Glutenation

Glutenation

The Myth of Big, Bad Gluten

As many as one in three Americans tries to avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Gluten-free menus, gluten-free labels and gluten-free guests at summer dinners have proliferated.

Some of the anti-glutenists argue that we haven’t eaten wheat for long enough to adapt to it as a species. Agriculture began just 12,000 years ago, not enough time for our bodies, which evolved over millions of years, primarily in Africa, to adjust. According to this theory, we’re intrinsically hunter-gatherers, not bread-eaters. If exposed to gluten, some of us will develop celiac disease or gluten intolerance, or we’ll simply feel lousy.

Most of these assertions, however, are contradicted by significant evidence, and distract us from our actual problem: an immune system that has become overly sensitive.

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Why Easygoing Yoga Is Our Best Hope For Weight Loss

by Tara Stiles

One of the biggest problems facing America and the world is obesity. We know that burning calories and restrictive diets don't work. Aggressive exercise triggers a stress response in most of us that makes unhealthy weight gain even more likely. The science behind diets changes with each decade, and blanket recommendations too often ignore what is unique to each of us. Above all, these solutions start too late. They're focusing too much on the outcome — our weight — and ignoring a cause that happens even before our food choices. This cause is in our minds, and has everything to do with stress.

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Exercise Still Best For Lower Back Pain

Exercise Still Best For Lower Back Pain

Exercise and education remain the best cure for back pain, according to researchers from Australia and Brazil. Despite this, health care professionals still prescribe expensive gadgets and procedures instead of good old fashioned physical activity.

Back pain afflicts people all over the world indiscriminately. Statistics shows that 80 percent of all people will be struck by some form of lower back pain at a point in their life., and whether the pain is acute or chronic, chances are, they will often reoccur.

According to a new study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal on Monday, researchers from Australia and Brazil said that the most effective cure for back pain is still good, old-fashioned exercise and education on proper posture and causes of back pain. Yet surprisingly, exercise is often not prescribed by health care professionals, who instead rely on injectables or expensive gadgets that do not address the cause of the problem.

Sugar: The Bitter Global Cost

by Karen E. Watson

Last March, the World Health Organization issued new guidelines for added sugar in-take, which, soon, will be reflected on food labels worldwide.

Before the end of this year, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue new guidance to Americans on how much sugar we should be consuming daily as part of a healthy diet. As a reflection of those new guidelines, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will mandate that within 2 years, the nutrition facts label on packaged goods carry a percentage daily value (%DV) for total added sugar enclosed in the package. The proposed rule is that added sugar should not “exceed 10 percent” of total calories. The FDA-mandated labeling will reflect that recommendation and try to make the guidelines easier for Americans to understand.