Comments on: Gluten Free Sorghum Beer http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/ We love good beer Sun, 13 May 2012 17:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 Chris Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:19:54 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-2018 Wheat and barley are both native to Africa. It is speculated that human civilization got its start in Africa when hunter gatherers began staking out, then eventually cultivating, wheat patches. Wheat and barley are both native to Africa. It is speculated that human civilization got its start in Africa when hunter gatherers began staking out, then eventually cultivating, wheat patches.

]]> By: Nancy http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 Nancy Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:47:39 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-2013 All the grains mentioned WHEAT, RYE, OATS, BARLEY are NOT native to Africa and I know for sure most Africans are allergic or intolerant to gluten unless they have an Arabic/European gene. Even Indians and Chinese rarely consume wheat/oats and other gluten cereals. There is a reason why Africans only brewed palm/coconut wine, sorghum beer and ate roots vegetables. All the grains mentioned WHEAT, RYE, OATS, BARLEY are NOT native to Africa and I know for sure most Africans are allergic or intolerant to gluten unless they have an Arabic/European gene. Even Indians and Chinese rarely consume wheat/oats and other gluten cereals. There is a reason why Africans only brewed palm/coconut wine, sorghum beer and ate roots vegetables.

]]> By: Burkina Faso http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Burkina Faso Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:05:55 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1981 Allergies are a sticky subject. Many people from outside the US find it hard to believe so many people really have those allergies. Often times a food will be so integral (like sorghum beer in Burkina Faso) that there is nobody in that country with the allergy. Has the population "adapted out" the allergy? Allergies are a sticky subject. Many people from outside the US find it hard to believe so many people really have those allergies. Often times a food will be so integral (like sorghum beer in Burkina Faso) that there is nobody in that country with the allergy. Has the population “adapted out” the allergy?

]]> By: Mark http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 Mark Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:29:11 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1971 Chris, I read your post and thanks for the insight on Sorghum beer. I find it disturbing that the population overall is getting these allergies that prohibit (us) from enjoying foods and beverages. I personally don't have the gluten allergy and don't have anyone in my family that I know of that has it so, in effect, I also have a hard time believing that ALL people who claim to be allergic to gluten actually are. For those who do....sorry. Me and Chris wil have some homebrews for you. Mark Chris,

I read your post and thanks for the insight on Sorghum beer. I find it disturbing that the population overall is getting these allergies that prohibit (us) from enjoying foods and beverages. I personally don’t have the gluten allergy and don’t have anyone in my family that I know of that has it so, in effect, I also have a hard time believing that ALL people who claim to be allergic to gluten actually are. For those who do….sorry. Me and Chris wil have some homebrews for you.

Mark

]]> By: Chris http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Chris Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:50:10 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1923 Well, beer is made of barley, sooooo.... Also, I know plenty of wheat eaters who don't get diabetes. It's usually really fat, unhealthy people that get diabetes. Well, beer is made of barley, sooooo…. Also, I know plenty of wheat eaters who don’t get diabetes. It’s usually really fat, unhealthy people that get diabetes.

