My x “claimed” to be allergic to wheat so she switched to soy flour. Whatever she used it in was disgusting to put it mildly. I hear “gluten free” is in the same category
1% of people are reported to have celiacs disease and therefore need to eat gluten free. I have been in grocery stores in San Jose CA where there ware rows and rows of gluten free foods. I know if you have celiacs it is important but Is eating gluten free a fad for many?
So looking forward to the end of the fad. There really are people deathly allergic to gluten, I’ve known a couple. For the rest of us it is superstition that removing it from our diets will bring miraculous health results. (Caveat: foods with gluten may be higher in carbs than some of the gluten-free substitutes. You might lose some weight. But that is not because gluten is bad for you, it is because you need to get off your butt and exercise more, or cut back on calories consumed.) OTOH, for the couple people I know who are deathly allergic, the fad is a godsend, allowing them more variety in their diets.
My partner was having stomach problems for a while and thought it might have something to do with gluten, so we tried to avoid anything with gluten. Once had a pizza with a gluten free crust. The cardboard box it came in probably would have tasted better. Fortunately her issues went away so back to food that has flavor.
Gluten-free is not some “healthy alternative” buzzword. It means no wheat or other gluten-full products are used. I am not a celiac but I am gluten-intolerant. It took decades to figure out. I am now much more pleasant to be around and am no longer skinny.
Gluten-free is not particularly healthier because sweeteners are often added to improve the flavor. Gluten-free cookies will make you fatter.
One of our granddaughters is gluten sensitive. No really. She reacts to gluten whether or not she knows it’s there. We’ve tried a lot of gluten free stuff. Chocolate seems to cover up a lot of the deficiencies if the recipe is well designed. A certain brand of flour named after a mythical British king who pulled a sword out of a stone when he was a kid makes some genuinely good cake mixes. My favorite gluten free food is meat.
One timeI broke out in hives BIG TIME, after eating strawberries. I just stopped eating strawberries. If some one wants to know why I just tell them “hives”
A group of 5 hunters went Up North. They had a rented shack, in which 4 of them ensconced themselves with no apparent desire to walk outside in the snow. [I sympathize.] After they got a fire going in the stove, they set up a game of cards on the table, along with several 4-packs of beer. The fifth guy looked disgusted. He had paid good money to come up with this group to hunt. Finally, he could take the card game rowdiness no longer. Jamming on his cap and coat, he stalked to the door. “I’m gonna go out across the field there, and see what I can find to hunt!” Nobody even turned their head or spoke to him in response. Out he went, banging the door shut behind him.
About an hour later, one of the card-players looked up, mild concern on his face. “Say. D’y’s’pose we should go look for Sam?”
“Nyah. He’ll come back when he’s ready.” They settled back into the game. After another hour, the thoughtful one asked again.
“Say, d’y’s’pose we should look for Sam? S’ been more’n two hours, an’ it’s damn col’ out there.”
One of the others shook his head and started to answer, but paused. “Hey, I just heard something. Sounded like someone way in the distance hollering.”
The four went and opened the door. There came Sam, leg-bailing across the open field, and right behind him was a largish black bear. Sam yelled something but none of the four could make it out. Sam yelled again, and this time they got it. “OPEN THE DOOR! STAND BEHIND!” They did so.
Sam ran up to the cabin door, planted his hands on both sides of the frame to stop, and stepped quickly aside. The bear, unable to stop, went POP through the doorway. Sam quickly reached inside, and pulled the door closed. “There! You fellers skin that one, while I go and get another!”
Moral: “Some days you get the game, and some days the game gets you.”
marilynnbyerly over 3 years ago
You’re safe if you don’t eat the stomach or bowels. That’s where the gluten hides.
GreasyOldTam over 3 years ago
Except that they are also the fastest. So, we go for the nice, plump, slow ones.
wallylm over 3 years ago
And for dessert, as noted by an old Gary Larson Far Side, hey could go eat a crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle igloo.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 3 years ago
What do Wiley Polar Bears call an Inuit? Free range human…
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Hmm. There’s a GF bakery “Two Sisters” near here where they make delicious looking buns, cakes, cookies etc. Some of them are… not too bad.
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
Do polar bears care about gluten?
in-dubio-pro-rainbow over 3 years ago
So, THAT’s how I survived all my arctic expeditions!
eastern.woods.metal over 3 years ago
My x “claimed” to be allergic to wheat so she switched to soy flour. Whatever she used it in was disgusting to put it mildly. I hear “gluten free” is in the same category
Bilan over 3 years ago
A Wiley Bear with Celiac? Say it ain’t so, Joe, er, Wiley.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 3 years ago
That’s only because they are the least appetising.
keenanthelibrarian over 3 years ago
Well, of course they are …
Màiri over 3 years ago
If there were that much ice in the arctic circle the bears wouldn’t be in trouble.
c141starlifter over 3 years ago
For those of you who have never tried any gluten free bread product, my advice is, continue to not do so.
Carolyn Saunders over 3 years ago
Made me laugh – just funny
boydjb47 over 3 years ago
1% of people are reported to have celiacs disease and therefore need to eat gluten free. I have been in grocery stores in San Jose CA where there ware rows and rows of gluten free foods. I know if you have celiacs it is important but Is eating gluten free a fad for many?
