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Gluten Sensitivity Benefits
There's been a lot of conflicting claims from the scientific community about Gluten Sensitivity.

Some skeptics claim that there's no convincing evidence for Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, and that any adverse reactions are purely psychological if you don't have Celiac Disease.

We consumers have to be a bit skeptical when we're looking at any research that makes bold, general claims such as this. Often, these studies are funded by companies who have vested interest in certain outcomes, and this results in lax study designs that offer anecdotal evidence and fail to account for some really important things, like subjects' underlying health conditions and pre-existing allergies.

Gluten Sensitivity is a debate that could go on forever, especially
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The vast majority of wheat crop comes from these over-farmed fields, and so what nutrition that wheat offers is often misrepresented on nutrition labels, and tends to be negligible in the big picture of your diet.

Pesticides are heavily used in commercial wheat production, even when it's organic wheat.

Metabolism, Modification and Mineral Stores

There's also the issue of glycemic impact.

Most wheat products are made of primarily flour, which is almost pure starch. Whether it's white bread or whole grain, wheat flour is unnaturally high on the Glycemic Index.

Such high GI foods spike your blood sugar, releasing a flood of Insulin and starting the old familiar "hangry" cycle.

Relying primarily on fast carbs such as wheat can lead to Insulin Resistance, weight gain and a number of other issues common in our present society.

Glycemic impact might not be such a big problem for carb types, but keep in mind that all crops have been selectively bred, genetically modified, and otherwise manipulated to contain more energy, in the form of sugars, starches, and other

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