re: Wheat Belly / Super Gut / Unholy Trinity - Carbs, Sugars, & Oils make us sick & addicted

Most diets that tell you to eliminate something is full of shite.

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We can only hope. Sadly, I fear el Gaucho has given us all the Gurt knowledge he has to give, it is on us to go forth and be bold with how we use that knowledge now.

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Sometimes I mix gurt with a scoop of protein and it’s like ice cream

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Sometimes I mix gurt with a scoop of protein and it’s like ice cream

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Praise him! Lift him up!

My last fancy meal out in Ho Chi Minh City was a double patty Wagyu burger at El Gaucho Argentinian Steakhouse, last night. I told the waiter, "I know the man who built this place, may I have a full ladle of your latest batch of gurt with my burger," and he had the audacity to deny ever having heard of gurt. I hope he gets fired.

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quote:What does that mean? Humans have been eating wheat for a long time. Are you saying all of our bread is genetically altered? Only item I'll point out is a lot of our bread is shelf stable for weeks, but when I make bread with a bread maker, it goes bad in a week.

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The wheat that our grandparents and those generations before is not the same wheat today.

Thanks to new farming techniques post WWII, wheat, along with corn, barley and other grains grown in the US, the nutritional content started to go down hill. They are called hybrids.

The bread you see in supermarkets, grocery stores...are basically just white flour.

All these breads will raise your blood sugar causing glucose levels to skyrocket.

Thanks to modern day processing, most of the nutrients are stripped away and replaced those artificial nutrients, i.e. 'enriched'.

Also, don't let the label 'whole grain' fool you. The marketers at these processing plants are quick to catch onto current trends. Most of the bran has been stripped out as well and is just as bad as white flour.

Most likely, most can get by without consuming bread and still have healthy body chemistry.

But if you want your bread, check out your local health food store.

OP, I actually think this is a good thread and I believe there's lots of truth to what you are saying. I also believe sedentary lifestyles plays a huge part. For the most part, the days of a middle-aged man going to work hard labor in a plant, eating a peanut butter sandwich for lunch and going home to a home cooked meal are over. Women used to run around the house chasing after toddlers and cleaning/cooking all day. Now we sit on a screen at work for 8 hours, eat fast food, go home and sit on a screen in our recliner, and eat junk food for dinner. Sadly, kids sit around all day also.

It is very alarming in my opinion what we allow to be put in our foods. I like what RFK stated and if nothing else can bring more awareness to it. Many people are working 2-3 jobs, hectic lifestyle, and don't have time to research or know that maybe orange juice is not healthy for you. It's just really hard to know what the right thing is to believe online anymore about our health and food. We have more gym memberships than ever now. Go out in public and it is alarming what you see now compared to even 20 years ago, much less 50. It's a factor of both, crappy foods and sedentary life.. Saying that, I even remember 25 years ago people who worked in offce settings and they weren't fat.

I talked to my doc about “leaky gut” and he said it was an internet term being used as a catch all term for what could be several issues with digestion.

He said a lot of it is tied to the supplement industry that is pushing all sorts of supplements that are not regulated btw.

Anyway, I think there’s a lot of hooey out there and people should be careful.

There shouldn’t be too much need to supplement if your diet is balanced.

That said, I agree that we have a national problem with what is allowed into our diets. Food colorings and flavorings, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, highly processed oils and emulsifiers… there’s a lot of manipulation of the diet going on.
Then there’s the chemicals sprayed on our produce… bad stuff.

Try to eat real foods that are organic. Avoid the wierd ingredients. Pay attention to how you feel and digestive issues.
Spend time outside. Exercise often and in accord with what your body tells you.
Be careful on all the supplements being pushed