Lawrence.S over 3 years ago
So looking forward to the end of the fad. There really are people deathly allergic to gluten, I’ve known a couple. For the rest of us it is superstition that removing it from our diets will bring miraculous health results. (Caveat: foods with gluten may be higher in carbs than some of the gluten-free substitutes. You might lose some weight. But that is not because gluten is bad for you, it is because you need to get off your butt and exercise more, or cut back on calories consumed.) OTOH, for the couple people I know who are deathly allergic, the fad is a godsend, allowing them more variety in their diets.
sandpiper over 3 years ago
Hey, we get to eat the fat slow ones. Plus we get a fun toy to catch the sprinters. Double the flavor, double the fun.
Znox11 over 3 years ago
Gluten must be where all the flavor resides.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Glutton is bad for you? I get it. To much of anything is a bad thing.
Masterskrain over 3 years ago
WOW!!! MORE talking Wiley Bears!!!
c141starlifter over 3 years ago
Dum-Dee-Dum-Dum, What would you do for a Klondike Bar?
ms-ss over 3 years ago
I was served vegan wedding cake once. Ugh. It wasn’t cake, and I’m not sure it was really a wedding.
eolan59 over 3 years ago
Polar bears prefer “slow food” as it can’t make inside the artic mobile lab
withaG43 over 3 years ago
My partner was having stomach problems for a while and thought it might have something to do with gluten, so we tried to avoid anything with gluten. Once had a pizza with a gluten free crust. The cardboard box it came in probably would have tasted better. Fortunately her issues went away so back to food that has flavor.
Steverino Premium Member over 3 years ago
This comic is bearly funny.
halvincobbes Premium Member over 3 years ago
It’s always amazing to see how many folks think they know about celiac disease, NCGS, and wheat allergies and but haven’t got a freaking clue.
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
All people are gluten-free.
Gluten-free is not some “healthy alternative” buzzword. It means no wheat or other gluten-full products are used. I am not a celiac but I am gluten-intolerant. It took decades to figure out. I am now much more pleasant to be around and am no longer skinny.
Gluten-free is not particularly healthier because sweeteners are often added to improve the flavor. Gluten-free cookies will make you fatter.
Mediatech over 3 years ago
You don’t have to run faster than the bear. You just have to run faster than your companions.
Warhaft over 3 years ago
Good general rule, that.
Buckeye67 over 3 years ago
Nah, not enough meat for me on the skinnie ones.
marko92752 over 3 years ago
My idea of gluten free is if they don’t charge me extra for it.
royclark over 3 years ago
tasteless is another term we use.
TysonJason over 3 years ago
So the truck is the sandwich or is it dessert
knottytippet over 3 years ago
Fiber Fueled by Will Bulsiewicz. Good advice for most digestive issues.
willie_mctell over 3 years ago
One of our granddaughters is gluten sensitive. No really. She reacts to gluten whether or not she knows it’s there. We’ve tried a lot of gluten free stuff. Chocolate seems to cover up a lot of the deficiencies if the recipe is well designed. A certain brand of flour named after a mythical British king who pulled a sword out of a stone when he was a kid makes some genuinely good cake mixes. My favorite gluten free food is meat.
tigerave Premium Member over 3 years ago
Wylie, you’re giving bears a bad name.
Cactus-Pete over 3 years ago
Most food is gluten-free.
JenSolo02 over 3 years ago
Funny!! Thanks!!
christelisbetty over 3 years ago
One timeI broke out in hives BIG TIME, after eating strawberries. I just stopped eating strawberries. If some one wants to know why I just tell them “hives”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
Gluten is just filler like soy is. You never eat it alone.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 3 years ago
One of the things I like most about the Wiley Bears, be they black, brown or polar, is that they always look so innocent!
bakana over 3 years ago
Wiley Bears prefer the much more Tasty “loaded with Gluten & Cholesterol” meal choices.
krhinter over 3 years ago
If it is tasty it’s bad, will kill you at the age of 122.I feel much better since I started my chocolate cake diet
KeithPixton1 over 3 years ago
How do I make the comments newest first?
SrTechWriter over 3 years ago
My brother told this one:
A group of 5 hunters went Up North. They had a rented shack, in which 4 of them ensconced themselves with no apparent desire to walk outside in the snow. [I sympathize.] After they got a fire going in the stove, they set up a game of cards on the table, along with several 4-packs of beer. The fifth guy looked disgusted. He had paid good money to come up with this group to hunt. Finally, he could take the card game rowdiness no longer. Jamming on his cap and coat, he stalked to the door. “I’m gonna go out across the field there, and see what I can find to hunt!” Nobody even turned their head or spoke to him in response. Out he went, banging the door shut behind him.
About an hour later, one of the card-players looked up, mild concern on his face. “Say. D’y’s’pose we should go look for Sam?”
“Nyah. He’ll come back when he’s ready.” They settled back into the game. After another hour, the thoughtful one asked again.
“Say, d’y’s’pose we should look for Sam? S’ been more’n two hours, an’ it’s damn col’ out there.”
One of the others shook his head and started to answer, but paused. “Hey, I just heard something. Sounded like someone way in the distance hollering.”
The four went and opened the door. There came Sam, leg-bailing across the open field, and right behind him was a largish black bear. Sam yelled something but none of the four could make it out. Sam yelled again, and this time they got it. “OPEN THE DOOR! STAND BEHIND!” They did so.
Sam ran up to the cabin door, planted his hands on both sides of the frame to stop, and stepped quickly aside. The bear, unable to stop, went POP through the doorway. Sam quickly reached inside, and pulled the door closed. “There! You fellers skin that one, while I go and get another!”
Moral: “Some days you get the game, and some days the game gets you.”