By Dr. Mercola
Is it ever appropriate to eat wheat or grains? John Douillard’s book “Eat Wheat: A Scientific and Clinically-Proven Approach to Safely Bringing Wheat and Dairy Back Into Your Diet” would seem to be in direct conflict with my first book, the New York Times Best Seller “The No-Grain Diet: Conquer Carbohydrate Addiction and Stay Slim for Life.”
Interestingly, our views are nowhere near as conflicting as you might think. About 90 percent of our views are actually in agreement. But the devil’s in the details, so I thought it would be interesting to have a dialog about this perceived conflict.
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To Wheat or Not to Wheat
Douillard, who began his health career as a chiropractor, went to India for a two-week vacation in 1986. He ended up staying for a year and a half, studying traditional Ayurvedic medicine. During that stay, he met Deepak Chopra, and ended up running The Chopra Center for eight years upon his return to the U.S.
Eat Wheat: A Scientifi…
“What I write about in my newsletter every week is the ancient wisdom of time-tested traditional medical practices that are now being proven with modern science.
When you have techniques that have been successfully used for thousands of years and now backed by science — we should take interest in these concepts,” Douillard says.
“Early humans have been eating gluten-rich grains like wheat and barley for as much as 3.4 million years according to a handful of studies.
There is a lot of science that has not been publicized that suggest many health and longevity benefits of whole grain, including wheat. We now have a $16 billion gluten-free industry that is promoting more processed foods.
Most of the science that frowns on…