Code Delicious With Dr. Mike

Wheat has been part of the human diet for millions of years. Why are people now having problems with it?Scientifically, we’re built to process wheat. Gluten was found in the teeth of human skeletons from 3 million years ago. A handful of wheat berries could fill up a person for a day. Humans only started eating meat 500,000 years ago.So, why are so many people having trouble eating wheat now?If you can’t digest wheat today but you didn’t have problems with it in the past, your body is actually having a hard time detoxifying itself. All of our food sources are polluted.Is wheat really the problem? Other grains like khorasan wheat have greater gluten content than modern wheat. But, studies have shown that this wheat variety results in a greater reduction in inflammation, as well as other positive health benefits. The average Roman soldier received rations of several pounds of bread per day. The average person in 1900 consumed 86 more pounds of wheat per year than in 2008. The gluten levels in bread have been re