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"Because it is made with wheat straw, wheat board is an annually renewable product and helps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Cabinet interiors in standard maple plywood also come with FSC-certified CollinsWood particleboard and plywood. Here's the irony: all this great kitchen cabinetry comes from a company whose president is a retired U.S. Army colonel, Rick Fields. Visit them at www.neilkelly.com. Poliform, an Italian company, adheres to greenhouse reducing guidelines." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Patients with IBS commonly can't tolerate a number of foods, including milk, wheat, eggs, and fresh fruits and vegetables. IBS patients do not, however, have a greater lactase deficiency (the enzyme that digests dairy products) or inability to absorb sugars (like fructose) when measured in the laboratory, although they may have more symptoms when exposed to these compounds outside the lab. A variety of herbs, food products, and other supplements have been promoted for the treatment of bowel symptoms, constipation and dyspepsia." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"As alternatives, choose products made from other grains such as brown rice, rye, and barley, or ancient wheat strains such as spelt and kamut. Among the best are millet and quinoa. Five White Poisons Five white foods—sugar, salt, white flour, white rice, and pasteurized milk—are often referred to as the "five white poisons." This is because they contain little, if any, nutrition, and all produce acid in the body. They draw on the body's nutrient resources while being digested. None of these foods should be included in one's diet because they are health depleting. They are incomplete foods." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "The main sources of B vitamins are liver, brewer's yeast, wheat germ, and rice polishings. When supplementing, we should always look to food sources that supply the whole complex of vitamin B rather than taking the chemical versions of individual, or combination, vitamins. The body only recognizes nutrition from whole, living foods and herbs as complete vitamin sources. Iron Closely related to the B vitamins for energy production is iron. A deficiency of this mineral can lead to anemia, with symptoms such as fatigue, short attention span, weight loss, and irritability." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"For IBS, food-elimination diets—with elimination of wheat, eggs, dairy products, and fresh fruits and vegetables, depending on the sensitivity of the individual patient—have been attempted with varying success. FOOD ALLERGENS The role of food allergens in IBS and dyspepsia is unclear. In certain people some foods may mediate an immune response, characterized by the release of immune mediators like IgE and IgG4. In a subgroup of IBS patients these types of reactions may contribute to their symptoms." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Lightly toasted whole grain bread (preferably not wheat) and butter. þCooked cereal grains, served with a nut or seed milk made in the blender, plus a little honey or maple syrup as desired. þSprouted seeds and grains with mashed banana and natural strawberry jam. Optional—add blackstrap molasses, lecithin, ground flax seed and/or a balanced oil blend. Chew slowly and thoroughly. þMorning pep drink meal (see appendix 7). LUNCH ALTERNATIVES þGreen smoothie. þRaw crackers with hummus or avocado." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "The main sources of iron are red meat, liver, dried fruit, egg yolks, sardines, spinach, broccoli, wheat germ, and brown barley. Vegetarians especially can become iron deficient due to an insufficient intake of foods that contain iron. Attention should be given to ensure sufficient iron is being obtained from several different food sources or from whole food mineral supplements. RAISING OUR ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL Our magnificent human body has a tremendous ability to draw on and enhance the universal energy that is freely accessible to us all." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Manufacturers add nutrients only because the natural ones in the wheat have been removed along with the fiber. People today feel wise when they order whole wheat or rye toast, another triumph of marketing and labeling, because the term whole wheat is almost meaningless. The bread may have more nutrients, but the flour is still highly refined. That label does not signify that you're getting the entire grain of wheat, fiber and all, as you should—that's only in whole grain bread. And whole grain bread is rarely found in a supermarket or a restaurant breakfast table." - Arthur Agatston, M.D., The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"VA cups all-purpose flour XA cup whole wheat flour A cup oats 14 cup flaxseed meal (ground flaxseeds) 2 tablespoons wheat germ 1 lA teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons flaxseeds canola oil Sprinkle the yeast into a large mixing bowl, add the water, and let stand for 5 minutes to activate the yeast. Add the honey. Combine 1 !4 cups of all-purpose flour, the whole wheat flour, oats, the flaxseed meal, the wheat germ, and the salt in a small bowl. Add the flour mixture to the yeast mixture, and stir until a soft dough forms (the dough will feel tacky)." - Andrew L. Stoll, The Omega-3 Connection: The Groundbreaking Anti-depression Diet and Brain Program (Get the book.)

