Does wheat cause cancer?
So I've been working on eliminating wheat from my diet for about a month. I've lost a few pounds. I'm not really eating less. I haven't begun an exercise routine (yet). And I haven't been hungry. I don't feel like I'm dieting. I just feel increasingly...great.My wheat-free journey includes a lot of reading about the effects of wheat and why it is beneficial to avoid it. The more I learn, the more I feel others should know about this.
Today I was reading on the probable link between wheat consumption and cancer. Let me preface this by saying that perhaps unknown to many, wheat has in the last 60 years or so undergone tremendous change via hybridization and more currently, genetic modification. In my opinon, what now passes for what should come with a health warning label such as a cigarette box.
Below is a snippet of information on his blog (Dr William Davis, a cardiologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin):
"Wheat lectins as a cause of gastrointestinal cancer–Could Steve Jobs, who died of pancreatic cancer, have actually died of long-term exposure to the lectins of wheat?
Think about it: People who eliminate wheat experience marked and often total relief from acid reflux, cramps and diarrhea of irritable bowel syndrome, improvement (and occasional cure) of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. There are marked shifts in bowel bacteria and changes in pancreatic function with wheat elimination. If the irritative and inflammatory effects of wheat consumption on the gastrointestinal tract are so marked, and the effects of removal so dramatic, is it much of a leap to believe that the chronic inflammation and irritation caused by wheat could, over time, also lead to cancer?
After all, a major cause of cancer (“oncogenesis” or “tumorigenesis”) is long-term, repetitive irritation and/or inflammation. The prolonged inflammation and irritation of ulcerative colitis, for instance, can result in colon cancer. People with celiac disease have increased risk for cancer of the small bowel, colon, biliary tract, and other gastrointestinal cancers. If we view celiac disease as just one end of the spectrum of wheat-related gastrointestinal irritation, then these conditions like acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome that we might view as “celiac disease lite” may also heighten risk."
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Comments (19)
cancer happens cause we are getting older. we were meant to make it till40 - 45 on average and yet we keep on dragging our feet till 90s these days -for some reason. What do we expect?
My grandpa just passed away a few hrs ago. He was 96
may he rest in peace ...
thank you for your sympathy.
By the way you don't have to have celiacs to have a gluten intolerance.
Kinda like any and every time you get in your car and drive somewhere there is the potential for an accident. We all know that safe drivers operating safe cars have fewer accidents than careless drivers driving vehicles with safety issues.
If we avoided foods that had harmful reactions when digested, would we be creating an environment that is hostile to cancer as well as other diseases? I think most nutritionists would unhesitatingly say yes to that.
By the way, weight loss isn't the only thing thats happened to me. I think more clearly and can work longer (I have a high-demand job, so that's a God-send to me), and I feel much more positive and less stressed. I have a few other well-known ailments and those are either improved or much improved.
I'd be really curious to know what has improved for you. Feel free to shoot me an email if you'd like to share.
The wheat used to make pasta is far less altered than other most wheat. I don't know why. But I've often noticed that pasta doesn't have nearly the (painful) effects on me that bread does. I guess that's why.
Personally, I am working on eliminating more than wheat. Additives, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, etc are things I am learning to live without. But wheat is #1 and so I decided to share some info on wheat. You have to start somewhere.
What is the condemned oil your speak of? Maybe coconut oil?
Soap???! It's bad enough trying to find stuff with no parabens, now wheat too? I would never have thought to look there so thank you!
Yep, wheat causes havoc with the innards. Milk can too, but not regular cheese.
But many places have rejected GMO and i am sure they do that for a reason.
The fatty acids in cocoanut oil are of the medium chain type and do not cause a problem in fact quite the reverse, if this oil was bad all the Pacific Islanders would have died out years ago but they would be considered the healthiest people on earth, there is any amount of information on line.
Serendipity, I dont feel I agree with the information supplied in regard to glutin becomming more common now possibly due to envionmental factors, I have done a huge amount of reasearch in the last 10 years and I am fairly sure glutin intolerance has always been there but not diagnosed, with more advances in reasearch knowledge in this field has grown so they understand more, possibly with all the GM foods and poisons around the issue has been compounded.
I am sure that wheat and other glutin grains was just given to us to feed the chooks.