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In reply to the discussion: Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)nope, gliadin was present in ancient grains. it's been in wheat and other grains since the creation.
lots of things bind to opiate receptors; that doesn't mean they act like opiates. they may, in fact, act in precisely the opposite way.
in fact, some substances which bind to opiate receptors are specifically given to prevent people from getting high, because they prevent opiates from binding.
'binding' is a loose term; different substances will bind in different ways.
Opiate blockers are a class of pharmaceutical that bind to pain receptors ("opiate receptors" in the human brain. As a result, opiate based drugs, the narcotics, cannot bind to the same sites and must remain in the bloodstream. Naloxone is one of the most commonly used drugs of this type.
Opiate blockers have an emergency use in the treatment of narcotic overdose. They reverse the nerve suppression of narcotics, restoring normal heart and breathing rates. They are also used in rapid detox procedures in order to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
The main side effect of opiate blockers is that they cannot block the transmission of pain impulses, even by the body's own endorphines. As such, for patients in pain, they block the effect of most painkillers.
http://house.wikia.com/wiki/Opiate_blocker
the guy's work is a hodgepodge of woo, at least as explained in these articles.