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Old September 21st, 2011, 08:30 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Doug Freyburger
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Default On the evils of wheat

Dogman wrote:

William Davis, a preventive cardiologist who practises in Milwaukee,
Wis., argues in his new book Wheat Belly that wheat is bad for your
health—so bad that it should carry a surgeon general’s warning.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/20/o...ke-you-skinny/


Interesting that he mentions einkorn. I only know about that species of
grain because it was found in the stomach contents of "Otsi the Iceman"
the ancient frozen mummy that was discovered in the Apls in the 1990s.

Einkorn is now obscure but was actively cultivated millennia ago. It's
a gluten bearing grain but the gluten is different enough that it might
not be harmful to wheat intolerant folks. I've tried spelt and kamut
and those trigger symptoms in me. I've tried rye, barley and oats and
those do not trigger symptoms in me. Everyone who has intolerance
reactions can expect to get different results when doing personal
experimentation.