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In reply to the discussion: Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)imply class hierarchy with great want alongside great wealth and plenty.
if the city-dwellers had been eating *any* diet dependent on one or two foods the results would be the same. nothing to do with grains per se.
same thing happened during the industrial revolution in england, despite the fact that english peasants in the countryside had been eating grains since forever.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2123399?uid=3739856&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101254933321
same thing is happening to some americans *now* as the concentration of wealth intensifies:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3293191#.UHW4o66ltkg
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010501905.html
not happening in most european countries even though they also eat grain-based diets.