News about wheat being bad for you is everywhere. These days all the big supermarkets stock wheat free this and gluten that but the truth is that most of us mere mortals aren’t sure why it’s so bad or what to eat instead. So here is a few facts.

I often hear “people didn’t have these problems years ago” that’s true, here’s why.

Prior to the 1970’s wheat was grown in relatively small amounts, local to the place you bought it from. When you ate it, it was nice and fresh and had a much smaller level of gluten in it. Once intensive farming became the norm, wheat was genetically modified to fit the combine harvesters more easily, it became a uniform height and shape to make it easier to process. This increased the gluten content of it dramatically!

In the last 20 years it has become quite normal for a person’s daily diet to consist of toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and pasta for dinner. These days we are literally overdosing on wheat because it’s so convenient.

Gluten literally glues itself to the inside of your body, many conditions such as skin problems, arthritis, weight problems, headaches, lethargy and IBS can be caused by eating wheat regularly and gluten building up in your diet. Continue Reading