You are comparing apples to oranges. With wheat, the human body cannot deal with it due to a biological inability. With peanuts, a few people are allergic, due to an overreaction of an intact biological mechanism.
Posted 2/6/2012 9:00 pm
Deep-fried ice cream isn't bad for you due to any kind of "allergic reaction" - it's just not a healthy thing to eat. Same with refined carbs.
The Real Yoga Moms of Leslieville...Somewhere in Leslieville.
Two mothers, each dressed in Lululemon, catch up over fair-trade soy decaf lattes while suckling infants.
Mom 1: It doesnt seem to matter how much I elongate my back, I just get super moody when Jeff gets home from work.
Mom 2: I was like that, too. But then I cut out gluten.
Mom 1: But I cut out gluten six months ago.
Mom 2: Are you sure? I read in a magazine that the CIA developed a type of GMO soy that has gluten in it.
Mom 1: I stopped reading magazines. That glossy substance they spray on the pages absorbs through your skin. Apparently its only one molecule away from the hormone that causes obesity.
Mom 2: How long has it been since your last cleanse?
Posted 2/6/2012 10:34 pm
Humans are not meant to get the majority of their calories from cereal grains, period. It goes against millions and millions of years of evolution.
Every society that transitioned to agriculture went through long stretches where their health suffered. People became smaller/shorter/more sickly, more fighting broke out...it's often the point at which we see human sacrificing start as well (in some examples at last).
There's nothing wrong with wheat for most people, in moderation. But it's not something our bodies are meant to take that much of our calories from...same with corn. Have you ever seen what undomesticated corn looks like?
People cling to their food beliefs more so than religion, son. They'd rather die and be sickly their whole lives than consider the fact that food might be a business and run by the rules of business.
Posted 2/6/2012 11:23 pm
According to the theory of natural selection, those genes whose phenotypic effects successfully promote their own propagation will be favorably selected in detriment to their competitors. For homo sapiens, this process took place in the Pleistocene (2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP).
Posted 2/6/2012 11:56 pm
Sigh. My wife is convinced that one of our kids has a "gluten allergy". So, off the gluten-free store to buy shit at 10x the price that it would cost otherwise.
You have any fucking idea how much shit you can buy that is specially gluten-free?
Somehow, the facepalm emote would be about as fitting here as saying the sun is kind of hot.
