PRIMAL NUTRITION - WHY GRAINS ARE

UNHEALTHY AND DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS!

By Steve J Adams

PRIMAL NUTRITION - WHY GRAINS ARE UNHEALTHY AND DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS!

BY STEVE J ADAMS

When speaking with people about primal/paleo, the devastation and shock that comes

across that person's face immediately after I say "grains are unhealthy" is a completely

expected and reasonable way to react. I mean, how could someone say that? We've all

been told about the so-called "health, whole grains" as an antithesis to the "heart-attack

inducing saturated fats", and these notions usually come from reputable sources. So when

primal comes along and turns someone's world upside down, I expect them to be

skeptical!

So let's get down to business. Why are grains so unhealthy for humans?

The Foundations

Way back before agriculture, humans predominately ate plants, animals, fruits, nuts and

seeds. We hunted; we gathered. This went on for a very long time, until somewhere along

the line (roughly 10,000 years ago, actually) agriculture came into existence and grains

(wheat, pasta, rice, corn, rye, barley) became an integral part of the human diet.

Yes, grains are:

robust

inexpensive

filling

...but they are not nearly as nutritionally-dense as the primal alternatives; in fact, they

cause some serious damage. 2

Grains = Sugar

Well, maybe not literally, but to the human body, wheat is the same as sugar. Let's say you

eat a slice of bread - whole grain or white, it doesn't matter. What happens next?

Your body converts the bread into glucose (sugar!);

Sugar moves into the bloodstream;

Insulin is sent to transport the sugar out of the bloodstream

...and eventually to various parts of the body (liver, muscle, fat cells)

When this happens chronically (see: anyone who eats grains and sugar on a daily basis),

we become insulin resistant. This leads to increased fat storage and risk of diabetes,

among other things.

Chronic Grain Eating = Inflammation

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What is inflammation? Think of the redness and swelling that you experience when you

get cut. That's it. It's a great mechanism for our body to speed up healing, but when we

chronically eat grains, we induce a low-level grade of inflammation that is across our entire

body (chronic systemic inflammation). In short, inflammation is being exposed as the root

cause of much of humanity's disease, including heart disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, and

more. To go a bit deeper with this: omega 6 fatty acids, found bountifully in grains, are

pro-inflammatory. Good thing we have omega 3s!

How About the Fiber?

Other than the fact that vegetables contain enough fiber for our diets (so long as we get

enough of them), fiber is also purported to be a cause of many of the problems that

conventional wisdom claims it cures.

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In A Nutshell

Humans aren't meant to eat grains (wheat, pasta, rice, corn, rye, barley). Grain

consumption leads to increased fat storage and systemic inflammation, which in turn leads

to a host of diseases.

Source: WellNut.com

Written by Steve Adams of Wellnut.com, a health and wellness blog made simple.

Wellness in a nutshell!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Steve_J_Adams

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