Weight Maven

More good stuff from JP at Primal Journal (emphasis his):

If wheat really was to blame for all the problems we have in our society, then we would probably have witnessed the end of civilization a great while ago. …

I will never recommend eating wheat because it’s potentially dangerous. More importantly, it takes the place of more valuable and important foods in our diet such as meat, veggies and fruits. We now have the choice of eating better foods, so we might as well do it. …

I suggest that the industrialization of foods – especially of wheat, soy and sugar – made us unhealthy. The original food items were probably not as bad as we think until we started to heavily and industrially transform them into cakes, frozen dinners, margarine, disgusting and tasteless oils, twinkies, meat-looking substances, pasta and bread.

Word!

While I’m at it, this is an opportunity to link to one of the best moderate positions on grains I’ve read: Darya Pino’s Intact Grains vs. Whole Grains (a must-read if you haven’t):

Though I eat relatively few grains compared to most Americans, I cringe when I see the shining example of low-carb living, The Atkins Diet website, with images of fake pancakes and pasta plastered all over it. If that is what low-carb is, I want nothing to do with it.

Processed food is still processed food, whether the carbohydrates have been synthetically removed or not. Stick to eating real food and you’ll never have to worry about carbs.

Your mileage re wheat and other grains may vary, but if you’re not going to avoid them and you’re not gonna go all Weston Price on them, then sticking with real, whole grains is your best bet.