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Mike, interesting you should post that on wheat today. For a long time I have been suspicious that wheat has been causing me problems. If I eat bread and other sources of wheat, and consume enough, I find myself to weak to do anything. palpitations, shortness of breath, and confusion as if I were a drunk.I stopped wheat a few days ago, and already my mind is clearing up. My breathing is normalizing, and palpitations are gradually going away. I thought it would take longer to begin to see an improvement.Bobbyhttp://geocities.com/flyinresorts/blog.htmlFrom: Mike Shea <bigirish2@...>Subject:

The Heart Scan Blog"Mike Shea" <bigirish2@...>Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 10:28 PM

The Heart Scan Blog

This is your brain

on wheat II Posted:

28 Jul 2010 01:26 PM PDT

In the original Heart Scan Blog post, This is your brain on wheat, I discussed how

opioid peptides (i.e., small proteins that act like opiates such as heroine

or morphine) that result from digestion of wheat cause unique effects on the

human brain, particularly addictive behaviors. I also briefly reviewed how

elimination of wheat has been shown to reduce auditory hallucinations and

other psychotic behaviors in a subset of people with paranoid schizophrenia.

These two phenomena, addictions and schizophrenia, are most likely the result

of exorphins that cross the blood-brain barrier.

Exorphins--exogenou s morphine-like compounds--can be blocked by

opiate-blocking drugs like naloxone and naltrexone. Naloxone is used in

hospitals to reverse morphine or heroine overdoses; naltrexone is being

repackaged into a weight loss drug, since blocking wheat-derived exorphins

reduces appetite. (Yes: The USDA tells us to eat more wheat, the drug

industry sells us the antidote.)

There's another way that wheat can affect the brain and nervous system: immune-activated damage.

This is similar to the effect seen in celiac. There's even overlap with some

of the antibody markers used to diagnose celiac, like the anti-gliadin

antibodies and the anti-endomysium antibodies.

The most common immune neurological syndrome consequent to wheat consumption

is cerebellar ataxia, a

condition in which an immune response causes damage to the Purkinje cells of

the cerebellum, the portion of the brain responsible for balance and

coordination. This results in stumbling, incoordination, incontinence, and

eventually leads to reliance on a cane or walker and wearing a diaper.

Average age of onset: 53 years. A shrunken, atrophied cerebellum can be seen

on an MRI of the brain.

Problem: Most people with central nervous system damage caused by wheat do

not have any intestinal symptoms, like diarrhea and abdominal pain, the sort

of symptoms usually associated with celiac disease. It means the first sign

of wheat-induced brain damage may be bumping into walls and wetting your

pants.

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