Thursday, July 9, 2015
Reason #2 -- Gluten and other gut-damaging compounds
Reason #2 -- Gluten and other gut-damaging compounds
The
topic of gluten is on fire in the media lately... But most people are
confused as to whether there's any real health risks with gluten for the
average person that doesn't have Celiac disease.
The truth is that even if you are not officially "gluten intolerant" or "gluten sensitive", there are hundreds of published studies that indicate that gluten can cause inflammation in your digestive system, and even cause "permeability" in your gut, which can lead to a health condition that's on the rise lately called Leaky Gut, as well as other digestive issues and autoimmune problems.
Scientists theorize that the reason gluten is causing these digestive
system problems is due to the excessive hybridization of wheat over the
last 50 years, which has created newly modified gluten molecules that
are foreign to the human digestive system compared to the ancient wheat
that humans ate for several thousand years historically, and even
compared to the wheat that your grandparents ate 50+ years ago.
