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Showing Original Post only (View all)Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says [View all]
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57505149/modern-wheat-a-perfect-chronic-poison-doctor-says/Davis said that the wheat we eat these days isn't the wheat your grandma had: "It's an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the '60s and '70s," he said on "CBS This Morning." "This thing has many new features nobody told you about, such as there's a new protein in this thing called gliadin. It's not gluten. I'm not addressing people with gluten sensitivities and celiac disease. I'm talking about everybody else because everybody else is susceptible to the gliadin protein that is an opiate. This thing binds into the opiate receptors in your brain and in most people stimulates appetite, such that we consume 440 more calories per day, 365 days per year."
Asked if the farming industry could change back to the grain it formerly produced, Davis said it could, but it would not be economically feasible because it yields less per acre. However, Davis said a movement has begun with people turning away from wheat - and dropping substantial weight.
"If three people lost eight pounds, big deal," he said. "But we're seeing hundreds of thousands of people losing 30, 80, 150 pounds. Diabetics become no longer diabetic; people with arthritis having dramatic relief. People losing leg swelling, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, and on and on every day."
*sigh*
I throw this out for discussion as I do not quite know what to make of the claim.
Yes, I can believe the premise of what Davis is saying, and it makes sense, but so do a lot of other "sensible-sounding" theories until you get some serious peer-reviewed research into the claims.
America's obesity problem is being blamed on a number of factors, all which seem plausible:
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- High concentrations of corn in food
- Sugar (all types)
- Growth hormones used in animals
- Growth of suburbia requiring driving instead of walking
- Practical elimination of phys-ed in schools
- Shift from agrarian to industrial economy
- The rise of super-high calorie fast food/convenience food
- Cheap food prices (relative to the past, especially meat)
- All the above
What does one eat to be healthy? And if most of what is on the market is unhealthy, how does one find the money and time to find, buy and prepare healthy foods?
How do we make sense of all these conflicting theories?
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basically inedible? oh really? that's funny since it's the world's more widely cultivated grain &
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#104
Hang on, you think it's not true that wheat has been changed for thousands of years
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2012
#131
You're probably being atacked by the vehement vegans--there are a flock of them here.
diane in sf
Oct 2012
#153
I had just returned to Seattle for my niece's wedding after living in NC for three years.
gateley
Oct 2012
#272
meat also isn't necessary. neither are eggs, avocado, yogurt, etc. in fact, as many people who
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#227
You are saying that diet helps your R.A.? I wonder if it would help fibromyalgia.
LittlestStar
Oct 2012
#117
Wow that is such good news! I have been so worried about her, only 65 and so sick with
LittlestStar
Oct 2012
#171
I'm Italian. You might as well ask Asians to give up rice, or Mexicans
TwilightGardener
Oct 2012
#12
I'm Irish-Italian, and I'm a carbohydrate addict! This thread is very educational and inspirational!
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#200
That's true ... if you're talking about bread and pasta made with white flour, i.e. wallpaper paste.
Doremus
Oct 2012
#46
try to eat food in its whole state if you must do processed then try to do alternate grains+organic
lunasun
Oct 2012
#7
Organic Wheat, by definition, can't be genetically engineered wheat, can it? ~nt
99th_Monkey
Oct 2012
#182
start by avoiding the center aisles at the store - fresh foods are on the perimeter.
piratefish08
Oct 2012
#8
Excellent advice (IMO), with one exception, hardy veggies (squash, broccoli, snap peas, etc).
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#70
"there are people with gliadin sensitivity who do not have classic celiac." No one says otherwise.
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#81
People with gluten sensitivity and Celiac are having an antibody response that cannot be managed
pnwmom
Oct 2012
#165
it hasn't. flour in grandma's day had plenty of gliadin -- else her bread wouldn't have risen.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#116
What I keep trying to tell people, gluten/gliadin is needed for good bread.
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#150
+1. You need to *add* gluten if you're making whole wheat bread, unless you want a door stop. n/t
gkhouston
Oct 2012
#157
"There should be peer reviewed studies......." There are. They do not support the faddists.
