Gluten is everywhere, but is it innocent or is it betraying your body? By now you probably already know that people on the gluten-free diet avoid wheat, barley, rye, and any oats not labeled gluten-free. And gluten can hide in the most unexpected foods like some brands of broth and corn tortillas. Gluten not only affects people with celiac disease but supposedly healthy … [Read more...]
Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic
The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of “big eight” foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods are wheat and peanuts. Sachin Rustgi, a member of the Crop Science Society of America, studies how we can use breeding to develop less allergenic varieties of these foods.Allergic reactions caused by wheat and peanuts can be prevented by … [Read more...]
Gluten and dairy restriction: Our children deserve better!
When children experience respiratory, digestive, behavioral, or other health challenges, many parents naturally seek out dietary solutions. Unfortunately, the prevailing confusion in this area provides fertile ground for misconceptions and counterproductive dietary fads. Among contemporary trends, avoiding gluten and/or dairy products are two of the most popular. Does taking … [Read more...]
Eliminating Foods that Make You Sick
For more years than she cares to remember, La Vaughn Kemnow, 73, of Chiloquin, Oregon, was plagued by unrelenting stomach ailments, heartburn, bloating, sharp pain along with extreme mental and physical fatigue. Whatever virus or bug happened to be floating around, Kemnow would catch. "Eventually I got so sick, I had to quit my job and rely on my aging mother to do all my … [Read more...]
Gluten and Dairy Cause Brain Autoimmunity
A recent study shows a significant portion of the US population not only reacts to gluten and dairy but also that this reaction causes the immune system to destroy brain and nervous tissue in a scenario called neurological autoimmunity (as evidenced by positive tissue antibodies). With the explosion of Alzheimer?s, Parkinson?s, autism, childhood development disorders, and other … [Read more...]