GreenMedInfo's founder Sayer Ji offers perhaps one of the most extensive lists of studies on the dangerous effects of wheat. Citing 205 diseases and thousands of related studies, he suggests the grain we all grew up on could be having horrific effects on our collective health. And he's not alone.
Last month, I reported on a study that found wheat gluten could be to blame for neurological disorders most commonly considered age-related disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. In the research, an elderly man with signs of Parkinson's was put on a strict gluten-free diet and had remarkable results.
Many people who have given up the grain report benefits like clearer thinking, better memory, and more regulated moods - and these are only the psychological improvements. Other physical benefits include weight loss, reduction of pain and headaches, better digestion, elimination of chronic digestive problems, and improved blood sugar, just to name a few.
If we step outside the anecdotal evidence, scientific studies are also affirming that wheat may do more harm than good. And as Sayer Ji reports, more are likely as interest in the potentially toxic effects of wheat is growing.
There has been a sharp increase in interest and research on the topic of "gluten intolerance" - although we prefer to label the subject "gluten toxicity," in order to shift the focus away from the "victim" back to the "aggressor," the gluten itself. In 1971, there were 71 studies listed on MEDLINE which referenced gluten. Last year in 2011, there were 514.One of the more recent studies suggests wheat may be to blame for depression in those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. That study indicated, "short-term exposure to gluten specifically induced current feelings of depression with no effect on other indices or on emotional disposition."
Such findings might explain why patients with non-celiac gluten sensitive feel better on a gluten-free diet despite the continuation of gastrointestinal symptoms," said the study found in the journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.Much of the research on gluten remains anecdotal, but this doesn't negate it's importance. Have you quit wheat or grains altogether? What did you experience as a result?
Like a lot of things you can see the evidence in your own experimentation. My son was moody and we had terrible fights over his homework. I took him off milk products and his whole persona changed for the better nearly instantly. We both went of wheat later, I lost 30 lbs in 35 days and he had an almost complete reversal in the health of his digestive system.
The only problem is finding anything to eat. When you try to avoid milk there is GM soy in the product. When you try to avoid GMO corn there is wheat, soy and hydrogenated oil. It seems every product must contain one of the basic poisons: Wheat, milk, GMO corn, GMO soy, corn syrup, whey protein, hydrogenated oil, corn oil and of course, Monsanto death spray.
You try to cook all your own food but you cant cook all corn chips, all tortillas etc. It's exhausting trying to stay upright with the food supply completely weaponized.