Modern Wheat a "Perfect, Chronic Poison"?

Have you heard Dr. William Davis, the author of Wheat Belly, talk about how wheat changed in the 1960s and 1970s, and that our obesity and health problems may be linked to that change? Not just those of us having trouble with gluten. There's the protein gliadin to consider -- a protein that locks into the same centers of the brain as opiates. If it does cause many people to overeat by 20-25% DAILY, imagine what that means.

This is fixable, but not easily -- the modern wheat produces 10x the amount of grain that older strains produce. I wonder if we could switch cattle to this wheat, and wheat eaters could have older, safer grains?

In the meantime?

Stop eating wheat.

An Intro---A History of Bipolar Disorder & Schizophrenia Linked to Creativity

A big study (40 years, 1.2 million patients and their relatives) shows certain mental illnesses are more common among artists and scientists. The study also indicates that these illnesses can run in families.

Not a big surprise, eh? Rather confirming casual suspicion.

[Edit: I marked these articles so I could read them later, as I'm in grant deadline hell right now. A respected LJ friend reports back below that these aren't very well written articles. So -- when I have time, I'll be looking for more on this study. Think of this as a place marker -- that we want more info later.]

CBS News introduces the topic, with links to several Live Science articles on the study, creative people, and how some feel bipolar condition does have some positive effects.