The dark side of wheat - rethinking Celiac

[squirell nutkin]

In terms of nutrition per acre, wheat or any grain takes up a lot of space. It takes about 8 square feet of land to grow enough wheat to make about two slices of ordinary store bought bread.

That much land could grow a lot more food in the form of beets, or broccoli, or almost any other vegetable. They don't store as well as wheat or other grains, but are better for you to eat.

Also if you read the work of forensic anthropologists they often point out the many degenerative diseases that beset agricultural man. Hunter Gatherers had no such degenerative diseases.

There is a lot of info on the nutrition related diseases of the ancient Egyptians who practiced agriculture.

Wheat isn't the boogeyman under the bed for everyone, but it is for a lot of people. There is also the quality of life question, when it comes to living longer. There's a big difference between living and surviving.