Eating grain products - breads cakes cereals - have long been consider a healthy choice. If you look at the RDA recommendations grains at the bottom of the pyramid are what you should be eating the most of to maintain a healthy body.
The RDA's recommendations do not consider any food to be harmful for you. You must remember that the RDA's recommendations come from a government agency and indicating a particular food could be harmful to your health could financially affect that industry. The government does not want to destroy any industry even if it is harmful to your health. Just look at the smoking industry. It's still alive.
In medical and alternative medicine circles celiac disease is well known for being the cause of numerous detrimental body conditions. In its basic form celiac disease is the damage of the intestinal lining by gluten proteins which come from grains - the bottom of the pyramid.
Let's get technical for a moment and say that the specific proteins in gluten that damage the intestine are called "gliadin." What you need to know about gliadin is that when you eat it it acts like an invading substance which activates your body's immune system to destroy and eliminate the invader – your favorite food bread and cereals.
Eating an excess of gluten causes celiac disease. Where is gluten found? It is found in products made from wheat rye barley kamut triticale oats and spelt.
It is now well established in medicine that 1 in approximately 100 have celiac disease. Many have the disease without having any symptoms. The continual use of and eating of detrimental grains will eventually bring on symptoms. People with celiac disease can expect to have illnesses associated or connected with:
·cancer
·epilepsy
·attention deficit disorders
·auto immune diseases
·osteoporosis
·brain disorders ...
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