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Bruce[_28_]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:27:01 -0500,
wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 06:08:00 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>Wheat's not supposed to be eaten? I've never had a bad reaction to
>>bread yet.
>
>If you look at how plants spread their seeds to propagate the species
>you may understand. Fruits place the seeds inside the fruit so they
>will be eaten and later pooped out at a different place and that is
>how the plant reproduces. Plants like wheat barley and rye simply drop
>their seeds directly down and have no outer protective coating. What
>they do have it proteins inside them that deter things from eating
>them so that the seeds will fall or be carried a short distance with
>the wind and then take root that way. Some of these proteins,
> for instance gluten, are bad for the gut and cause problems. Since
>wheat has been around so long and it is so easy to grow and distribute
>humans have been able to evolve to where the gluten is tolerated. But
>every human has the chance to have problems with gluten or at least
>have children or grandchildren that will have a problem with gluten
>and/or other proteins in foods.

Well, if I ever develop a problem with gluten, i'll start avoiding it.
But until then, I love bread.