A New Diet Villain

Let's not forget much of the wheat, barely, rye products we are ingesting are genetically modified to be resistant to bugs, bacteria, drought (for our own good). Who knows how many people will be 'intolerant' of gluten in the next ten years. It's a huge trigger for IBS patients--even when they test negative for Celiac, they eat gluten products, they get sick. Something isn't right here folks...

Also, as Lisa Lundy mentioned, a dairy-free diet can be helpful for some as it is also a food/drink that has become a staple only over the last 10,000 years. Genetically, only people of Northern European and some African descent where pastoralism lifestyles has selected for lactose tolerance are particularly suited for such foods. It goes to show that yes there have been some changes in that time allowing some peoplep to utilize it a major food source, but many of our foods, especially grains, are very very different from those our ancestors consumed due to human intervention, through domestication, in their nutritional content.

As a student of anthropology it seems painfully obvious that humans are not too well adjusted to the consumption of grains, especially for it making up a large part of our diet. Looking at hunter-gatherers in both the archeological record and in current groups we see that there is a very very strong link between their diet and lack of many of our main modern health problems, many of which are based in a diet full of such foods. Many diets are based on very little science and simply hyped by movie stars or are written with pseudo science wording by medical hacks. Genetics and the archeological record, however, point to a paleolithic type of diet as being the most healthy and what we are most suited for. The advent of agriculture brought about many vitamin deficiencies as well as a shorter life span and a simple comparison of bones from pre-agriculture societies and those after show these differences plainly. Bottom line is that it seems painfully obvious that cutting cereal and grass type grains from the diet, at least as a major component of it, would be advantageous.

Eaton, S. Boyd. ???Preagricultural Diets and Evolutionary Health Promotion???.
Evolution of the Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable. Ed. Peter S. Ungar. Oxford, 2007. 384-394.

^^^ had good information about it

We have seen the value and power of a gluten-free and dairy-free diet for two sons, ages 9 and 11. When a small amount of gluten and dairy cause grades to drop from A+'s to C's and D's, the evidence is hard to ignore. The gluten-free and dairy-free diet has been used to relieve health symptoms, behavior issues and emotional issues for many decades. Simply the removal of additives, food colorings and preservatives has been scientifically proven to improve ADD and ADHD (see www.feingold.org for more info.). Changing your diet is safe, non-invasive and doesn't have serious side effects. We use this diet because it works.
Lisa A. Lundy
Public Speaker & Author of: The Super Allergy Girl??? Allergy & Celiac Cookbook
www.thesuperallergycookbook.com

In my practice, I work with many kids with autism, ADHD, and other disorders. Some of the parents have tried the gluten-free diet as describe by Kenneth Bock in his book, "Healing the New Childhood Epidemics." Several of the parents have reported very positive results. The data in support of this nutritional approach to helping these children seems to all be anecdotal. However, this approach is worth pursuing for concerned parents who are looking for interventions to try.

Steve Curtis, PhD
Child Clinical Psychologist
Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior
www.lifespanps.com
lifespanpress.blogspot.com

In my practice, I work with many kids with autism, ADHD, and other disorders. Some of the parents have tried the gluten-free diet as describe by Kenneth Bock in his book, "Healing the New Childhood Epidemics." Several of the parents have reported very positive results. The data in support of this nutritional approach to helping these children seems to all be anecdotal. However, this approach is worth pursuing for concerned parents who are looking for interventions to try.

Steve Curtis, PhD
Child Clinical Psychologist
Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior
www.lifespanps.com
lifespanpress.blogspot.com

Actually, we have been to the Outback in Shreveport, LA several times. My mom and cousin are both Celiacs. While Outback "claims" to offer gluten-free options, my family members have become extremely ill after eating there on three different occasions, even after explaining the situation to the restaurant manager, kitchen manager and servers. The only place we have found in our city to keep their promise to be gluten-free is Carraba's Italian Grill. Otherwise, we eat at home or they bring something to the restaurant with them. My point is, DO NOT trust a restaurant to be gluten-free just because they advertise to be so. You MUST explain your situation to the kitchen staff and make sure they completely understand. It is possible to eat at other restaurants as long as you explain how and why your food must be cooked seperately. We've been to other steakhouses with no problems and eaten at other major chain restaurants and been perfectly fine. If you get burned once, call and complain (politely) and explain that you will not be back. Outback has surely lost my family's business, and we were once very frequent customers.

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