"Whole wheat Pita Pocket with Lettuce, Tomato, and Eggplant Hummus Spread Pita Pockets 2 whole wheat pita pockets 1 small head of lettuce 1 large or 2 small tomatoes, thinly sliced Lightly toast or warm pita pockets. Add thin layers of lettuce and tomatoes. Eggplant Hummus 1 eggplant baked at 350 degrees for 45 minutes 1 cup cooked or canned garbanzo beans (chickpeas) 2 Tbsp. tahini 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/2 cup bean liquid (from the garbanzo beans) or water 1 Tbsp. onion flakes Blend all ingredients in a blender until creamy smooth." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition (Get the book.)

"If you have celiac disease or are sensitive to wheat, rye, or other grains that contain gluten, use barley and barley extract cautiously. Carnitine Carnitine is a derivative of the amino acids lysine and methionine. It is involved in energy production and specifically assists with the oxidation of glucose. Several published scientific studies have shown that carnitine supplementation supports insulin sensitivity and optimizes blood glucose levels. Carnitine has also been shown to decrease fat levels in muscle." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Food allergies have been reported for milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat. An allergist can use blood tests or skin pricks to test you for specific foods. WEIGHT Obesity can also play a significant role in gastrointestinal problems. Many people with dyspepsia are overweight. Studies have shown that obese people have more gastric reflux than people of normal weight. Obesity promotes dysfunction of the esophagus (remember my uncle?), which leads to reflux. If you are grossly overweight, you need to find a way to lose weight to help your gastrointestinal problems." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"As I've mentioned, giving up gluten and casein means giving up two of America's favorite staples: wheat and dairy products. These two food categories are absolutely ubiquitous in our dietary culture. In addition, these two food categories also compose many of kids' favorite fun-foods. Therefore, it can be a real struggle to put kids on the GF/CF diet. But it is eminently worth the effort. In fact, it is sometimes almost impossible for children with pronounced symptoms of the 4-A disorders to heal unless they do go on the GF/CF diet." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Traditional Sardinians, Nicoyans, and Okinawans ate what they produced in their gardens, supplemented by staples: durum wheat (Sardinia), sweet potato (Okinawa), or maize (Nicoya). Strict Adventists avoid meat entirely. They take their dietary cues directly from Genesis 1:29 . . . Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Check labels—look for the words "whole-wheat" in the ingredients; if "wheat flour" or "enriched wheat flour" is listed, it's not whole-wheat bread. Tame your sugar impulses. The average American eats about 100 pounds of sugar a year. Besides causing tooth decay, sugar is a problem because it provides "empty" calories. The sheer volume of sugar that people consume substitutes for food with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other needed nutrients. Sugar is often accompanied by fat in foods such as cakes, pastries, pies, cookies, ice cream, and chocolate." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"In the wild, wheat and barley shatter spontaneously, catapulting seeds. Early in the Neolithic revolution, we chose to cultivate nonexploding?or indehiscent—varieties. The ancestral versions of fruits like cardamoms, peas, lentils and flax dispersed themselves mechanically. Human intervention has taught them to keep their big mouths shut. Dehiscent pomegranates, once painted on the shields of ancient Persians, were the inspiration for explosive hand grenades (grenade means pomegranate in French)." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"While experimenting with shredded wheat cereal, Kellogg and his brother, W. K. Kellogg, accidentally discovered the process for creating flaked cereal. W. K. formed the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906. Kellogg was also convinced by his younger brother Will to market his new breakfast foods in what became the wildly successful Kellogg Company, still one of the largest employers in Battle Creek. He died in 1943 at the age of 91. Ellen G." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"On the other hand, if the gas is the result of a GI disorder, the floaters can signal celiac disease (aka sprue, a condition in which a person cannot digest gluten, which is found predominantly in wheat). Floating stools are also seen with IBS or IBD. (See Frequent Farting, above.) People with these GI problems often have diarrhea along with the floating feces. GREASY, SMELLY STOOLS If you notice your floating stools have foul-smelling, you have the classic signs of steatorrhea, an abnormally high level of fat in the stool." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Figs, wheat, barley, peas and beans were the earliest crops domesticated at the beginning of the Neolithic revolution. By 4000 b.c., inhabitants of the Fertile Crescent were growing olives, dates, pomegranates and grapes. Land-owning Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks enjoyed a slim selection of hard-to-grow fruits, which were widely cultivated during the Roman empire. Caesars returned from overseas victories bearing never-before-seen fruits as talismans. Planting throughout the empire, Romans brought seeds wherever they roamed." