Demonizing Grains

I wanted to address the issue of demonizing food once again, because it really drives me nuts.  I keep reading articles about how grains cause leaky gut syndrome.  The ONE case that I will accept this premise is if what they are talking about is or related to GMO grains that are riddled with glyphosate.  First of all, glyphosate is a major cause of leaky gut syndrome; and secondly, GMO anything is not food.  Other than that situation that declaration does not make sense.  Grains have been eaten for centuries and centuries without a problem.

Grains can exacerbate leaky gut and I will not deny THAT.  One of the first things that health professionals do when their patient has leaky gut syndrome, is take grain out of their diet.  The only exception to this rule in many protocols would be seed like grains such as buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa and even millet.  But those who developed diets such as Paleo, declared all grains as bad for the health and advise against them completely.  Dr. Campbell-McBride's patients had success with her GAPS diet.  When one is at the tail end of the GAPS diet, they eat sourdough!  I'm not talking about the gluten free sourdough either, the wheat based sourdough.

There is a reason why there are a great many people allergic to corn, soy, wheat, dairy and other foods and it has nothing to do with the food itself.  Corn is approximately 95% GMO in this country (soy is about there too but that's another post).  Most of America has leaky gut syndrome which corn and any other starchy food would irritate and inflame.  It's not the food that is "bad" in that case though, it's the body's reaction to the damage and its struggle to attain homeostasis.  If one is allergic to a strawberry, that doesn't make the strawberry bad.  We NEED to stop demonizing food.  All of these foods were originally very nourishing for the body and in their organic form can be that for the people with a healthy digestive system.

Food is good and nourishing.  If you are on the road towards healing like I am, there is no harm in eating these foods in their organic form once you're healed.  Once you are healed; stop worrying about the "bad" foods.  Just eat, enjoy and be healthy!