Tue, Jun-26-07, 10:04
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Attitude is a Choice
Posts: 30,111
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Plan: No sugar, flour, wheat
Stats: 228.4/209.0/170
BF:stl/too/mch
Progress: 33%
Location: NYC
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I realize that I'm preaching to the choir here but in reading Going Against the Grain, I've come to learn about grain and its effects on us.
"Going Against the Grain" by Melissa Diane Smith.
I'm going to quote a paragraph from it:
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A considerable amount of research indicates that grains and dairy aren't just food; they also contain opioid substances called exorphins. Researchers have always been very cautious in discussing the possible behavioral effects of exorphins found in normal amounts of grain and dairy products, but the evidence certainly suggests that exorphins have druglike effects and maybe , to some degree, addictive. Wadley and Martin propose that once patches of wild grain appeared, humans learned to process grains to make them more edible, and eating these foods produced a sense of reward or comfort (just like many opioid drugs can cause) Humans then began to favor grains, crave them and eat more of them...in other words, our early ancestors became hooked on them.
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