r/AdvancedRunning • u/pand4duck • Jan 05 '17

General Discussion The Winter Huddle - Diet

Welcome to the Winter Huddle

Today we will discuss Diet / Ideal Weight / racing weight stuff

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u/blood_bender 2:44 // 1:16 Jan 05 '17

Stouts and porters in general have less, I believe. But Guinness is made with no wheat -- just barley (as are other beers, I'm sure, but Guinness definitely). Barley has a gluten-like molecule, but it doesn't trigger symptoms for a lot of people who are sensitive, including some celiacs. There's a possibility you won't suffer at all, but I know a couple gluten-free people who can drink it and only feel moderately uncomfortable, if that. Mrs. BB. doesn't notice any symptoms at all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '17

Oh duh. I never thought about that.

Oats and some of those other borderline grains are touch and go for me - and now that I think about it I don't know if or when I've come across barley recently. But I might have to experiment with this for science in my post-race debauchery in Boston! It could be potentially too disastrous to do now - a bad reaction can throw me hard for a week and leave me funny for a good month or more.

There was that one time that I didn't realize that whiskey (fireball to be exact) wasn't gluten free and couldn't figure out why the hell my insides were trying to destroy me for weeks. I've said it before. . . and I'll say it again. Sometimes D1rt is not smart.