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re: Anyone here read Wheat Belly, or are on a non-wheat diet?
Posted on 6/7/15 at 10:24 pm to vengeanceofrain
Posted on 6/7/15 at 10:24 pm to vengeanceofrain
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humanity literally owes it's existence to the development of wheat. IT's the first domesticated plant in human history.
Meh.
Regardless of your feelings about gluten, wheat, or various fad diets, wheat is a very recent entry into the human diet.
Parts of northern Europe have eaten it for 2000 years or less. That's an eyeblink in evolutionary history.
It saved a lot of people from starvation, but that doesn't mean it is ideal from a nutritional standpoint.
Eating white bread is about the same for your body as eating straight sugar. It isn't healthy. Even"whole grains" aren't that great. If you eat any amount of other vegetables, you're getting better nutrition than you do from wheat products.
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 11:42 am to wmr
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Regardless of your feelings about gluten, wheat, or various fad diets, wheat is a very recent entry into the human diet. Parts of northern Europe have eaten it for 2000 years or less. That's an eyeblink in evolutionary history. It saved a lot of people from starvation, but that doesn't mean it is ideal from a nutritional standpoint.
I recall seeing on a documentary some time ago that average human life expectancy actually went down when we developed agriculture, stopped being wandering hunter/gatherers and settled down into communities. The reason given for that was that our diet changed from mostly meat and wild vegetation to mostly (or at least more) grain/bread, which was less nutritious. Increase in disease from concentration of population and the presence of vermin was also said to be a factor, but not as much as the change in diet.
This post was edited on 6/8/15 at 11:44 am
Posted on 6/8/15 at 12:22 pm to wmr
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Regardless of your feelings about gluten, wheat, or various fad diets, wheat is a very recent entry into the human diet.
So are a multitude of other foods such as corn, potatoes and tomatoes. Wheat is especially popular in modern diets because it's a ready cheap source of carbohydrates.
Carbs are easily digested and are put to use by the body quickly. Protein, on the other hand, takes time to be digested. It delays hunger longer than carbs for this reason.
A diet higher in protein and fiber than carbs and fat will keep a person at a healthy weight with much less effort than one dominated by carbs.
Whole wheat is an excellent source of insoluble fiber. Fiber is, of course, "nature's broom."
This post was edited on 6/8/15 at 12:23 pm
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