However I think that most grains are one of the worst things you can eat. You can see from the GI, GL and IL tables that refined grains are absolutely terrible for raising glucose and insulin – therefore for making you fat. I believe this advice of eating 6—11 servings of grains a day is one of the major contributors to our world wide obesity epidemic. Even whole grain are not that great (most dieticians and doctors will argue they are great) as they are still moderate on the GL scale and many contain gluten.
More alarmingly doctors are misdiagnosing coeliac disease (a disease whereby gluten in grains destroys the intestines) say the charity Coeliac UK. Misdiagnoses include IBS, anaemia, anxiety, depression, stomach bugs, gallstones and appendicitis. In many people it took between 11-20 years to get the correct diagnosis! The culprit is … grains.
Gluten causes all sorts of problems to your bowels – it basically destroys your intestines and may contribute to autoimmune disease. I can say that when I get my clients to remove gluten from their diet, symptoms such as IBS, IBD, bloating and water retention reduce markedly and people start losing weight straight away.
You basically don’t need to eat grains – all this crap about you needing grains for B vitamins, soluble fibre, or energy is BULL SHIT. Meat, fish, nuts and seeds provide MORE B vitamins than any grains (plus lots of other vitamins and minerals), and fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes contain fibre, both soluble and insoluble and you can get plenty of carbs for energy from the foods I have just mentioned – there is nothing in grains that you can’t get from eating meat, fish, seafood, poultry, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and legumes!
Now, if you chose to eat grains now and then because you like them – then that’s a different matter. I eat quinoa (actually a seed – but served as a grain), brown rice and oats such as a flapjack now and then because I enjoy these foods from time to time. But I don’t need them in my diet and certainly don’t eat 6-11 servings a day!
To lose weight cut the grains and control insulin!