Against the grain
If you have a chronic illness - or are just feeling run down - the answer
could lie in your bread bin. Jerome Burne reveals why more of us should steer
clear of wheat
Tuesday September 17, 2002
The Guardian
If you suffer from a condition such as osteoporosis, Crohn's disease,
rheumatoid arthritis or depression, you're unlikely to blame your breakfast
cereal. After all, intolerance of wheat, or coeliac disease (CD), is a an
allergic reaction to a protein called gluten, thought to affect only about
one in 1,000 people.
But now two American clinicians, James Braly and Ron Hoggan, have published a
book, Dangerous Grains, claiming that what was thought to be a relatively
rare condition may be more widespread than was previously thought. Braly and
Hoggan suggest that gluten intolerance does not just affect a few people with
CD, but as much as 2-3% of the population. They claim that gluten sensitivity
(GS) is at the root of a proportion of cases of cancer, auto-immune
disorders, neurological and psychiatric conditions and liver disease. The
implication is that the heavily wheat-based western diet - bread, cereals,
pastries, pasta - is actually making millions of people ill. For the rest of
the article go to:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,793501,00.html
Namaste, Liz
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