighbor? Bottle raise, castrate and butcher? (If a heifer, obviously castration's not an issue.) Plus after the baby has the colostrum from the cow, it's weaning time - and while the cows are still getting milked, you can tell from the yelling (that you can hear a mile or more away) that the cows miss the calfs. </p><p></p><p>With goats, it's possible to let the kid nurse and still milk the doe once a day. I doubt most production farms go that far, but I know it's possible. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Plus, if I really want goat's milk, well, I've got 7 does in milk about 50 feet away. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>And so, blah blah blah. That's my deal. FINALLY finished with the lemon peels, they're in the dehydrator. And there's a gallon and a half of lemon juice The Eldest Baby Viking juiced in the fridge, and the two quarts of lemon syrup left from candying the peels. But we still have more than half a bushel of the navels left, I'll probably be doing Way Too Much orange marmalade in the next few days. Urgh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 584620, member: 15907"] Oh yeah. I've heard that the minor (or less minor) physical irritants cause an endorphin release, don't know that there's been any concrete studies into this idea. But anyone who's felt a "Runner's High" or other similar physical flow state knows how awesome endorphins can feel. :) Far as wheat vs. all glutens, I'm not sure. I know when I would eat oatmeal for breakfast, I'd have a major :censored2:iness attack later that morning. I wasn't sure if it was a carb crash, or something in oats using up all my body fluids and dehydrating me, or what. Which stinks as I love oatmeal and oats in general. It's safest for me to just not eat any grains. I'm pretty sure the wheat is an actual allergy, not bad enough to be epi-pen level but bad enough to cause fluid retention and asthma attacks. And when I cut out all wheat from my diet, my running went from "30+ paces and I have to stop and walk" to "hey I just ran a quarter mile!" Also my regular annual winter bronchitis went away. Gone. Wish I'd known about that when I was a kid, I might have been a lot healthier. :) Far as cheese goes, I avoid cow's milk much as I can. Blacksmith feels that it affects _my_ moods and behavior, but once I got here and got a closer look and more exposure to the realities of cow's milk production, it's not that hard for me to avoid it. Killing an animal for food? Once and done. Raising a milk cow? Well, you have to decide what to do with the calf. Sell to a veal facility? Sell to a neighbor? Bottle raise, castrate and butcher? (If a heifer, obviously castration's not an issue.) Plus after the baby has the colostrum from the cow, it's weaning time - and while the cows are still getting milked, you can tell from the yelling (that you can hear a mile or more away) that the cows miss the calfs. With goats, it's possible to let the kid nurse and still milk the doe once a day. I doubt most production farms go that far, but I know it's possible. :) Plus, if I really want goat's milk, well, I've got 7 does in milk about 50 feet away. :) And so, blah blah blah. That's my deal. FINALLY finished with the lemon peels, they're in the dehydrator. And there's a gallon and a half of lemon juice The Eldest Baby Viking juiced in the fridge, and the two quarts of lemon syrup left from candying the peels. But we still have more than half a bushel of the navels left, I'll probably be doing Way Too Much orange marmalade in the next few days. Urgh. [/QUOTE]
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