Category Archives: Wheat Gluten

Involvement of innate immunity in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

July 28, 2010 – 12:44 pm

<Note: The nature of wheat changed greatly with the Industrial Revolution as local varieties were replaced by standardized ones.> 1: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Jun;1051:787-98. Involvement of innate immunity in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune  diseases. Tlaskalová-Hogenová H, Tucková L, Stepánková R, Hudcovic T, Palová-Jelínková L, Kozáková H, Rossmann P, Sanchez D, [...]

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Wheat, Intolerance, and PD

February 20, 2010 – 2:35 pm

I want to speculate a little more than I normally would, mainly because I haven’t finished researching this topic yet. I have been thinking about wheat, of course, and that has led to some interesting questions. What if our food is trying to kill us? I don’t mean that our poor choices of fatty snacks [...]

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Wheat Gluten Redux

February 16, 2010 – 12:01 am

Ever notice how some people have to learn the same lesson repeatedly? Like, “Don’t stick your finger in that light socket?” Perhaps I am being a bit hard on myself, but once again I curse the wheat plant for its delicious treachery. I found a nice MSG-free Chinese restaurant last week and have eaten there [...]

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An Experience with Wheat Gluten

August 23, 2009 – 1:31 am

The following is reproduced from my posting on a forum for PWP beginning three days ago. The experience has been interesting, to say the least: _____________________________________ “Over the last four weeks I seem to have improved considerably. Some particular changes: 1) I was routinely being forced to call it quits by mid-day. I would make [...]

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