Did you know that of all foods on the planet, only WHEAT converts into a morphine-like substance that is able to pass the blood brain barrier?

The substance to which wheat converts gloms directly onto the area of the brain that is affected by morphine and oxycodone. AND...if you take the pill or tablet version of Narcan, it blocks the "wheat morphine".

Wheat and all things containing wheat are addictive. If you eat wheat products and then quit for two weeks you will actually experience withdrawal symptoms, like headache, runny nose, depression, fatigue, etc.

Eating wheat sets up a cycle of insulin resistance, in addition to the above, and causes you to want to eat more, all the time, and causes you to be more hungry more often.

All of the above can be confirmed in a scary book I've begun to read called "Wheat Belly", by Dr. William Davis, and this was recommended as reading by SW member cherokeepatti who is a naturalist and something of an expert on nutrition and food chemicals.

More tidbits to come.

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JoePourMan · 61-69, M

I think this is a lot of nonsense

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@JoePourMan it’d be interesting to read what natural substances and chemicals are in our foods.

4meAndyou · F

@JoePourMan The Doctor who wrote the book cites several experiments which were performed by reputable scientists...(and one not so reputable experiment at the Veterans administration).

He also went into agonizing detail over the history of the genetic changes performed on wheat, and even ordered a sample, (still being produced), of ancient wheat to see what kind of bread it made and to test it for gluten. Ancient wheat doesn't rise much, because it has almost no gluten.

Every change we have made to the original wheat plant our ancestors cultivated has increased the amount of gluten in the wheat...and GMO wheats can't be tolerated by an increasing number of humans.

I am on page 62. I've barely begun to read and I am already astonished.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou My uncle said that in the 50s & 60s farms yielded about 30 bushels of wheat per acre...it’s been hybridized to increase yields and now farmers are getting 42-45 bushels per acre, Roundup spray is being sprayed on the wheat a few days before harvest to increase yields. It wouldn’t surprise me if the gluten-sensitivity people are having from wheat is mostly due to the chemicals being sprayed on it.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti I have heard that. Roundup is a killer...and not everyone can afford to buy organic all the time.

I am out...dinner needs to be stirred. Talk later!