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Wheat bread and pasta are often referred to as "staff of life." In fact, the wheat is one of the unhealthiest foods that we use as a staple of the Western diet, next to sugar. We all know that sugar has a high glycemic index; rot our teeth, suppresses our immune system and contributes significantly to ill health and disease. Wheat products can really be a bad as table sugar? The facts are clear and wheat has a negative impact on your health.

Wheat has been attributed to many symptoms and is a common cause for bowel problems, allergies, asthma, thyroid imbalances, neurological dysfunction, infertility, cancer, inflammation, skin problems, disorders of balance and increased cardiovascular risk to name a few. Weight gain and obesity are the most common side effects of the consumption of grain-based products.

Wheat harms our health by 3 main streets.

It contains protein glutenIt is a high-Glycemic foodIt has little nutritional value

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye grain and is highly allergenic. For many people, foods containing gluten are provided as their food than before. This trigger various inflammatory processes that affect the digestive system and often lead to symptoms that affect the bowels and absorption of nutrients and even epilepsy. Digestive diseases medical journal and the Sciences (February 2000; 45: 403-406), shows the importance of screening for gluten intolerance in patients with autoimmune thyroid due to complications arising from this harmful protein.

High Glycemic Foods contribute to chronic disease, insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk, diabetes, weight gain and other conditions. Wheat has a higher GI than regular table sugar. With this in mind, eat a piece of bread is not too far from eating a couple of tablespoons of table sugar. Wheat hits the Glycemic many food where it is placed. Bread, pasta, bagels, muffins and other packaged foods that contain wheat flour, it's easy to see how there are over indulge in a diet of sugar filled. High Glycemic Foods are one of the main contributors of atherosclerosis and was identified in the Egyptian mummies from 1981 BC (Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009), which has consumed a predominantly grain based diet.

The process of manufacture of wheat, today is very different from that of the old grain harvesting methods. When the Egyptians were growing, and eating wheat, they were at least benefit from vitamins and minerals natural grain kernel. Today's manufacturing practices, fumigation, wheat is refined, processed and enriched to allow a longer duration and to meet the needs of the FDA. These nutrients are artificial and lacking in chemically derived cofactor required for the proper use of natural nutrients and minerals found in wheat.

Modification of diet is essential to improve the quality of life and the reduction of symptoms that are experts in health declines. Through suppressing inflammatory foods as wheat from the diet, is common to see a reduction of pain, weight loss, improved cholesterol, and other health related benefits.

QN Dr. Chase Hayden, DC, is a holistic doctor that incorporates the rehabilitation of quantum functional Neurology, Endocrinology, chiropractic and nutrition functional in his practice. He is the owner of Hayden Institute in Houston, TX, where his practice General sees patients with a variety of symptoms and conditions including: menopause, PMS, epilepsy, thyroid imbalances, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, sports accessories and more through the use of complementary and alternative approaches. He is happily married and currently has two children. For more information about Dr. Chase Hayden and its services, please visit.

Posted in: avoid, because, should, Wheat on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at at 12:37 AM