]]> By: Billy Bob http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Billy Bob Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:09:51 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1921 Just found this post after searching for Sorghum Beers. Been drinking Redbridge lately, it's pretty good. You do know the wheat we ate in Biblical times is not the same wheat we eat today. In fact the wheat your Grandmother ate is not the same. They changed the molecular structure of wheat in the 1940's-50's Cooperative Wheat Research Production Program in Mexico headed by Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug. They were trying to help end "world hunger" by creating a more resilient plant, in other words, make more money off a better wheat. Like Aspartame,now showing its 30 year effects on the unfortunate consumers of that Rumsfeld "pushed Through" product,they never studied the long term effects of this new wheat on humans...well if you consider what is happening today, then maybe we all have been guinea pigs-Diabetes is a global epidemic and wheat is literally in everything causing it, not to mention genetically altered corn and corn sweeteners.New Wheats high glycemic level, especially in beer, along with the addictive chemical peptides in our new genetically altered wheat is now showing its long term effects on the human population, but hey! Can you live without bread? Who cares right? Wheat is cheap and either way, big pharmaceutical gets rich. Yes, take a guess who funds wheat production. Read the book Wheat Belly.....it might change your view on the whole deal. Just found this post after searching for Sorghum Beers. Been drinking Redbridge lately, it’s pretty good.
You do know the wheat we ate in Biblical times is not the same wheat we eat today. In fact the wheat your Grandmother ate is not the same. They changed the molecular structure of wheat in the 1940′s-50′s Cooperative Wheat Research Production Program in Mexico headed by Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug. They were trying to help end “world hunger” by creating a more resilient plant, in other words, make more money off a better wheat. Like Aspartame,now showing its 30 year effects on the unfortunate consumers of that Rumsfeld “pushed Through” product,they never studied the long term effects of this new wheat on humans…well if you consider what is happening today, then maybe we all have been guinea pigs-Diabetes is a global epidemic and wheat is literally in everything causing it, not to mention genetically altered corn and corn sweeteners.New Wheats high glycemic level, especially in beer, along with the addictive chemical peptides in our new genetically altered wheat is now showing its long term effects on the human population, but hey!
Can you live without bread? Who cares right? Wheat is cheap and either way, big pharmaceutical gets rich. Yes, take a guess who funds wheat production. Read the book Wheat Belly…..it might change your view on the whole deal.

]]> By: Chris http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Chris Tue, 31 May 2011 07:54:17 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1757 Hey thanks for reading. I didn't say that nobody has real food allergies. There are definitely people that do and some people have no choice but to drink gluten free beer (which I still think tastes bad). I'm also quite sure that some people think they have food allergies that don't. Why would somebody to pretend (maybe even unknowingly) to have a condition that requires them to cut out gluten from their diet? Possibly because they went to a naturopath who told them they did or because of an eating disorder. Hey thanks for reading. I didn’t say that nobody has real food allergies. There are definitely people that do and some people have no choice but to drink gluten free beer (which I still think tastes bad). I’m also quite sure that some people think they have food allergies that don’t. Why would somebody to pretend (maybe even unknowingly) to have a condition that requires them to cut out gluten from their diet? Possibly because they went to a naturopath who told them they did or because of an eating disorder.

]]> By: Nick http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Nick Tue, 31 May 2011 03:03:18 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1756 You're an idiot. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe these allergies were not discovered until recently. Some people in my family, including my brother and father, are not able to eat gluten and have had some serious health issues because of it. Why would someone pretend to have a condition in which you have to cut out any food that is easy (or cheap) to prepare. By the way, certain ethnic groups have higher rates of certain food allergies. Keep writing about beer, stop making comments about food allergies. You’re an idiot. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe these allergies were not discovered until recently. Some people in my family, including my brother and father, are not able to eat gluten and have had some serious health issues because of it. Why would someone pretend to have a condition in which you have to cut out any food that is easy (or cheap) to prepare. By the way, certain ethnic groups have higher rates of certain food allergies. Keep writing about beer, stop making comments about food allergies.

]]> By: Chris http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Chris Mon, 24 May 2010 10:24:06 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1196 Proof: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/health/research/12allergies.html Proof: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/health/research/12allergies.html

]]> By: Chris http://lovegoodbeer.com/2009/09/gluten-free-sorghum-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Chris Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:48:56 +0000 http://lovegoodbeer.com/?p=1295#comment-1159 I don't know why anyone would pretend to have a gluten allergy, that is a good question. I hope it doesn't happen to me and it doesn't run in my family, so it likely won't. I feel truly bad for people who have gluten allergies, since it means missing out on so much good food and beer. I don’t know why anyone would pretend to have a gluten allergy, that is a good question. I hope it doesn’t happen to me and it doesn’t run in my family, so it likely won’t. I feel truly bad for people who have gluten allergies, since it means missing out on so much good food and beer.

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