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#42
Yes it is only one study which is ONE MORE than the gluten free faddists can point to.
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#71
10% is a relatively small number though. About 75% of the world has some lactose intolerance, for
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#175
10% is a very significant number. Twenty years ago, they thought only about 1 American in 4500
pnwmom
Oct 2012
#180
No, it's more than that. I'm curious why it is important to you to be so dismissive
pnwmom
Oct 2012
#281
Please don't question my motives. I disagree with you and I have given my reasons which are based
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#282
Internet discussions have a tendency to bring out our pat answers to things
Kelvin Mace
Oct 2012
#268
that's funny coming from the person who wrote this post demonstrating lack of knowledge
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#121
Tri and tetrasaccharides contain galactose, and no human has the enzyme beta-galactosidase--
eridani
Oct 2012
#231
There is also gliaden in spelt, one of the other so called "primitive wheats" the gluten-free
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#52
It can be very difficult to change dietary habits, particularly long-term.
closeupready
Oct 2012
#21
If you're correct then people with celiac could eat unkneaded wheat products...and they can't
TheCruces
Oct 2012
#283
Life expectancies actually dropped after we figured out agriculture
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#61
life expectancies dropped because of larger, more settled (and more unequal) populations &
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#228
yes, people have historically gotten shorter as they started living in cities, because cities
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#276
"Common wheat was first domesticated in Western Asia during the early Holocene...."
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#159
nothing to do with how i 'feel'. i'm fairly sure i've read more nutrition studies than most people
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#226
just the first link i came upon that stated the fact (which i already knew from graduate
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#273
the pyramid (which is no longer a pyramid, btw) is published under the auspices of usda, but it's
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#197
"Upon release of the guidelines, the cattle, egg, and dairy industries went ballistic."
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#252
wait, i thought it was the 'grain lobbyists' writing these things? now it's the 'meat lobbyists"?
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#266
you really don't know much about the extensive process that leads to the creation of us nutrition
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#278
nothing wrong with that. but why the need for false claims to sell a diet that 'works'?
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#229
I think it's pretty clear why americans are heavier on average than in the past: they eat more &
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#230
because food was more readily available. just like dogs eat more when they get more food.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#262
capitalism. but regardless of why food is more readily available, the simple explanation of taking
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#267
i agree that cultural/societal factors are in play, and that people are concerned about additives
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#274
There is a very intersting observation of lab animals, well worth further investigation
hedgehog
Oct 2012
#275
"This is an interesting collection of data, but it's very difficult to interpret them,"
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#277
I have never heard this before, but I have lost 25 pounds in the last 6 months by
NC_Nurse
Oct 2012
#53
Genetically modified food should be labeled so people can make more informed decisions
abelenkpe
Oct 2012
#56
"There's no evidence GM food is harmful" - except for when it causes cancer..
truebrit71
Oct 2012
#160
Again, offering up meaningless red herrings does not change the scientific consensus.
HuckleB
Oct 2012
#250
PS: EU rejects French scientist report linking GM corn to cancer Read more: http://www.nydailynews
HuckleB
Oct 2012
#253
People with blood type A (AA, AO and AB) do not have natural antigens against grains. Type OO has
DhhD
Oct 2012
#82
I stopped eating ALL grains 30 days ago. I have lost a significant amount of weight...
truebrit71
Oct 2012
#103
My doc told me that sugar and wheat stuff should be controlled substances like heroin....
Bigmack
Oct 2012
#108
I have a feeling your doc is right, gliatin or no. I think the carbs are killer. nt
LittlestStar
Oct 2012
#123
Thanks. And You're right. But I still collect my giant check as a shill for Big Wheat. n/t
Ian David
Oct 2012
#138
I think its worth going wheat-free for a while and see if I drop these 15 pounds off.
LittlestStar
Oct 2012
#114
I stopped eating wheat & most other grains after watching a video of this guy,,,,
KarenS
Oct 2012
#124
Organic Wheat, by definition, can't be genetically engineered wheat, can it?
99th_Monkey
Oct 2012
#183
PE, where dropped, was to have more time to teach to the NCLB tests AND to cut staff.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#247