Fifth Estate defends wheat

“No, Congressman, there is no evidence that cigarette smoking is associated with cardiovascular disease and cancer.” Such was the testimony offered by Big Tobacco executives during Congressional hearings on the subject throughout the 1980s and 1990s, denying even to this day that nicotine is addictive, that they increased nicotine content to encourage addictiveness, and that they crafted marketing strategies, such as the Joe Camel cartoon, to target children. So it should come as no surprise that the Fifth Estate uses similar tactics in what amounts to a defense of the wheat and grain industry. To say that there is no evidence implicating wheat and grains in human diseases is to ignore evidence that continues to grow, evidence associating wheat/grain with a long list of health problems. For example: Gliadin–The gliadin protein of wheat (and related proteins of rye, barley, and corn), if it remains intact, launches the first step in a complex process that leads to autoimmune diseases, an effect not confined to people with celiac disease but occurs to varying degrees in 90% of people who consume wheat and grains. Intact gliadin underlies, for example, neurological diseases such as cerebellar ataxia and some forms of dementia. Gliadin and other wheat components such as trypsin are likely culprits in (the poorly named) non-celiac gluten sensitivity associated with bloating, diarrhea, joint pain, and mind “fog.” If gliadin is partially digested (an...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten-free grains Source Type: blogs