The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths about What You Eat

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Na verdade eu desisti do livro. Ele começa bem, até 1/4 do livro é muito interessante e com dados legais. With a thorough and incisive investigation into what science really tells us about gluten, fat, sugar, and detox, Levinovitz argues persuasively that we can stop worrying about what we ‘should’ eat and concentrate on enjoying food that appeals to our palate. Well-written, entertaining, solidly referenced, and perhaps the best debunking of popular diet myths ever.”

The Post Office and envelope manufacturers have assured us that the gum used on envelopes and stamps is gluten free and safe for people following a gluten free diet. Toothpaste Complete normalization of duodenal lesions is exceptionally rare in adult coeliac patients despite adherence to GFD.” [2]What if there was a way to calm down your immune system and allow it to begin to repair the damage? How much do you think fad dieting is a response to the massive expansion of food choices available to us? It can be a confusing world to navigate—so many options, so many ethically-fraught factors. On this one I'd like to quote the SciBabe, a hilarious science blogger who recently took down the Food Babe: "You're constantly 'detoxing' just by living," she says. "Your kidneys and liver take care of cleaning out unnecessary things in the body fairly efficiently on their own. Proof? The toilet paper industry."

A 2008 study in the Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research tested for leaky gut in 22 Celiac disease patients who were on a gluten-free diet for 1 year. They found these patients following a gluten-free diet still had a much leakier gut compared to healthy controls eating gluten (0.013 vs 0.003, P = 0.001). The authors concluded:At that time, the Atkins diet had already become wildly popular, scaring a nation away from carbs. Then the Paleo diet hit, with its very compelling story of a time in the past when everyone was healthier than sinful, gluttonous modern people. The same story, by the way, that ancient Chinese monks used to tell. Well, for me this book is the epitome of confirmation bias! It's good to get support for what I hold to be the case! I did like the references to the (unjustified and unjustifiable) MSG scare and the confirmation that people, in general, don't care how complex a situation is; they just want a simple rule that they can follow to solve all of their problems! And don't forget as Warren Zevon said about life ''How much you're supposed to enjoy every sandwich." That blend of nostalgia and anxiety reminds me of the main character in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris who romanticizes 1920s Paris, until he actually travels there and discovers that Parisians of the ‘20s are fantasizing about the 1890s …and so on. We look to other times and other cultures for supposedly healthier, more authentic ways of eating.