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In reply to the discussion: Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)of America's dietary woes is that we eat too much, too often, and move too little. Our diet evolved during a time when you got up before sunrise, worked a couple or three hours taking care of the livestock, ate breakfast, and then went back to work for another few hours before lunch, then back to work until dusk. You can burn up a 5,000Kcal diet with that level of activity, no problem.
I remember a film of Ansel Adams' expedition shooting the Grand Canyon. These were like home movies. They were mugging for the camera, lots of shots of making and breaking camp, and so on.
There were several shots of these guys going about their tasks shirtless. Middle aged men with gray or no hair, lined faces, turkey necks, and the rest. They all had the bodies of underwear models. Hard muscle, and very little fat if any. Even the stocky guys weren't fat, they just had large, hard abdomens and were very thick.
That's when it first struck me just how soft we are today. I have no doubt that any one of these men could beat the shit out any of today's gym rats half their age.
Anyway, cutting down or eliminating wheat from one's diet isn't going to hurt anyone and it might well help some. I don't believe I've read anyone advocating for banning wheat, so I think the freak out displayed on this thread is about something much more than some guy hawking his book.