Is Wheat Really to Blame?

 Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. It is a serious condition that requires medical attention. Government statistic shows that 1 in every 133 Americans is affected by the disease, but only a small percentage is diagnosed.  But lately, it seems like everyone is coming down with gluten intolerance, and there is a lot of new diets on the market that avoid wheat completely. Is wheat really to blame? I suspect not, at least in majority of the cases. But why are so many people having problems with their diet? In the last 50 years, we have been consuming more and more refined and processed food, and the last 30 years genetically modified food and high fructose corn syrup. Highly refined and processed food is bad for us because many of the valuable nutrients were removed through refining and processing. Our diet is in no way resemble the hundreds of thousands of years it took for the human boy to evolve. We are still learning the impact of these changes on our health. We are taking in less nutrients from our diet, vitamins and supplements are filling the voids, but whether our bodies are able to take in these supplements and use them efficiently is anyone's guess. The key to good health is to eat large variety of food, food our body knows what to do with, rather than subtracting a food group completely out of our already dwindling food options. To meet the body nutrition demands we should eat a variety of food including grains, legume, proteins, fruit and vegetables.
According to Chinese Medicine, whole wheat is for nourishing the heart, because it can calm the hear shen and rid of the hearts bothers. It is especially beneficial to women who are going through menopause.