Re: Agricultural changes

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- I have a tidbit to offer on wheat- if you look at agricultural practices throughout history, you only see rapid genetic alterations to foods in the last 60 years. In addition, most of the rapid hybridization of crops has taken place in this country and then spread to other areas of the world. While Americans have been eating wheat for close to 200 years, that wheat is vastly different from what we consume today. This is why spelt is better tolerated- it is genetically closer to the wheat of 200 years ago than it is to what we call wheat in this country. The wheat crops in this country have been hybridized to favor gluten, the protein. Gluten is what gives wheat bread that desirable texture that we all love. I have found that wheat is easier to tolerate overseas. While it still may not be an ideal food, wheat grown elsewhere, hopefully in an area not heavily influenced by the Green Revolution (an agricultural colonization of foreign countries by the US), is

often less provocative of inflammation than our own US grain. Hope that helps! Jeannie Achuff ND3/CCM1, NCNMjblacknd@... wrote: Hi Everyone, I am working on final revisions of the cookbook and I am wondering if any of you have any input. I am refining some things and can't really find good documented research on a few things and I am wondering if you have any articles or ideas supporting my claims. Why is wheat a common allergen? How does it increase inflammation? Because we have eaten it too much - 3 meals per day and in everything? But in my research, our culture has eaten wheat for 100-200 years with no problems until recently. Unless problems have been undetected and people just have lived with problems until recently. There is a lot of research on celiac disease and wheat intolerance, but it doesn't really tell people why people have developed a wheat intolerance or why it increases inflammation. Why does citrus cause inflammation? Why is honey or brown rice syrup better than unprocessed cane juice or molasses? Thank you so much for your time. Black, N.D.Family Practice, Chronic DiseaseA Family Healing Center, LLC2270 NE Mc Ln. Suite AMcMinnville, OR 97128Phone: (503) 883-0333

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