The Natural History of Wheat

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Here is a technical explanation of why we have issues. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHEATThe Roman Empire was built on Egyptian wheat, which they called "korn". It was Einkorn, which is the ancestor of modern wheats. (In Latin, this was the earliest form of Triticum, not to be confused with what we call "corn", which is Zea.)It had two sets of chromosomes like human beings and is described as 2N or diploid. There were also some naturally occurring wheat that had four sets of chromosomes, or 4N or tetraploid. This was the wheat that the Roman Emperor, Eqyptian pharoahs and Christ were eating.But what is on our table has been selectively bred over time to increase the gluten content for baking or pasta-making. Most are hexaploid, octoploid, double hexaploid, or hexaploid-octoploid hybrids. This means that they have 6, 8, 12, or more sets of chromosomes. Some of this extra DNA is coding for amino acid sequences that human beings cannot break down, including a 33-amino acid sequence named 33-MER. This 33-MER is what is causing the problem for celiac. Our immune systems are attacking this chain as though it were an invader or parasite. But this sequence is also similar to human tissue, and this inflammation can progress into an auto-immune disease. This auto-immune phase is really damaging, and largely incurable. Control is the only treatment, and life-long gluten free diet is the only control.-------------------------Here is a great timeline of Celiac Disease http://www.google.com/archivesearch?sourceid=navclient & rlz=1T4TSHB_enUS287US287 & q=History+of+wheat+celiac & um=1 & ie=UTF-8 & scoring=t & ei=n0owSob5IoHOMqHq5YYK & sa=X & oi=timeline_result & ct=title & resnum=11 A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!