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Dangerous Grains: Why Gluten Cereal Grains May Be Hazardous To Your Health | 
| Authors: James Braly M.d., Ron Hoggan M.a.
Creator: Jonathan Wright
Publisher: Avery
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  26 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1583331298
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.399
UPC: 735918331297
EAN: 9781583331293
ASIN: 1583331298
Publication Date: August 26, 2002
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Product Description
Dangerous Grains turns the U.S. Food Guide Pyramid upside down by exposing the myriad health risks posed by gluten grains (wheat, rye, barley, spelt, kamut, and triticale). The authors, leading experts in the field of food allergies, and celiac disease, present compelling evidence that our grain-centered diet is to blame for a host of chronic illnesses. Largely misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed, these disorders can be prevented and reversed by the useful program outlined in this important new book.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Dumbed down but informative March 25, 2008
D. King (Soquel, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The writer comes across in the first chapter or two as a man with a mission and he is really pushing his point, and a lot of the rest of it is really dumbed down for the average joe to be able to comprehend, but that's okay, too. There's a lot of good stuff in here. If you're one of the many walking (or lying) around with gluten sensitivity and the resulting health problems, the information contained herein can be of great help, if only in educating those around us.
 BUY THIS BOOK, PEOPLE November 9, 2007
L. Davis
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have a heavy interest in health, nutrition, and food allergy, but I had never read anything quite like this. The information in this book is timely, fascinating, and important. I've known gluten is dangerous, but now I understand why.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book to anyone.
Great book, a must read July 3, 2007
T. Meskell (Florida)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is a real shocker. Seems our government is more interested in profit for the food industry rather than tell us the truth about what wheat products and gluten does to us and our health. Its obvious the medical profession and the drug companies would rather not have us know the real truth. We must remember that doctors and drug companies like to treat the symptoms rather than the causes because there is no money in the cause portion. After the book I put myself on a wheat free diet and within 3 weeks I was able to come off the purple pill after being on it for 2 years because of acid reflux. I was paying over $[...] per month for 30 tabs-----No more. You got to read it.
 Not At All Pleased June 19, 2007
Carolyn J. Lingdell (Naugatuck, CT USA)
6 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought this book as per my cousin's suggestion because Braly's theory sounded interesting. I absolutely agree with the Foreword when it says: It's undeniable that whole grains are good nutrition for some of us. The problem is that the author spends the next 180 or so pages talking himself out of it. There is NO DOUBT that celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are real and can be life-threatening--this book is for such sufferers. But to suggest, over and over again, that the huddled masses should go gluten-free, even though asymptomatic, is sliding down a slippery slope. Don't jump on the bandwagon without being fully informed.
I wish I had read this book years ago... April 11, 2007
Howard Harkness (Plano, TX United States)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I wish I had read this book years ago... Actually, I accidentally discovered that I was gluten-sensitive a few years before this book was published. I embarked on a low-carb diet -- but not all at once. I was keeping a very detailed food diary, and cutting down/out selected items gradually. Three days after I eliminated the last of the grains, my arthritis (which had forced me to stop playing my violin in public for 5 years!) completely disappeared. In the eight years that I have been avoiding gluten, the pain has not returned.
Prior to that, I went to several doctors, who placed me on drugs that didn't help, or gave me advice that was worthless -- one suggested that I see a shrink, because he couldn't find any reason for my pain, and therefore, he assumed that my pain was imaginary!
Going gluten-free was like stopping hitting myself on the head with a hammer. One other side-effect of my low-carb diet: I lost 100 lbs.
I hope that this book can finally lay to rest the myth that grains are good for you.
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