"Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" Reviewedhttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/06/21/fat-land-review.aspxSome Valid Points But Several Crucial Oversights and Misconceptions A Review by Joel Kauffman, PhD ( kauffman37 @ yahoo.com ) With a prolific talent for writing that gets him published in USA Today, Harper’s Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times, amongenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)re: "Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" Reviewedhttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/06/21/fat-land-review.aspx#36917Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:48:19 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:36917Deichelbohrer<p>I was wondering if the consumption of wheat (products) or gluten has been studied in connection with high blood pressure. &nbsp;Gluten is used to thicken almost anything in cooking. &nbsp;It seems to me that some of it could get into a persons blood and thicken all of the fluids in our bodies such as blood and senovial fluids. &nbsp; It seems to be happening to me.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=36917" width="1" height="1">