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On second thought, nevermind.

Hola, amigos. I expect to have the time to address some specific posts in the very near future, but in the meantime I wanted to pass along a YouTube video a fellow MDB'er shared with me. It's an hour-long lecture given by William Davis ( Wheat Belly author) that covers a lot of the same ground as th...

The advent of agriculture is one of the building-blocks of civilization that led to the average life expectancy going from sub-30 to what it is today. Health took a substantial upswing coinciding with grain-farming on a geological scale. Hunter-Gatherers don't invent antibiotics. Hey, EA. Thanks fo...

I got maybe 15 pages into the book before I got bored with it, so I can't speak to the arguments he makes therein or the evidence he uses to bolster them. I have, though, been acquainting myself with the whole "Paleo/Primal" movement, so I think I can probably imagine the direction in whi...

I took a break from wrapping presents and checked the board for the first time in ages and found this interesting thread. For the most part, I've not eaten wheat, white rice, potatoes (other than sweet potatoes), or refined sugar for several years. I refrain about 80% of the time; I'd like to do be...

...in the ~200,000 years of our species's existence, grain has become a dietary staple only in the last 10,000 (which is, according to my link above, when a host of ailments began befalling us). Represented on a 24 hour scale, homo sapiens subsisted on a largely grain-free diet up until approximate...

wayfarer wrote:

MrStakhanovite wrote:Give me 10 examples of his enlightened views.

well, ok, two quick ones: he accepts evolution and rejects the heartland model.

Does he? I had it in my head he was an ID guy.

Jason Bourne wrote:I am not buying this.

I didn't think to ask you this in my initial response and I should have: are you not buying that a) grains contain lectins, gluten, and phytic acid, or that b) those substances are detrimental to human health?

Or, perhaps, c) both?

I appreciate everyone who has chimed in. A few have drawn the distinction between modern and pre-modern wheat, and, accepting for the purpose of discussion the legitimacy of the science behind the articles I've linked to, maybe this disctinction does indeed provide an out (or at least a good amount...

I am not buying this. I avoid fad diets such as this will kill you, no carb, cabbage soup, prepackaged things like medifast, nutrisystem or weight watchers. I lost 60 pounds just eating a well balanced diet focused on vegatables, fruits, lean protien, some dairy and complex carbs including whole gr...