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In reply to the discussion: Wheatophobia: Will avoiding wheat really improve your health? [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)29. It is ancedotal
And also common.
If you stop eating something, your body is going to adjust. Going back to it, your body has to adjust again.
I used to eat fried foods, then stopped. For a long time. Years later, I thought I would get some Popeye's fried okra.
Needless to say, my body didn't like it, and I had to run to the bathroom for the squirts.
Starving people shouldn't eat until they're full. It'll kill them. They have to be reintroduced to food.
It's not that it's bad for you, you body just needs time to adjust.
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His book is a demonstration of the poor science education we hand out in our schools
jeff47
Jan 2013
#3
Grasses actually contain components that, while not poisonous, aren't very human-friendly
Scootaloo
Jan 2013
#33
I didn't say he did. I said was that the popularity of such a diet creates and promotes--
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#24
Don't know why some people get all fired up over what other people choose to eat. Or not eat.
djean111
Jan 2013
#21
Nobody cares what you eat. It's when some people with little or no nutrition or
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#32
I think the NEW thing is not health problems, but thinking that they are new
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#23