Bagel Brain: What Wheat and Grains Do to the Brain

You know that raisin bagel or bowl of bran cereal you have every morning, or the plate of pasta or spaghetti you have for dinner? Each and every serving erodes the health of your brain. Some of the effects are reversible, while others are cumulative and irreversible. But understand the concepts behind living the Wheat Belly wheat/grain-free lifestyle and you are enormously empowered in regaining control over health, weight, and youthfulness. Transcript: Hi everybody, Doctor William Davis here. Why do I call this Bagel Brain? Well, a number of reasons — consumption of modern wheat and closely-related grains have a whole multitude of effects on the human brain — undesirable effects. Let’s talk about them. You can group the effects that wheat and grains have on the brain into reversible causes (that is, temporary causes, that go away after you stop consuming them), and then there are either poorly reversible or partially reversible, or even irreversible changes in the brain — diseases of the brain that you cannot undo, or only can partially undo. Screen text: 1. Reversible 2. Partially reversible or irreversible Let’s talk about the reversible changes. The reversible changes in the brain are due mostly to the gliadin protein and gliadin-derived opioid peptides. Recall, that wheat and grains are the seeds of grasses, and humans simply lack the enzymatic machinery to break down the components of seeds of grasses. That means many of the proteins are either indig...
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