cshenk > wrote:

>Fact is, some people overdo the wheat breads but to say that 'grains
>are bad for you' is innaccurate. Some small segment may have wheat
>intolerance issues but it is not common. If's a fad more often than
>not to say 'I'm allergic to wheat'.

I think there's a confluence of two things in the public's mind:

(1) The fact that some people -- no more than a few percent of the
population -- have Celiac disease, or other definable wheat conditions
such as wheat allergies or intolerances.

(2) The idea (supported by some science) that high-carb diets are bad
diets (either for weight loss, or for cardiovascular health).

These two ideas have merged into an overarching "wheat is bad"
headset that is, as a generalization, not even remotely correct.


Steve