Archive for Wednesday 16th October 2002 - Bread?
Could bread, the so-called staff of life, be causing millions of us to limp along in ill health?

Researchers James Braly and Ron Hoggan have identified 187 medical conditions caused by sensitivity to gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains. In their book Dangerous Grains they claim that the large proportion of wheat in the western diet is making millions unwell. They identify gluten sensitivity as the root cause of many cancers, psychiatric and brain disorders. It is also linked to osteoporosis, thyroid conditions, learning disorders, infertility and miscarriages.

Braly and Hoggan see an evolutionary cause to this unexpectedly common allergy. Wheat, they say, has only been part of our diet for about half a percent of human history. And, as yet, many of us have failed to adapt to grains. Yet they make up more than half the daily calories in the average diet, and grains represent more than one third of all food crops grown worldwide.

When we digest gluten instead of it nourishing us, it can ‘cause the immune system to react as if it is not a component of food, but an invading bug or microbe’. This contributes to many modern diseases.

Braly and Hoggan believe that the prevalence of gluten in our diets has allowed many who are allergic to it to develop a tolerance. The result is that symptoms can be masked for years, only to emerge in later life as diabetes or depression.

The solution to gluten sensitivity is simple – cut grains out of your diet for rapid relief. Braly, Hoggan and immediate family members experienced cures from a variety of complaints by changing to a gluten-free diet.

To order a copy of Dangerous Grains, call 0870 0703 200 or send a cheque/PO for £11.99 (p&p is FREE), (Offer open to United Kingdom only) payable to Mirror Direct, PO Box 60 Helston Cornwall TR13 0TP

These are the high-risk areas where gluten sensitivity should be considered:
Allergies
Bowel disease
Cancer
Growth retardation
Learning disorders
Lung disease
Psychiatric ailments
Reproductive problems

Mark Winter

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