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Table 2: Whole Grains Amaranth Barley Brown rice Buckwheat Oats Quinoa Rye Sorghum Bulgur (cracked wheat) Spelt Kamut Teff Millet Wild rice Whole grains contain vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other nutrients that work together to protect our health. Whole grains contain many nutrients, are especially high in B-vitamins, and contain a wide range of minerals. Whole grains contain all three parts of the grain (the bran, germ, and endosperm) and are slower to break down, making it easier for your body to regulate them." - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"Low glycemic response to traditionally processed wheat and rye products: bulgur and pumpernickel bread. Am J Clin Nutr. 1986;43:516-520. Pereira Mark A et al. Effect of whole grains on insulin sensitivity in overweight hyper-insulinemic adults. Nutr Cancer. 1998;30(2):85-96. Whey www.wheyoflife.org; www.wheyprotein.com Agin D, et al. Effects of whey protein and resistance exercise on body composition and muscle strength in women with HIV infection. AIDS. 2001 Dec 7; 15(18): 2431-2440. Aoe S et al." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Definitely allergic to dairy and wheat. Loves his chicken nuggets. Is all this common?" "It seems to be." She told me more about Paul's life-the story I told you-and by the end of it I was certain that Paul had a clear case of regressive autism, a disorder in which children begin to develop normally, but then regress severely after a sudden assault upon their vulnerable, undeveloped systems. Regressive autism is the type of autism that has soared in incidence over the past twenty years. It now accounts for the vast majority of all current cases." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"You want to avoid foods whose first few ingredients contain white flour (called wheat flour) and any type of sweetener, such as corn syrup. Ingredients are listed on the label according to quantity, in descending order based on weight (from most to least). As a general rule of thumb, if the list of ingredients is long and you cannot pronounce most of them, there are probably a lot of chemical additives in the product, and you're risking your health by eating it." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"This means no wheat, and no dairy products. In some kids, these foods cause horrible neurological and gastrointestinal problems. • Carbohydrates are limited for some kids, to stabilize their blood sugar, and to improve the health of their gastrointestinal systems. Low blood sugar can trigger some autistic and ADHD symptoms. 2. Supplementation Therapy • Detoxifying supplements, such as methyl-B-12, folinic acid, and dimethylglycine, are tremendous for restoring the detoxifying process of methylation." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Some Food Sources for Insoluble Fiber cauliflower potato skins dried beans root vegetable skins flaxseed sour plums fruit skins wheat bran popcorn whole-grain breads whole-grain cereals whole-grain oatmeal whole-grain pasta Some Food Sources for Soluble Fiber apples cranberries oranges barley lentils peaches beets oat bran peas carrots Toxins that mimic the female hormone estrogen can have devastating effects on a woman's natural hormonal cycle, fertility, and general health. Many researchers believe fiber may help in fighting breast cancer." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Mochi bake-and-serve rice squares are dairy free, wheat free, and gluten free and have no cholesterol. They come in different flavors like raisin cinnamon, plain, and chocolate. To prepare, all you do is pop them in the oven and bake for eight to ten minutes. You can find mochi on the web (www.grainaissance.com/mochi.html) or in health-food stores. • Oatmeal. You can buy organic ready-cut oats in bulk for just a few dollars. To prepare, cook oats in boiling water for three minutes." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"MAI-FU English Name: Wheaten Bran In China wheaten meal is of a very good quality since only tiny amounts of bran and wheat germ (high-fiber food sources) are removed from the flour, due to the rough mode of grinding the meal. By contrast, for many years the mills of flour industries of Western nations have been removing all the bran and wheat germ from the flour by means of modern refining methods." - Richard Lucas, Secrets of the Chinese Herbalists (Get the book.)

"Common food allergens include fish, shellfish, milk, soy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, and tree nuts like walnuts and cashews. • Talk to your pediatrician about the use of specific natural health product supplements, like probiotics and essential fatty acids, that may lower your child's risk of developing allergies. Probiotic lactobacillus had been shown to reduce hereditary eczema and cow's milk allergies. I also highly recommend getting a neti pot, which you can buy at Whole Foods and a number of other natural-health retailers for about fifteen dollars." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"You can try shredded wheat instead of Rice Krispies. Or you can have oatmeal, which is the best of all because so much of its fiber is soluble. Whole grain foods are more complex and give your body a solid, consistent fuel to draw from. When you first looked at the list of white things, were you surprised to see how many of the foods you love were in that column? Sugar-sensitive people love white things—sometimes even more than ice cream or other sweet treats. It might spook you to think of not eating white things. Some people love breads more than anything. If so, be gentle with yourself." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"All of our uncertainties about nutrition should not obscure the plain fact that the chronic diseases that now kill most of us can be traced directly to the industrialization of our food: the rise of highly processed foods and refined grains; the use of chemicals to raise plants and animals in huge monocultures; the superabundance of cheap calories of sugar and fat produced by modern agriculture; and the narrowing of the biological diversity of the human diet to a tiny handful of staple crops, notably wheat, corn, and soy." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

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