Dangerous Grains Book Review

I won the book dangerous grains a while back from Adventures of a GF mom .  It is such an interesting book.  It is amazing to me that celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, and so many other diseases share the same genetic marker.  I can't really say that I believe understand how they came to the conclusion that gluten is the actual cause of celiac disease since they really don't offer an explanation.  I am not saying it may not be correct because I am NOT a doctor.  But, I have never heard anything like type 1 diabetes is caused by sugar and they are both autoimmune disorders.  Therefore I think there is just not enough known about it's actual cause to publish it, only what causes the actual symptoms/side effects.  I do agree we as humans should not be eating wheat or it's relatives, I don't see an actual benefit to eating wheat even if it doesn't make you sick.  I see the benefit of the fiber in the wheat but no benefit of the wheat itself.  Without the fiber wheat is just crap!  Many other foods have fiber apples, buckwheat, mesquite flour, broccoli, etc.  I see it kind of like cows shouldn't be eating corn they should be eating grass.  We just shouldn't eat wheat it's not made for us, I don't know who it's made for(definitely not for me)!  My husband and I do not have children and honestly I don't know if we ever will.  But, if things change for us our child/children would be on a gluten free diet at least until their teens because of the fact that I have celiac disease and my family history of it.  Before reading this book I just thought testing would be necessary but with all this new information I have read my thoughts have changed.  I now feel like it takes too long for damage to be visual enough for a diagnosis and that genetic testing is not fool proof either.  Read this slowly: Since having genetic markers for celiac disease doesn't necessarily mean you'll ever get it and NOT having genetic markers for celiac disease doesn't mean you wont get it either.  Childhood is way too important for the development of strong bodies and minds to risk any of that precious time.  As a child I had epilepsy seizures, chronic stomach aches, awful motion sickness. Up until recently I still had asthma, chronic sinus infections, chronic bronchitis, joint pain, migraines, body aches, sour stomach, acid reflux, etc.  I still suffer from insomnia and muscle/joint pain.  Those are just some of the many additional reasons why I think childhood development has a lot to do with the quality of life both during and after childhood.  This book has so much great information!  I would recommend it to anyone, if they had celiac disease or not, because celiac disease awareness is growing but there is still a long way to go.

***I am not a Dr., this article represents my own personal opinions and should not be taken as medical advice for any situation.