Wheat Dodger

I have read a few articles recently about wheat intolerance. I had always been a bit dismissive of this so called intolerance as it seemed to apply predominantly to middle class females from the South East! Recently though my daughter has been suffering from prolonged bouts of hiccups, after meals in particular. Tried various combinations of food to try and help her but nothing worked. Then, by chance, I was listening to the radio and heard about wheat being the cause of hiccups in some people. So we stopped hear eating wheat in all its various forms and she stopped getting hiccups straight away!
I also tried it and within a few days my stomach flattened out and I felt a bit quicker on the bike. Bargain!
I'm a greedy git mostly but not eating bread has forced me go for more healthy meals instead of  guzzling cheese sandwiches when I'm hungry and pushed for time / too lazy to make something.

Combine no-wheat and also reduced dairy and this could be an easy way to encourage you to eat more healthily.

In Cycling weekly this week there is an article on this which prompted this blog. It was interesting to note that some pro teams do not allow bread on the table at meal times; there are many more sources of carbs that are more digestible and  more nutritious.

Did you know white bread has ZERO nutritional value. The big bread manufacturers have to add vitamins and minerals to give it a trace of goodness.

As if to test my resolve, the lady of the house has been baking bread this morning and there is a big chunk of cheese in the fridge gently cooing at me.