10 reasons to avoid wheat

Birdseye — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Lynne McTaggart's article on 'Spelt, the new wheat' explores the alternatives for people who are intolerant of modern wheat. But why are we "growing up allergic to wheat"? The article lists 10 manipulations suffered by modern wheat, each providing a good reason to avoid it altogether and seek out the alternatives.

Wheat is interfered with by:

fungicides and insecticides as seeds
a plethora of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides such as disulphoton (Di-Syston) while growing
plant-growth regulators to speed up germination time and the plant’s strength. Currently, farmers use natural or synthetic hormones such as Cycocel
more insecticides in the collection bins
‘protectants’—chlorpyrifos-methyl and pyrethrins—added to grain externally as well as deep inside the grain to protect it against moths and other insects
fumigation in the form of methyl bromide, aluminium phosphide and magnesium phosphide during storage and as the grains are being treated
overheating, which denatures and often ‘cooks’ the protein
high-speed milling processes to remove the germ and bran—the most nutritious parts—to be fed to animals
dough conditioners and preservatives, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils and toxic soy flour
chemical preservatives to extend shelf life far beyond the few days it would take to naturally spoil.

The full article is available in the January edition of What Doctors Don't Tell You.

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10 reasons to avoid wheat