Wheat: 200 Clinically Confirmed Reasons Not To Eat It
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Wheat: 200 Clinically Confirmed Reasons Not To Eat It
by Sayer Ji
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With sales of foods labeled gluten free now reaching over 6 billion dollars a year, something truly profound is happening to the way in which Americans are perceiving the role of wheat in their diets. Once celebrated as the very poster-child of the health food movement, folks are increasingly rejecting this “king of grains,” and are now identifying it as being at the very root of their health problems.
Detractors claim that the movement is just a fad, or worse, that those who have embarked upon it without an official diagnosis are a bit crazy. After all, simply “feeling better” following gluten elimination is not considered to be proof of anything within the conventional medical system. Biopsies, antibody, and genetic tests later, if nothing is found, and you still think gluten – this ‘sacred,’ omnipresent grain – is a problem, you might just get referred to a psychiatrist.
But anecdotes and “subjective experience” aside, the type of clinical research that constitutes “Truth,” with a capital T, from the perspective of the dominant medical establishment, can be found on the National Library of Medicine’s biomedical database known as MEDLINE. This vast bibliographic archive contains over 30 million citation entries, which as of time of this writing, contains 17,943 references to gluten.
There has been a sharp increase in interest and research on the topic of “gluten intolerance” – although we prefer to label the subject “gluten toxicity,” in order to shift the focus away from the “victim” back to the “aggressor,” the gluten itself. In 1971, there were 71 studies listed on MEDLINE which referenced gluten. Last year in 2021, there were 1,130.
One of our many interests here at GreenMedInfo.com is to identify “Problem Substances,” which is why we have created an index by that name with 698 subjects listed from A-Z. If you navigate to WHEAT under the “W’s” you will find a list under “Advanced Topics” with 230 health conditions and/or adverse health effects associated with wheat consumption, all of which were determined solely through research in peer-reviewed and published medical journals indexed on MEDLINE.
You will also find, below the listed diseases, a “pharmacological actions” field set which lists 20 distinct ways in which wheat harms the body, e.g. nerve-damaging (neurotoxic), immune-damaging (immunoreactive), inflammatory, etc.
At present, the conventional medical establishment only identifies a handful of disorders likely to be caused by wheat consumption, such as:
- Wheat Allergy
- Celiac Disease
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Exercise-Induced Wheat Anaphylaxis
These conditions, however, are but the tip of a massive “celiac” iceberg. In a previous essay, The Dark Side of Wheat, we discussed the problem from a more philosophical perspective. There is now, however, a huge dataset firmly establishing the likelihood that wheat intolerance, or better yet, wheat toxicity, is a universal, human species-specific problem, occurring only in differing degrees, and mostly sub-clinically, at least through the optic of conventional screenings and technologies.
One must also account for the “invisible thorn,” which is wheat lectin – known more technically as Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA) — and which can cause a broad range of adverse health effects, even while being undetected through conventional screenings. Learn more about this topic in our essay Opening Pandora’s Bread Box: The Critical Role of Wheat Lectin in Human Disease.
In order to fully appreciate the extent of damage wheat and/or gluten consumption can have on the body, included “sprouted wheat” (since WGA is still present), view the screenshot from our Wheat page below:Quick Summary: 230 associated Diseases
Quick Summary: 22 associated Adverse Pharmacological Actions
| Name | Cumulative Knowledge | Article Count | Focus Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurotoxic | 287 | 23 |  |
| Immunoreactive | 128 | 13 | |
| Immunotoxic | 99 | 9 | |
| Teratogenic | 91 | 4 | |
| Inflammatory | 40 | 6 | |
| Interleukin-15 downregulation | 22 | 2 | |
| Proliferative | 20 | 1 | |
| Nephrotoxic | 13 | 2 | |
| Diabetogenic | 12 | 4 | |
| Allergenic | 11 | 2 | |
| Cardiotoxic | 10 | 1 | |
| Endocrine Disruptor | 6 | 2 | |
| Immunosuppressive | 5 | 1 | |
| Cytotoxic | 4 | 4 | |
| Endocrine Disruptor: Insulin Resistance | 2 | 1 | |
| Endocrine Disruptor: Pancreas | 2 | 1 | |
| Serotonin Down-Regulation | 2 | 1 | |
| Interleukin-4 Up-Regulation | 1 | 1 | |
| Oxidant | 1 | 1 | |
| Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C Up-Regulation | 1 | 1 | |
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Diseases
