Is wheat nourishing for anyone? The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the United States Department of Agriculture, among other equally important establishments, consistently instruct civilization to ingest whole grains, especially wheat, for the sake of maintaining the utmost health and wellness. For the most part, it is assumed they are speaking the truth because no evidence has surfaced to contradict it. In other words, the public does not tend to question authority, culture, and tradition. Individually, we try our best to eat healthy, given what specialists tell us, our financial circumstances, location, etc., so shouldn’t we have the right to know if something so prevalent in our diets is leading to a plethora of health issues?
Wheat raises blood sugar to unprecedented levels, causing high blood insulin and in some cases diabetes. Moreover, substantial amounts of blood sugar can also further the aging process. Wheat also stimulates ones appetite because gluten, the major protein of wheat and usually associated with the most distress, is able to penetrate the blood-brain causing opiate-like effects. Wheat is an abnormally acidic grain that can trigger a great amount of bone loss. The genetic modification wheat has undergone has played a substantial role in its decreasing nutritional value, and as a population it would be in our best interest to decide if the high yield we are forcing it to produce is worth the consequences. Is quantity more important than quality? Wheat and gluten consumption is detrimental to the health of the general population, and if something doesn’t change in the near future more people will be inflicted with diseases and conditions, such as obesity, arthritis, and neurological disorders.
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Overall, wheat is harmful to all individuals despite if they have a wheat allergy or intolerance. Wheat elevates blood sugar levels to irregular levels causing an excessive amount of blood insulin to be produced and, in some cases, diabetes. Blood sugar also plays a role in the aging of the body when it is digested at such a rapid rate that AGEs can form. Additionally, gluten is known to contain opioids, which is a property that commands the brain to eat more of a food. Wheat is also very acidic to the point where it draws calcium out of the bone to maintain its normal level resulting in one loss, leading to many bone conditions. Furthermore, the amount of genetic modification wheat has undergone makes it unrecognizable to the wheat ingested by our ancestors, introducing new strands of bacteria and inflammatory responses.
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