In the 80’s, Cocaine Cowboys took over Miami and every time you blinked there was a drug related killing.
Some of the killings consisted of those affiliated with drug cartels but in some cases they were just innocent bystanders.
As long as the drug cartels shot and killed each other it seemed to be ok, but when innocent people became collateral damage something had to be done…and done fast!
Ronald Reagan, fresh off of acting in old western movies, used his popularity to become governor of California.
While he was the governor, he took advantage of Miami’s drug wars and launched his presidential campaign vowing to stop the drug culture.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan, became president of the United States and the war on drugs began.
One of the most memorable things from Reagan’s presidency was the commercial,”This is your brain on drugs”.
Remember that?
It is probably cemented in your mind as it seemed to be played repeatedly on every TV in America.
We are still fighting the war on drugs but there is a new drug on the horizon and no one, not even the government, has warned us about it.
I propose a new commercial for the year 2014 called, “this is your brain on whole grains.”
Yup,Your brain is on whole grains right now as you read this.
Grainoversy
Are we suppose to eat grains?
Apparently so, since they were once mentioned as part of the food pyramid and are now part of the food plate.
If you follow the government, you know it’s motives are less on good intentions and more on economic gain.
It didn’t start out this way but things changed.
There was once a time when we relied on small farms and 25% of the population made up these entities.
The government wanted to protect them so they provided subsidies as a way of doing this.
These subsidies provided economic stability to small farmers during the depression.
That was then, this is now.
The US Government now pays 20 billion in farm subsidies mostly to large farms and other agribusinesses.
The small farmers who the subsidies were suppose to protect have gone out of business because they can’t compete with agribusinesses.
It should now make total sense why our government recommends the consumption of grains…two of its biggest subsidies are corn and grains
ChaChing$$$
Your Brain on Grains
When your brain is on grains weird things happen.
Try these on for size…difficulty in learning, mood swings, and attention deficit disorder.
This sounds like half of the US Population, doesn’t it?
I can attest to my own personal battle with grains more specifically gluten.
As a child, I had challenges learning how to count and learning colors.
I think I left more than one person frustrated who attempted to try their hand at teaching me these two things.
I was also an extremely active child. I never sat still.
My favorite past time was sitting on either my grandmother’s or mother’s couch and rocking back and forth for long periods of time.
I eventually wore out both couches out and earned a trip to a psychologist.
The psychologist couldn’t find anything wrong with me other than I had too much energy and needed something to occupy my time.
This was before ADHD drugs but I imagine had those drugs already been invented, I would have been on them.
In hindsight, I believe I was always sensitive to gluten it just hadn’t been on the psychologist’s radar.
Grains and Disease
Gluten has been suspected as a trigger for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease, and diabetes.
Diabetes, has taken the US one pancreas at a time, and many adults as well as children are being diagnosed.
Could this recent epidemic be caused by consuming grains?
You bet your a*** it could.
Many food products that contain grains are “dense” carbohydrates.
These types of carbohydrates have the propensity to cause hyperglycemia ( high blood sugar) and insulin resistance.
Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are often catalysts for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other inflammatory diseases including weight gain.
This grain thing ain’t no joke folks.
I can go on and on about it, but instead take a listen to a show I did with Dr. Ron Hoggan author of “Dangerous Grains” on Perfectly Healthy And Toned Radio.
Dr. Ron drops science on grains and why you may want to extract them from your diet.
Give it a listen and share this with someone who might benefit from removing grains from their diet.
As always leave a comment below if you’ve benefited from removing grains or if you don’t believe grains are a problem.