Oxidative Stress6,687Inflammation6,097Diabetes Mellitus: Type 23,330Breast Cancer3,248Cancers: All2,268Osteoporosis1,723Asthma1,612Atherosclerosis1,543Multiple Sclerosis1,238Insulin Resistance1,169Osteoarthritis715Atopic Dermatitis679Psoriasis665Autism Spectrum Disorders648Rheumatoid Arthritis632Diabetes Mellitus: Type 1555Schizophrenia479Liver Fibrosis465Dementia403Epilepsy402Irritable Bowel Syndrome392Autoimmune Diseases374Stroke372Thyroid Cancer324Multiple Myeloma304Celiac Disease299Hypothyroidism295Constipation284Coronary Artery Disease282Infertility: Female234Allergies222Pancreatitis216Food Allergies211Diarrhea199Cardiomyopathy198Kidney Cancer198Huntington Disease187Lymphoma177Gastrointestinal Inflammation172Seizures170Autism168Brain: Microglial Activation143Thrombosis130Liver Disease121Immune Disorders: Low Immune Function118Systemic Lupus Erythematosus114Drug Toxicity: Methotrexate113Kidney Stones105Uveitis104Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity100Gluten Sensitivity99Psychiatric Disorders97Graves Disease95Headache93Infertility88Kidney Diseases81Gastrointestinal Diseases78Carpal Tunnel Syndrome76IgA Nephropathy76Peripheral Neuropathies76Urticaria75Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder71Hyperinsulinism68Abortion: Spontaneous66Migraine Disorders65Mortality: All-Cause63Osteopenia63Gastroesophageal Reflux62Sjogren’s Syndrome60Allergy: Cow’s Milk58Anemia56Hyperthyroidism56Cholestasis55Myopathies54Demyelinating Diseases50Restless Legs Syndrome49Miscarriage47Neurologic Disorders46Intestinal Permeability45Guillain-Barre Syndrome43Anaphylaxis41Folic Acid/Folate Deficiency41Aphthous Ulcer38Autoimmune Thyroiditis37Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma36Clotting34Stomatitis: Aphthous34Diabetes: Glycation/A1C33Organ Transplantation: Liver32Hepatitis: Autoimmune30Down Syndrome28Diarrhea: in Children27Psychoses27IgE-Mediated Hypersensitivity26Urolithiasis25Atopic Dermatitis: Infant & Childhood21Brain Injury: Hippocampal Damage21Serotonin Disorders20Attention Deficit Disorder19Blood-Brain-Barrier Disorders18Glomerulonephritis17Malabsorption Syndrome15Myocarditis: Autoimmune15Celiac Disease: Diagnostic Considerations14Ectopic Calcification14Food Allergies: Wheat14HPA Axis Dysregulation14Infant Nutrition14Thyroid Nodule14Diarrhea: IBS associated13Gynecomastia13Insulin: Elevated13Child Mortality11Neuromyelitis Optica11Enteropathy10Insulin Disorders10A1C8Eosinophilic esophagitis8Food Poisoning8Mania: Acute8Miscarriage: Recurrent8Tremor8Anaphylaxis: Exercise-Induced7Ataxia7Ataxia: Cerebellar7Casein Intolerance7Encephalopathies7Polyneuropathies7Cirrhosis: Liver6Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage6Osteomalacia6Rett Syndrome6Small-for-gestational-age infant6Celiac Disease: Prevention5Cerebellar Ataxia5Dermatitis Herpetiformis5Low Immune Function: Thymus Dysfunction5Meniere’s Disease5Polyarthritis5Pregnancy: Prevention of Problems5Children: Impaired Growth4Epilepsy: With Cerebral Calcifications4Lectin-Induced Toxicity4Macroamylasemia4Acquired hypogammaglobulinemia3Cerebral Calcifications3Gluten Ataxia3Hypocalcemia3Male Hormone Imbalances3Myelopathy3Parathyroid Diseases3Splenic Diseases3Ataxia: Idiopathic2Food Allergy: Immunoglobulin E-mediated2Hydronephrosis2Hypertransaminasemia2IgA rheumatoid factor: elevated2Lane-Hamilton syndrome2Myopathies: Inflammatory2Nervous System Diseases2Neuropathy2Pituitary Diseases2Prolactin Hypersecretion Syndrome2Prolactin: Inappropriate Secretion2Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 22Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)2Thyroid Neoplasms2Ataxia: Dominant1Ataxia: Sporadic1CNS White Matter Abnormalities1Celiac Disease: Early Onset1Cholestasis: Autoimmune1Chorea1Chronic Constipation, Children1Colitis: Collagenous1Conjunctival Tumor1Enamel Defects1End-Stage Autoimmune Liver Disease (ESALD)1Facial Palsy1Glucagon: Excess Secretion1Hippocampal Sclerosis1Hyperamylasemia1Hypogammaglobulinemia1Insulinitis1Microscopic Colitis Syndrome1Mucosa: Flattened1Neurological Illness: GAD antibody-associated1Nightshade Foods Intolerance1Osteogenesis Imperfecta1Palmoplantar Pustulosis1Parathyroid adenoma1Sensory Neuropathies1Splenic Calcifications1Stiff-Person Syndrome1Thymus Atrophy1Turner Syndrome1Urinary Stone Disease1
Pharmacological Actions
Cytotoxic246Proliferative113Interleukin-15 downregulation3
Adverse Pharmacological Actions
Neurotoxic763Cardiotoxic249Oxidant249Inflammatory187Immunotoxic136Cytotoxic125Endocrine Disruptor106Teratogenic70Immunoreactive65Diabetogenic58Immunosuppressive56Nephrotoxic52Endocrine Disruptor: Insulin Resistance37Proliferative14Allergenic6Endocrine Disruptor: Pancreas2Interleukin-15 downregulation2Serotonin Down-Regulation2Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C Up-Regulation2Interleukin-4 Up-Regulation1
Problem Substances
Wheat111Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA)41
Sayer Ji
Sayer Ji is founder of Greenmedinfo.com, author of international best-seller REGENERATE: Unlocking Your Body’s Radical Resilience through the New Biology, co-founder of Stand for Health Freedom (501c4), and UNITE.live, a global, multi-media platform for conscious creators and their communities.