Why grains are bad for you: What are grains? Grains are the seeds of plants and anything made out of the small, hard, dry seeds, with or without attached hulls or fruit layers, harvested for human or animal consumption.

Whole grains (the best of grains but not good either) include ALL three parts:

Bran – the most outer layer of the seed containing fiber, B vitamins, minerals (magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, selenium, copper) and phytochemicals;
Endosperm (don’t think of anything else!) – the kernel and bulk of the seed containing complex carbohydrates, protein and B vitamins;
Germ – produces the sprout and contains B vitamins (niacin, thiamin, riboflavin), vitamin E, minerals, unsaturated fats, phytochemicals and antioxidants.

Whole grains include: amaranth, barley, brown rice, buckwheat, kasha, buckwheat groats, bulgur (cracked wheat), kamut, millet, oats/oatmeal, popcorn, quinoa, spelt, teff, triticale, whole grain corn/cornmeal, whole wheat, whole rye, and wild rice.

Refined grains (very bad for you) include: corn flakes, couscous, cream of wheat/rice, crisped rice, degermed cornmeal, enriched macaroni or spaghetti, grits, pretzels, puffed rice/wheat, white breads, white flour and white rice.

Why grains are bad for you:

1. Going back in history, it has been noted that after the agricultural revolution took place, there was a steady decline in brain and muscle strength of humans. Hahaha. So if you want to be more clever and stronger, stop eating grains. Why grains are bad for you? It is because grains contain Phytic Acid in the bran of all grains (plus the coating of seeds and nuts), a mineral blocker that prevents the absorption of minerals. In the past, grains were allowed to sit in the fields allowing them to sprout and the sprouting process increased the nutritional value of the grains breaking down the Phytic Acid. But in today’s world like everything else, grains are not sprouted and are consumed in much, much larger quantities than before so there is no time for a quality grain anymore. People with osteoporosis are given calcium supplements by Doctors but they are pointless if the patient still consumes grains as they are then delivering Phytates that will block the calcium absorption into their bones.

Why grains are bad for you:

2. Although the medical fraternity and experts claim that we have been eating grains all our lives, and try to push whole grains as OK, it doesn’t mean that just because we are not experiencing symptoms now that eating grains (even whole) are really OK. Apart from putting Phytic Acid into our bodies via grains, we are also spiking our insulin production every time we eat grains. Every time sugar is available in our body, insulin spikes. Everything goes out of whack for a bit and cortisol and adrenaline are produced too to counter act the imbalance in your endocrine system. Do this enough times and your immune system lowers and inflammation starts. So stop eating sugars. Not just grains. Grains are just ONE type of sugar.

Why grains are bad for you:

3. Studies have shown that grains affect your fertility. Sperm count drops by 50% after regular consumption of grains. If you’re trying to get pregnant and have a family and are not succeeding, you might want to both get off rice and pastas for awhile. Instead of eating grains that have very negligible nutritional value, isn’t it better to get your nutrition from vegetables and protein, good fats and fruit? By eating cake, you have a double whammy of flour (grains) and real sugar. Diabetic Heaven! Perfect for throwing your system out of whack. Again, inflammation starts whenever you do this often enough……

Why grains are bad for you:

4. Many grains have gluten. GLUTEN. What is gluten? It is some sticky stuff found in the endosperm of grains. Something to do with the germination process of grains perhaps. Point is, gluten breaks down the microvilli in your small intestines, eventually letting particles of your food leech into your blood stream cleverly defined as LEAKY GUT. This causes allergies, digestive disturbances or autoimmune problems. HAH!!! There you go. Now you know why.

Gluten has a partner called Lectin that is a toxin that disallows repair of the digestive tract. Thus even more of your undigested food travels into your blood stream. When this happens, your body is under attack and retaliates and this is how allergies start. Something enters the body, and the body retaliates.

Later, this causes even more problems (it is a chain reaction!!!) to your gallbladder which releases bile salts to help break down your food to properly digest it. When your intestines are already damaged by gluten, the chemical responsible for bile secretion is not released so gets filled within the gall bladder. The cholesterol that is left there eventually crystallizes into stones.

Why grains are bad for you:

Have you not figured it out by now? It causes inflammation to the body. It causes diabetes. Inflammation leads to cancer. It causes allergies and auto-immune disorders. It causes arthritis. So many problems with grains!!! But to give it up altogether? Is it possible? 99.99 % of you will say no way. But seriously think about it. Try it out for a few weeks and see how your body reacts to a no grain diet. If you don’t feel better, you could always revert to your nasi kandar and roti canai ways. But you owe it to your body to at least try.

I hope you now understand WHY GRAINS ARE BAD FOR YOU.

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