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HuckleB

(35,773 posts) Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:15 PM Jan 2013

Wheatophobia: Will avoiding wheat really improve your health? [View all]

http://health.universityofcalifornia.edu/2012/07/24/wheatophobia-will-avoiding-wheat-really-improve-your-health/

"Wheat has long been a dietary pariah for the millions of people who have jumped on the low-carb-diet bandwagon or who think they’re allergic (or at least sensitive) to the grain. Now even more people are hesitating about eating wheat after reading the claims made by Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist and author of the bestseller Wheat Belly, which is subtitled “Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health.” Not only does wheat make us fat, he says, it is addictive and causes everything from heart disease, diabetes and obesity to arthritis, osteoporosis, cognitive problems and cataracts. In fact, it has caused “more harm than any foreign terrorist can inflict on us.”

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a single villain behind the chronic health problems plaguing us, and if all it took to reverse them was to stop eating wheat? Don’t bet on it.

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Wheatophobia: Will avoiding wheat really improve your health? [View all] HuckleB Jan 2013 OP

Wheat Belly, Busted HuckleB Jan 2013 #1

It's interesting that it's written by a gluten-free person who says he is angry. Lex Jan 2013 #9

I live in awe of those who propose illnesses that everyone essentially has. cbayer Jan 2013 #2

His book is a demonstration of the poor science education we hand out in our schools jeff47 Jan 2013 #3

Not the same wheat as we ate 400 years ago. Lex Jan 2013 #6

And here it is, magic wheat!! jeff47 Jan 2013 #16

I'm sorry, I don't follow. It's not magic. Lex Jan 2013 #19

+1 Most people do not understand this lunasun Jan 2013 #26

Thanks Lex Jan 2013 #31

40 years of health problems? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #28

If your ancestors are from a grain-eating agricultural society, you're fine Scootaloo Jan 2013 #4

I know what you mean. I have a friend Ilsa Jan 2013 #12

One lady on-staff where I work insists she's allergic to MSG and wheat Scootaloo Jan 2013 #13

Who were the grain-eater's ancestors? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #30

Grasses actually contain components that, while not poisonous, aren't very human-friendly Scootaloo Jan 2013 #33

That's my thinking, too. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #38

I don't think there is "a single villain" behind our chronic health problems Lex Jan 2013 #5

Just the latest in magic-bullet-diet-fads... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #7

Actually he specifically doesn't promote gluten-free products. Lex Jan 2013 #10

I didn't say he did. I said was that the popularity of such a diet creates and promotes-- Moonwalk Jan 2013 #24

I LOVE gluten-free product marketing! Scootaloo Jan 2013 #14

LOL! Moonwalk Jan 2013 #25

Yes but is your cherry juice "caffeine free!" ? n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #27

Thank you get the red out Jan 2013 #8

There is no single villain JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #11

I can only speak for myself and my experience BanzaiBonnie Jan 2013 #15

Actually, it is anecdotal jeff47 Jan 2013 #17

I'm glad you tried it for yourself and are happy with Lex Jan 2013 #20

It is ancedotal Confusious Jan 2013 #29

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jan 2013 #18

Thanks! HuckleB Jan 2013 #36

Don't know why some people get all fired up over what other people choose to eat. Or not eat. djean111 Jan 2013 #21

Nobody cares what you eat. It's when some people with little or no nutrition or kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #32

Oh, I agree. djean111 Jan 2013 #35

It is certainly lying for profit, and it's malpractice, under any sane system. HuckleB Jan 2013 #37

I think it's a fad now Warpy Jan 2013 #22

I think the NEW thing is not health problems, but thinking that they are new Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #23

I have a friend who was very seriously ill with cardiac problems Celebration Jan 2013 #34