No Gluten for Me!But it锟絪 food isn锟絫 it? By Craig Stellpflug NDCHealing Pathways Medical ClinicTempe Haason Reddick Youth Jersey , AZCopyright 2009 Craig Stellpflug锟? Permission is hereby granted to copy and distribute this article but only in its entiretyWhat could possibly be bad about wheat? I don锟絫 have any bowel reactions锟?so, its okay for me, right?The more I see people at our clinic eating a gluten free diet, the more I realize how bad our modern day wheat (and other gluten containing grains) is for our bodies. Man锟絪 conquest and domestication of wheat, rye and other glutenous grains has revolutionized our diets from berries Patrick Peterson Youth Jersey , nuts and meats to our modern day diet laced with and often dominated by gluten grains.The modern day diet can cause both obvious and subtle health reactions. It seems, the more man improves upon the hybridization and cultivation of wheat, the worse the effects become.The Majestic Wheat of olden days was grown from seed saved year to year. It would spoil if kept too long or not kept dry. It would germinate and produce more wheat when cultivated. Majestic Wheat would cross pollinate with other wheat and provided the genetic variety needed by man锟絪 digestive system. Just as the seasons provide variety in our diet with the different fruits and vegetables coming in out of season, cross pollination adds variety to our diets by providing genetic variety. This is important because eating the same thing day after day makes the body allergic to your favorite foods.Modern day wheat is mostly a monoclonal hybrid that does not have the genetic variety found in Majestic Wheat. Neither will it germinate to produce another wheat plant. But hence, after it is harvested Larry Fitzgerald Youth Jersey , it is stored on average for three to four years in bunkers where toxic gases and insidious molds and other pathogens can proliferate.To top it off, wheat is often so finely ground, over-processed and bleached at the mill that insects have difficulty finding life-sustaining nourishment in this food product. This wheat is so finely ground that it bypasses our digestion process in the digestive tract and shunts directly into the bloodstream causing blood sugar spikes and allergic reactions. I remember growing up with a wheat sifter to sift out the husks and weevils from the flour before we added it to our baking recipes. Nowadays there is no need to sift our flour because insects seek other sources of nutrition and leave this less nutritious wheat powder alone.Wheat, and some other grains that contain a protein called gluten, are rich in glutamine and proline. Proteins in these grains and their related peptides can damage the intestines -- as in the case of Celiac disease -- by stimulating the natural transglutaminase enzymes. These gluten proteins and consequent enzyme peptides cut and damage the sensitive villi in the intestines. Villi are tiny finger-like epithelial formations that greatly increase the absorptive surface area of the intestines Chandler Jones Youth Jersey , and are responsible for the uptake of properly digested nutrients. When the villi are damaged or destroyed, this thrusts unprepared foods and metabolites directly into the bloodstream, causing anemia and folate shortages, along with both immune system and increased insulin responses. Gluten sensitivity plus intestinal damage equals Celiac disease.Another component of wheat and rye grains is a sticky protein called lectin which enters the epithelial cells and causes inflammatory reactions that also damage the villi and other cells in the body. Lectin is also a protein that is linked to Crohn锟絪 Disease and IBS (irritable bowel syndrome).A 2003 study, quoted in a recent publication of Scientific American Josh Rosen Youth Jersey , found that 1 out of every 133 people has a sensitivity to gluten. Some of the many symptoms of gluten sensitivity that the article listed are: Anemia, osteoporosis, joint pain, chronic fatigue, short stature David Johnson Youth Jersey , skin lesions, seizures, dementia, schizophrenia, immune dysfunction Chase Edmonds Youth Jersey , blood glucose and insulin level problems and hyperactivity. Other signs may be: failure to thrive, acne, dermatitis herpetiformis, ADHD and Asperger锟絪 syndrome. One-hundred percent of all people who have gluten sensitivity, intolerance or allergic responses have a negative neurological response. And yet only 33% of all people with this challenge will notice a digestive problem like gas Mason Cole Youth Jersey , bowel pain, diarrhea or constipation. This means that there a lot of people reacting to gluten and they don锟絫 even know it.In history, many others have realized food is a cause of imbalances. A Greek physician by the name of Aretaeus of Cappadocia, living in about A.D 250, described a disease he labeled 锟絢oiliakos锟?or 锟絪uffering in the bowels锟? Aretaeuas recommended diet changes to relieve the symptoms of this disease. In the early 1800锟絪 a Dr Mathew Baillie treated chronic diarrhea with diet changes that included limiting the diet to mostly rice. A Dutch pediatrician named Willem Karel Dicke documented a significant drop in child mortality that coincided with a bread and wheat shortage during WW II. In his doctoral thesis he declared that child mortality rates dropped tremendously from above 35% to nearly 0 only to return to the previous figures when bread and wheat again became available. Dr. Dicke also documented a dramatic drop in Celiac disease during this same time.A 2006 study mentioned in the Journal of Attention Disorders took 131 children with ADHD and removed gluten from their diets and all 131 children were reported to have significant improvements. A recent contestant on a popular television reality show Christian Kirk Youth Jersey , Survivor, was relieved of her chronic IBS when her participation changed her diet away from gluten. She had been diagnosed and treated by the medical system for her condition for years without ever making the connection to gluten. At the Healing Pathways Medical Clinic people document various positive and sometimes huge changes in their health in a short time after eliminating gluten from their diets.A growing awareness of gluten. 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