Whole wheat not so great after all?

Again, I am not trying to be alarmist by any means. I'm just sharing the information that I am learning (almost all of which is new to me because I thought celiac and gluten sensitivity was just a digestive problem and I didn't think I exhibited any symptoms. I have since learned otherwise and I wonder if it is behind some of the nagging health problems I have had all my life. I am personally eliminating it for 30 days as an experiment.

What kind of doctor said this? Most doctors have very little nutrition knowledge.

Here's the source that I mentioned in my original message but couldn't find at the time: http://www.primalbody-primalmind.com/?tag=grains

The author of this (which, although a blog post, cites several primary research studies) is, according to her website "Board-certified in Holistic Nutrition through the National Association of Nutritional Professionals (NANP) and is recognized by the Nutritional Therapy Association as a Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT)."

The doctor from the video who was talking about blood sugar spikes is a cardiologist. I don't know the extent of his nutritional education, but I suspect that he did a fair amount of research in writing his book, though I can't speak to that.

SOOO many people have gluten issues that are undiagnosed, be it sensitivity, intolerance, or Celiac.

and sooooooooo many more don't. . . ?

Some interesting excerpts from the above cited post:

"A study published in 2009 in the peer reviewed journal, Gastroenterology (July;137(1):88-93) compared 10,000 available blood samples from individuals 50 years ago to 10,000 people today and found that there has been a 400% increase in the incidence of full blown celiac diseasedisease (defined by conventional medicine as a total villous atrophy of the small intestine)! Changes made to American strains of wheat, giving them much higher gluten content is likely a significant part of the problem. Increased genetic susceptibility due to a variety of causes is likely another. "

"Fully 99% of those who suffer from this entirely curable and potentially lethal condition do so completely unaware of the dangerous vulnerability within themselves. Although a biopsy of the small intestine is commonly used to diagnose celiac disease, fully seven out of ten celiac sufferers exhibit no intestinal or GI symptoms at all. In fact, an article in the journal Neurology (Vol 56/No.3 Feb 13, 2005) states that “Gluten sensitivity can be primarily and at times exclusively a neurological disease”, affecting not only the brain and nervous system directly, but also cognitive and psychiatric illness."

"A 2002 review paper in the New England Journal of Medicine (Jan 17; 346(3):180-188) found that fully 55 diseases are known to be caused by gluten. These partly include heart disease, cancer, nearly all autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, irritable bowel syndrome, as well as many common psychiatric illnesses, partly including anxiety issues, ADD, bipolar disorder, depression dementia, schizophrenia, Hashimoto’s (autoimmune thyroid disorders), migraines, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, ALS, neuropathies (having normal EMG), and most other degenerative neurological disorders…as well as Autism, which is technically an autoimmune brain disorder. In my opinion, it is always safest to assume the presence of gluten sensitivity in these populations, or frankly wherever significantly compromised health is an issue."

"Only an estimated 1% of all suffering gluten sensitivity or celiac disease is ever diagnosed."