Grains: Healthy or Hoax?

Next time you turn on your tv pay attention to the commercials. I bet you'll see at least one commercial pushing a supplement or prescription drug containing calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper, iron, etc. It's usually some washed up actress whining about her calcium levels and some cheesy family on a swingset playing with their centrum multi-vitamin.

What could it be that is causing all of these mineral deficencies in Americans? It's the damn 10-12 servings of grains recommended we eat per day by the governments food guide pyramid! They're telling us to eat endless amounts of grains for a reason; to make money! Let me show you how they're using the recommendation of grains to make a quick buck out of us by explaining what happens when we ingest grain products. Grans contain a bran, the bran contains phosphorus, the phosphorus is coupled together with phytic acid. What the hell does this mean? Phytic acid competes with the intestines for absorption with the afforementioned minerals and ends up combining with them and blocking their absorption into the body.

Now, do we really need to support this big pharmaceutical and supplement companies by buying their bull shit? No, we don't.

How can we eat grains and minimize the negative effects?

-Soak or ferment the grains to neutralize these phytates and enzyme inhibitors
-these processes include: sprouting, overnight soaking, and sour leavening

And folks, there's no good way to prepare white flour and sugar products so that they are beneficial for our health. So just toughen up and give it up.