Subject:      Re: Don Wiss
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Don Wiss and
Vine Fairy wrote:

>>Don, I was not aware of that...can you give me a scientific

reference
>>of what you stated about the spelt bread?

>You mean that it's a type of wheat? Simply open up any dictionary.
>According to Don Kasarda, the leading US expert on wheat proteins,

>spelt
<proteins are very close to normal bread wheat (closer than durum

>wheat,
>used for pasta, is to normal bread wheat).

Hi, some spelt info:
Spelt is not one of the very first wheat varieties, but a rather
ancient, and one of the two main wheat varieties in the roman
empire. Its developement from wild grasses even can be repeated.

It has a good property - in my POV - that is just tried to be changed
by the industry by mixing it with other wheats.
Good is imo that it does *not* react to nitrogen fertilizer by
increased harvests. Spelt is robust against deseases and
that both makes it ideal for organic producing.
But alas today's spelt may be some mixup with "modern" wheat.

A very engaged local bakery here, made tests on wheat allergies
with ancient grains.
Who is allergic to "normal" wheat, is probably sensitive too to
"einkorn" (triticum monococum) which is really old-but allergenic.
But not to spelt, and not to rye ("absolutely nothing").

Who has celiac, on the other hand is different. He or she
has to avoid any gluten 100%, and that is in spelt too.
Spelt is even so high in that "adhesive" gluten protein
that it is possible to leave bakery without eggs, if done with spelt.
Many "rye" breads include some percent of wheat too because otherwise
they can't use the (fast) yeast instead of sourdough only.
The slower process would be desireable because it breaks down
the phytins.

I'm specially aware of spelt, because a friend of mine was able to
cure his blood cancer, by switching to eating spelt *only*
(nothing else). And eats predominately spelt since then.
After what i learnt from lectins i'd consider it possible
that the antimalign properties of grain lectins may have accomplished
this. Meanwhile spelt lectin may be bad for others.

Vine Fairy might test if she has celiac or wheat allergy, but a total
aviodance of all allergenes should be necessary.
One meal of spelt will show it.

regards,
Amadeus


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