Dr. Mercola's Comments: The above was forwarded to me by one of my patients, Anna Schneiderman. We all need a laugh once in a while and this is as good a time as any. But on a more serious note, I continue to remain convinced that most of us do not benefit from eating grains. I studied nutrition for many years before I reached this conclusion. 20 years ago I was known as "Dr. Fiber" in medical school. It took me nearly 15 years after that to develop a profound appreciation of the damage that grains can cause in our diet. The simple problem is that although whole grains are called "complex" carbohydrates, clinically they do not function like them. They function more like simple sugars. The complex carbohydrates are the above ground vegetables. They are both made from simple sugars, but the linking in the vegetables is far more interlinked. These different links require a large number of protein enzymes to break. The large number of different links thus delay the release of the sugars from the vegetables into the blood stream thus minimizing insulin release into the blood. Hopefully, by now, you realize that the elevated insulin levels are what appear to be causing most of the chronic disease. If we can keep our insulin levels low we will increase our chances of staying healthy. 1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users. 2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests. 3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations. 4. Every piece of bread you eat brings you nearer to death. 5. Bread is associated with all the major diseases of the body. For example, nearly all sick people have eaten bread. The effects are obviously cumulative: 99.9% of all people who die from cancer have eaten bread. 99.7% of the people involved in air and auto accidents ate bread within 6 months preceding the accident. 93.1% of juvenile delinquents came from homes where bread is served frequently. 6. Evidence points to the long-term effects of bread eating: Of all the people born since 1839 who later dined on bread, there has been a 100% mortality rate. 7. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as a teaspoon of dough can be used to suffocate a lab rat. The average American eats more bread than that in one day! 8. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis. 9. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat begged for bread after as little as two days. 10. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter, and even cold cuts. 11. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 80 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person. 12. Newborn babies can choke on bread. 13. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute. 14. Most bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling. In light of these frightening statistics, we propose the following bread restrictions: 1. No sale of bread to minors. 2. A nationwide "Just Say No To Toast" campaign, complete celebrity TV spots and bumper stickers. 3. A 300 percent federal tax on all bread to pay for all the societal ills we might associate with bread. 4. No animal or human images, nor any primary colors (which may appeal to children) may be used to promote bread usage. 5. The establishment of "Bread-free" zones around schools. Related Articles: Lower Your Grains & Lower Your Insulin Levels! Low Grain and Carbohydrate Diets The Awful Truth About Eating Grains
The above was forwarded to me by one of my patients, Anna Schneiderman.
We all need a laugh once in a while and this is as good a time as any. But on a more serious note, I continue to remain convinced that most of us do not benefit from eating grains.
I studied nutrition for many years before I reached this conclusion. 20 years ago I was known as "Dr. Fiber" in medical school. It took me nearly 15 years after that to develop a profound appreciation of the damage that grains can cause in our diet.
The simple problem is that although whole grains are called "complex" carbohydrates, clinically they do not function like them. They function more like simple sugars.
The complex carbohydrates are the above ground vegetables. They are both made from simple sugars, but the linking in the vegetables is far more interlinked. These different links require a large number of protein enzymes to break.
The large number of different links thus delay the release of the sugars from the vegetables into the blood stream thus minimizing insulin release into the blood.
Hopefully, by now, you realize that the elevated insulin levels are what appear to be causing most of the chronic disease. If we can keep our insulin levels low we will increase our chances of staying healthy.
1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations.
4. Every piece of bread you eat brings you nearer to death.
5. Bread is associated with all the major diseases of the body. For example, nearly all sick people have eaten bread. The effects are obviously cumulative:
99.9% of all people who die from cancer have eaten bread. 99.7% of the people involved in air and auto accidents ate bread within 6 months preceding the accident. 93.1% of juvenile delinquents came from homes where bread is served frequently.
6. Evidence points to the long-term effects of bread eating: Of all the people born since 1839 who later dined on bread, there has been a 100% mortality rate.
7. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as a teaspoon of dough can be used to suffocate a lab rat. The average American eats more bread than that in one day!
8. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.
9. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat begged for bread after as little as two days.
10. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter, and even cold cuts.
11. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 80 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person.
12. Newborn babies can choke on bread.
13. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute.
14. Most bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
In light of these frightening statistics, we propose the following bread restrictions:
1. No sale of bread to minors.
2. A nationwide "Just Say No To Toast" campaign, complete celebrity TV spots and bumper stickers.
3. A 300 percent federal tax on all bread to pay for all the societal ills we might associate with bread.
4. No animal or human images, nor any primary colors (which may appeal to children) may be used to promote bread usage.
5. The establishment of "Bread-free" zones around schools.
Related Articles:
Lower Your Grains & Lower Your Insulin Levels! Low Grain and Carbohydrate Diets The Awful Truth About Eating Grains
Lower Your Grains & Lower Your Insulin Levels!
Low Grain and Carbohydrate Diets
The Awful Truth About Eating Grains
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