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Can You Let Go Of The World's Most Popular Food?

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Statistics show from 2016 that wheat production was 910 billion dollars. It was 752 Metric tons. With that number, take a look at health issues. 75-90% of the world is impacted by food intolerances. 200,000 new cases a year prop up for Celiac Disease.  Their are 3.5 million doctor visits annually for IBS. 60% females, 30% males. Not everyone goes to a doctor so its not entirely accurate. My personal story with wheat has always been negative. I struggled with reactive Hypoglycemia in my twenties, and could only have whole wheat. I didn't like how I felt on any of it. By 2006, I was having major digestive issues. I stubbornly held on to my wheat fixation even though my stomach was miserable. IBS is something, that unless you have it, you won't understand how bad it is. I had what you would call episodes. I'd eat an offending substance like wheat, too much sugar, or fat, and a short time later I was on a toilet sweating, pain shooting through my lower abdomen to the po...