The simplest thing to suggest is that you read the new best-seller by Dr. David Williams called Wheat Belly.

The use of wheat in our diets (especially wheat, but also barley, rye, and oats) is strongly detrimental to our health, according to Dr. Williams.

He refutes everything the U.S. government says about eating whole wheat as a wholesome addition to our diets. On the contrary, Dr. Williams asserts that it causes addiction, raises gluclose levels higher than sugar does, is responsible for some cases of brain damage, affects sleeping disorders (insomnia), acne, and many, many other illnesses, including depression, and wide mood swings (common in bipolar illness, not to mention that it's a number 1 weight-gain substance).

Sleep apnea testing is advisable because when we're missing REM sleep, the body compensates by causing us to eat more to provide energy depleted by loss of Rem sleep. Rem sleep charges our body's "battery", and if you aren't getting enough of it, you're going to have all kinds of symptoms starting with needing to take naps in the afternoon, eating improperly, particularly foods that rapidly convert to glucose.

Wheat causes cravings for more, leaving the hunger signal of the brain
held captive so that the body really doesn't have an honest appraisal of whether it really needs food. Removing wheat from the diet enables the hunger signal to correct itself and the need for excess food becomes far less intense and the diet becomes much more manageable.

Dr. Williams touches it all in his book, including the fact that wheat can cause dementia in some people. His final conclusion is that the more light that is shed on the subject of wheat, the more disturbing the picture becomes for those who ingest it.

One major idea is that when wheat is removed from the diet, the body will not lose any nourishment by removal of grains. Dr. Williams calls it "nonsense" to think that nutrition is disturbed by removal of wheat. Simply supplementing with nuts, seeds, and other nutritious foods like green vegetables counteracts any loss in vitamins or minerals contained in wheat.

Gluten is a major component of the problem, but there are also other
factors about grains that contain gluten that make them detrimental to the human body.

The book is worth your reading, not only for your benefit now, but for you and your husband for years to come.

In 1963, when the Attorney General's Report was published about the hazards of smoking, I took it to heart and stopped smoking. This work by Dr. Williams is equally worthy of our best attention, and I can tell you that I've stopped grains now in my diet.

Good wishes.

[Clinte89]

Thanks genetic.

[Yoda]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[creativelight]

Cool http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-g...#axzz2Ju0Wf7Nt

:-/ sad story. Love pasta. N rice n tortillas ... Buuu

Thanks, creativelight. The article confirms fully Dr. Williams' approach to the subject.

Rice does not contain gluten.

Corn may not be so healthy for us because the niacin in it is bound and cannot be
broken down by the digestive tract. The Mexicans learned many, many years ago
that to treat corn with lime made the niacin able to be broken down and consequently in the early days of corn use the Mexicans were one nation that did not develop the disease occurring in corn use. (Just for the sake of interest)

Rice will be adequate for me, too.