I avoid all grains for my health, because I feel a thousand times better when I am grain free and because
I think grain consumption is the cause of the national obesity crisis.
Not exact matches
Whilst we need quality carbohydrates in our diets (
think whole
grains), we don't actually need any free sugar, and excess
consumption is linked to a range of health problems such as obesity, Type - 2 Diabetes and tooth decay.
I don't
think that
grains dissuade
consumption, as we can easily digest them, and the whole world eats them every day.
An observation linking phytate
consumption with good bone health is much more likely to be a result of the participants adapting to their high - phytate diet via lessening their calcium excretion — just because phytates chelate some of the nutrients doesn't mean that a high - phytate diet can't be better for bone health than a terrible low - phytate diet (
think refined
grains, poor fats, low calcium, low vitamin D, and so on).
While I might not pursue with the 100 %
grain free challenge, I'm
thinking of permanently reducing my
grain consumption... and I mean drastically reducing.
Although gluten probably does account for some problems with
grain consumption, «I
think that
grain - free diets, if they are also soy free and contain protein from animals not fed GM crops, can help many dogs, due to being GM free — and not due to some allergy or gluten issue.»
Barber is an outspoken critic of the current food production system and a strong believer in the power of cooking to counteract rampant food waste; but he also insists on the need for people to
think about their overall diets in terms of waste, primarily by reducing meat
consumption and prioritizing vegetables and
grains.