Liberate Your Inner Cow: Life Ungrained

Here’s an excerpt from chapter 1 of Wheat Belly Total Health, the Wheat Belly book that lays out much of the rationale and science behind why so many facets of health, so many abnormal health conditions, reverse with wheat and grain elimination. Short version: humans are simply not equipped to consume any component of grasses, including the seeds (“grains”). (Only the text is excerpted; I added the photos and illustrations for the blog.)     
“Goldfish do not eat sausages.”                              Monty Python     Since you are reading this book, I take it that you are a member of the species Homo sapiens. You are likely not a giraffe, toad, or woodpecker. Nor are you a ruminant, those taciturn creatures that graze on grass. Ruminants, such as goats and cows, or their ancient wild counterparts, ibex and aurochs, enjoy evolutionary adaptations that allow them to consume grasses. They have continuously growing teeth to compensate for wear generated by coarse sand-like phytoliths in grass blades; produce in excess of 100 quarts of saliva per day; have four compartment stomachs that host unique microorganisms to digest grass components, including a compartment that grinds, then regurgitates, its contents up as a cud to re-chew; and a long, spiral colon, also host to microorganisms that further digest grassy remains. In other words, ruminants have a gastrointestinal system uniquely specialized to consume ...
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