Gluten confirmed to cause serious weight gain, or
'wheat belly' - scientific research
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 by: PF Louis
(NaturalNews) The case against gluten seems to have been closed with recent
research from a Brazilian research team that published a report in the January
2013 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. It seems to have put an
exclamation point on the wheat belly controversy.
Lacking scientific data confirming the mechanics of how gluten may or may not
affect obesity, the study was set up to examine the differences in specific
genetic and biochemical markers between rats fed gluten and rats that were kept
gluten free.
The "wheat belly" syndrome and how it leads to other health issues was the
purpose of their research. The research team chose biological markers that could
indicate the onset of obesity and metabolic syndrome, precursors to diabetes and
cardiac issues.
Both groups of rats were fed high fat diets. But one group was gluten free and
the other group's diet was 4.5 percent gluten. Even without tracing their
predetermined markers, it was obvious the gluten free mice exhibited weight
loss without any trace of lipid (fat) excretion.An
analysis of the study
Sayer Ji of GreenmedInfo.com proposed this analysis: "... the weight gain
associated with wheat consumption has little to do with caloric content per se;
rather, the gluten proteins ... disrupt endocrine and exocrine processes within
the body, as well as directly modulating nuclear gene expression ... to alter
mamalian metabolism in the direction of weight gain."
This study report, according to Sayer Ji proves that the major factor of obesity
is gluten, not calories.
Considering that both groups of mice were fed high fat diets and the gluten free
mice lost weight without excreting lipids also implies that fat free diets for
losing weight are bogus. This has been suspected by other nutritional experts
who've abandoned matrix thinking.
Sayer Ji recommends that those who are overweight, pre-diabetic, experiencing
metabolic syndrome, or suffering from irritable bowel syndrome try avoiding
gluten grains, especially wheat, to determine from experience if gluten is the
underlying cause.
There is evidence that gluten can be a factor in gut and psychology syndrome
(GAPS) and even autism. (http://www.naturalnews.com/033094_gut_health_brain.html)
So how did wheat, "the staff of life," become a weed of disease.
Wheat is not the same today. It has been agriculturally hybrid, not genetically
lab engineered over some decades to resist fungus, grow more quickly, and be
more pliable for industrial bread baking. As a consequence, 50-60 years ago
wheat containing only five
percent gluten has become 50 percent gluten today.
Agricultural resources used the hybrid process for wheat to accommodate the
baking industry's mechanical requirements of pliable proteins, leading to the
10-fold increase of wheat's gluten.
The processed food industry's concern for production efficiency and perception
of consumer demands has focused on the bottom line with the usual disregard to
negative health consequences.
Slightly different high speed methods of baking evolved over time. By
artificially bleaching flour and adding "improvers" with often toxic additives
and mixing the dough violently, loaves of bread could be baked, cooled, and
packaged within a few, short hours. Cheap, unhealthy foods for many with massive
profits for a few.
This is beginning to change with measures that seem to offset gluten's damage
for some. For example, Whole Foods has their own bakery providing fresh breads
daily without bromides, which can displace the thyroid gland's iodine contents
and create hypothyroidism.
Other local bakeries may provide sprouted grain and real sourdough breads,
which even some celiac sufferers manage to consume without adverse reactions.
If you wish to cut out wheat products completely, beware of gluten free
products. Most contain high glycemic substitutes and GMOs. (http://www.naturalnews.com/037494_gluten-free_gmos_gm_corn.html)
Sources for this article include:
http://www.greenmedinfo.com
http://www.greenmedinfo.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/037575_gluten_wheat_grains.html