LOL.....

Your comment honestly made me Laugh Out Loud!  Loved it!

Yeah, I am with you Kelly, I have been making bread (grinding wheat) for years and it is wonderful and I make it with no sugar, just two T of honey in a loaf.  Once you eat 'real' bread with freshly ground wheat, you can taste how rich and good it is compared to store bought, which I call dust.  Of course, we eat a balanced diet to go with the bread so I am not sure if Dr M doesn't like real bread either.  Most people won't go to the trouble of learning how to do it, but it is so worth it.  Christ ate bread after fasting 40 days, and it was likely the good kind. When He taught us the Lords prayer, He told us to ask for our "daily bread".  Store bought bread is made from wheat that was ground who knows how long ago, but we are to make our bread daily for optimum health, as the Isrealites wandering the desert could only collect a days with of Manna(except on sabbath they could collect two days worth) (a perfect food).  When they tried to collect more, it rotted.

Lesson being, conveniences of processed food hurts our health.  We need to find joy in preparing good food to benifit our families.  Happy Cooking!  

(once you get a grinder and breakmaker, its not much trouble.  I can grind and prepare a loaf now in under 10 minutes and let the bread machine do the rest)

I had the same question a year ago.  Many people have problem w/ grains, even w/o the sugar & HFCS in nearly all storebought bread.  Those that don't, & even homemade grains, often cause problems after a lifetime of eating far too many of them, combined w/ the fact that nearly all wheat is hybridized to have a very high amount of gluten.  Add in the number of us w/ leaky guts due to the rhizomes put out by the yeast in our guts, & many people have low or severe allergies to wheat - the low ones are doing damage w/o knowing it.

Even for those who aren't allergic or sensitive to grains or gluten - too many grains feed sugar addiction.  After years of trying to get rid of sugar, I finally had success when I 1)increased the natural fats in my diet & 2)stopped eating grains for a month.  Without grains, my sugar cravings faded away quickly (b/c grains feed the yeast which cause the cravings).  I then added them back in moderation, whole only, & only when soaked, sprouted, or soured (traditional societies knew that grains are hard to digest unless one of these things is done to predigest it - that's why whole grains have a bad rep for causing gas).  Never again the absurd 7-11 svgs/day rec'd by the food pyramid.

Grains *are* full of nutrients - but so are well-raised meats & produce.  There are no "essential" carbs, unlike essential fats & essential proteins (amino acids).  Neither athletes, nor anyone else, need them for energy.  Read about the great explorers, heroes, etc, throughout history - while packing some grains in case they ran out of food, the overwhelming majority of their diet was wild game.  Grains are a helpful source, but we have made them the bulk of our diet.  Since our bodies aren't made for that, we do so at our peril.

I used to call myself a breadaholic in jest.  When I realized it was literally true, I cut grains entirely until the yeast subsided.  The puffiness I thought was normal in my belly disappeared.  Now I enjoy 1-3 svgs/day w/o issue.

Almost all grains are ACID-FORMING, and our blood needs to be slightly alkaline not only for "our" health, but for "their" health -- they being the friendly bacteria that colonize us. Read the pH Miracle by Dr. Robert O. Young for the lowdown. According to his research, the most acid-forming grains are the most commonly ingested ones worldwide: rice and wheat. Buckwheat is alkaline forming. So, if you are going to eat grains, eat whole grains in moderation. As for the skin, dry skin brushing with a natural bristle brush (plant or animal) is the key for exfoliation; use natural soap only where you sweat. Health and peace.

I'd really like to know why mercola is always putting the smack down on fruit - our most natural food suited for humans - yet promotes meat and dairy which are quite unnatural. we don't have claws or sharp teeth to catch and slay other animals and you don't see other mammals sucking on the teats of other mammals. we see fresh vibrant fruit and we eat it, what is so hard to understand.

What about my oatmeal in the morning? I try to soak it and only use hot water rather than a microwave to heat it. Any comments anyone?

Marco in Dallas.

Actually, Quinoa and amaranth are not grains, they are seeds ;D. Just remember to soak them for at least 12 hrs before you cook them.