Episode 16 - Skip Your Weetabix

In this episode I discuss why grains are detrimental both to human health and to the environment.

Topics I cover:

• What are grains?
• How did grains become incorporated into the human diet?
• Early agricultural practice
• The ancient Egyptians
• Ancel Keys and the USDA food pyramid
• Monocropping and soil degradation 
• Grains as a carbohydrate source
• Wheat Germ Agglutinin
• Gluten
• Omega 6 in grains
• Aflatoxin
• The trouble with soy
• Fibre and IBS
• Wheat allergy