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Buckwheat Crepes Revisited

Posted by | 5:00 AM
One of my most popular posts of all time was a recipe I published in 2010 for sourdough buckwheat crepes ( 1 ).  I developed this recipe to ...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part III

Posted by | 7:00 PM
In previous posts, I reviewed some of the evidence suggesting that human evolution has accelerated rapidly since the development of agricult...

Gluten-Free January Survey Data, Part I: Demographics and Limitations

Posted by | 7:00 PM
Thanks to Matt Lentzner for organizing Gluten-Free January , and everyone who participated and completed the survey, we have a nice data set...
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Gluten-Free January Raffle Winners Selected!

Posted by | 10:38 PM
Raffle winners have been selected and shirts are on their way. You know who you are. Thanks to everyone who participated and filled out th...
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My Gluten-Free January

Posted by | 8:08 PM
I've been avoiding most gluten, particularly wheat, for over a year now. I never had obvious symptoms that I could clearly link to eati...
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Gluten-Free January Raffle!

Posted by | 10:22 AM
Hi, Gluten-Free January participants. Matt, Janine and I have collected about 200 survey responses at this point. So far, the results are ...
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Gluten-free January Participants: Take the Survey!

Posted by | 9:31 PM
Matt Lentzner, Janine Jagger and I have designed a survey for participants of Gluten-free January , using the online application StatCrunch ...
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Two Wheat Challenge Ideas from Commenters

Posted by | 10:08 AM
Some people have remarked that the blinded challenge method I posted is cumbersome. Reader "Me" suggested: You can buy wheat glute...
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Blinded Wheat Challenge

Posted by | 6:30 PM
Self-experimentation can be an effective way to improve one's health*. One of the problems with diet self-experimentation is that it...
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Eating Wheat Gluten Causes Symptoms in Some People Who Don't Have Celiac Disease

Posted by | 7:46 PM
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterized by the frequent occurrence of abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating a...
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A Gluten-free January

Posted by | 8:00 AM
Are You Gluten Sensitive? Many people are totally unaware of the fact that they react poorly to gluten. Because they've been eating whe...
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The China Study on Wheat

Posted by | 9:32 PM
Denise Minger has just put up another great China Study post that's worth reading if you haven't already. Denise has been busy app...

Real Food XI: Sourdough Buckwheat Crepes

Posted by | 8:00 PM
Buckwheat was domesticated in Southeast Asia roughly 6,000 years ago. Due to its unusual tolerance of cool growing conditions, poor soils a...

Fermented Grain Recipes from Around the World

Posted by | 10:00 AM
In my last two posts on grains, I described how traditional food processing methods make grains more nutritious and digestible ( 1 , 2 ). I...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization, Part V

Posted by | 8:00 PM
Prenatal Development of the Face and Jaws The structures of the face and jaws take shape during the first trimester of pregnancy. The 5th t...

Book Review: Dangerous Grains

Posted by | 2:16 PM
Dangerous Grains is about the health hazards of gluten grains. It's co-written by James Braly, an M.D. who specializes in food allergi...

Celiac and Fat-Soluble Vitamins

Posted by | 11:32 PM
One of the things I've been thinking about lately is the possibility that intestinal damage due to gluten grains (primarily wheat) contr...