Let's Talk Poison

"Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, triticale and oats. In some people, eating or drinking anything containing gluten can cause different types of undesirable reactions. The most extreme of these is the auto-immune condition known as coeliac disease. Some other types of reactions are known as non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, gluten sensitivity, or gluten intolerance. Gluten sensitivity is different from wheat allergy."

Please. As if anyone is gonna read that garbage. I wish "Smart" people who deliver this sort of information to people would realize they need to dumb it down, and maybe make it less Snore-Worthy. 

Don't worry! I'm here to help.  Unfortunately with Gluten, there is so much jargon surrounding it, that still to this present day, people are not sure if it's harmful to people. 

What is simple to understand are there are people who have Gluten sensitivity, and some even can develop Auto-Immune diseases with the consumption of it. Consumption of too much Gluten flares up those nasty IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) symptoms, causes bloating and gas. And those spastic tummy pains? You guessed it. Gluten induced. .

When you think about the so few people with the Auto-immune diseases, it  seems like no big deal. But if you count all of the people with the other things I mentioned, you realize that it's actually a substantial problem around the globe!

Unfortunately, there's still some confusion as to whether or not it's Gluten that is the culprit to all these things, or the FODMAPS that's usually found hand in hand with Gluten.

Either way, what you mostly need to know about Gluten is that over all: An excess of it, much like anything else is unhealthy. Especially to those whose bodies need a substantial less amount than the every day average person.

But... why?

Well. I'm going to leave the internet searching as to what Gluten is and does up to you if you're actually interested. I'm actually going to be taking another route with it, one that isn't actually approached often when talking about the "Problem?" of Gluten. 

It's found in grains and carby stuff yo. 'Nuff said.

Uh...no it's not 'Nuff said.' WTF are you talking about?

Damn. So much for keeping this post short nyah? Well. Okay. I'll keep this simple: 

Grain = "Bad" Carbs = Gluten Surplus = Poison

You still...haven't actually explained.

I'm GETTING there! Patience. I just wanted to catch your attention first. Sheesh. First of all. 

When you go shopping you see so many labels that say "Rich in Whole Grains" and blah blah... you also hear it "reduces the risk of heart disease" and some types of cancers. Sounds super great? Right? Well, what they aren't telling you that they discovered in the research is that these very same "heart disease risk reducing" foods are also the reason why your Grandpa has Alheimerz, Grandma has dementia, Dad has IBS, Mom is occasionally depressed, and that oddball cousin has Schizophrenia. Sorry if that is a bit abrasive and harsh, but you'd be shocked how the typical every day family is constructed of these literal problems (with the exception of rearranging family members for diseases). 

First of all. I'm gonna take you back, WAY back. FARRRRRR back. Like... Ten THOUSAND years ago. Well. That's actually not that far back for the human race to be honest. That's just when the Agriculture Revolution came about for the world. Before that we had a few tens of thousands of years without a stupid amount of grain consumption. 

That's what research says anyway. And the important thing is...it's not grain in particular that causes these things, but everything that revolves around grains, carbs and the consumption of it. Now, I know that when you peek around the internet you find pages like : This Harvard study CRAP 

Pages like this infuriate to the point of looking for a "Feedback" button so I could give them a piece of my mind. Why? Because they either didn't do their research very well, or they are lying. Blatantly so. Do you honestly think with those big Harvard brains of yours, that our ancestors before 10,000 years ago were actually consuming whole grains as a quarter of their total food intake a day? 

Please people. Let's use our common sense. Now, a common argument for using Skeletons and fossils as an example are statements such as: "They never lived past the age of 25..."

I'm going to nip that in the bud now. IT'S NOT TRUE. Sure. Maybe cavemen didn't, when they didn't have the ability to fight off a common cold, or had to worry about mammoths stepping on their head (I'm being figurative people) or predators nomming on their yummy entrails. Still however you see it, research points that since the Agricultural Revolution ten thousand years ago, humans were a neurological peak. Our bodies have lost density and mass - and I'm not talking about the in style fatness. I'm talking about our body's physically have less muscle, and our bones are smaller, more fragile. 

And sure, maybe some of them had a hard time fighting off a common cold, and other 'every day' ailments we get. But, wanna know some things that they didn't have before cereal grains became a stable that was put in literally everything?

1. Diabetes
2. Alzheimer's
3. Schizophrenia
4. Depression was a minute problem
5. Heart Attacks
6. High Blood Pressure
7. High Cholesterol 
8. Epilepsy
9. Autism 
10. Obesity was practically non-existent
11. Infertility has sky rocketed since the A.R
12. Cancers
13. Anxiety
14. Auto-Immune Diseases of all sorts,
15. Even Allergies weren't a problem!

But this by far is not the full of extent of the list. I really don't feel like continuing it because it's sort of depressing right?

But you don't have to take my word for it. I don't have five PhD's (or one). But someone I admire a lot for his brilliant research and his ability to execute this information in an interesting way is Dr. David Perlmutter, the author of one of the most enlightening books I've ever read: Grain Brain

And if I haven't actually scared you enough to compel you to read that book (which I highly recommend, he explains all of this so much better than I do!), maybe clicking the next two links I provide will.

It's about time people are educated on what they are eating and how "Whole Healthy Grains," and other sources of Gluten, and "Bad" carbohydrates effects them. Because when I go shopping, I see people picking up and filling up their shopping trolleys with items that are composed up of all these harmful things.

Not only is your 75% to 80% "Grainy" diet hurting you - but it's also hurting the future generations of your family, the future generations of the world.  

How Grains Are Killing You Slowly

The Awful Truth About Eating Grains