Dangerous Grains turns the U.S. Food Guide Pyramid upside down by exposing the myriad health risks posed by gluten grains (wheat, rye, barley, spelt, kamut, and triticale). The authors, leading experts in the field of food allergies, and celiac disease, present compelling evidence that our grain-centered diet is to blame for a host of chronic illnesses. Largely misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed, these disorders can be prevented and reversed by the useful program outlined in this important new book.
Dangerous Grains
Foreword by Johnathan V. Wright, M.D.
Preface
Introduction
1. Grains and People: An Evolutionary Mismatch
2. Types of Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
3. Proactively Determining Your Risk
4. Testing for Gluten Sensitivity in All its Forms
5. Life After Gluten
6. The Cancer Connection
7. Gluten, Molecular Mimicry, and Autoimmune Disease
8. Osteoporosis and Gluten
9. Brain Disorders and Gluten
10. Bowel Disorders and Gluten
11. Where to From Here? Research, Theories, and Treatments
Appendix A. Common Signs and Symptoms of Celiac Disease
Appendix B. Hidden Sources of Gluten
Appendix C. Autoimmune Disease Frequently Found in Celiac Disease
Appendix D. Comprehensive List of Gluten-Associated Medical Conditions
Appendix E. Heroic Thinkers and Dietary Biases
Sources
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