What’s with Wheat? | Cyndi O'Meara | TEDxWilmington 

Almost a year of being wheat free, dairy free, caffeine free, and high fructose corn syrup free. I was sick all the time and now I am no longer sick ever. All the swelling in my joints is gone as well. I am 30 pounds lighter. I lost the first 15 with no exercise at all.

I eliminated grains esp wheat from my diet as well as reduced carbs/sugars after reading William Davis 'Wheat Belly' in Oct 2012. Within 15 days I had total relief from chronic idiopathic urticaria with oedema after 4.5 years of the highest dose of nsaids, antihistamines and antiasthma meds and having seen an immunologist and a dermatologist who both told me that they did not know what caused the condition. Not touched wheat since...!

Finally, someone made a reasonable argument against the current way wheat is produced.

You have an amazing story and this information you are sharing is incredible!!!! Your program suggested a 6 week, no wheat and have never felt better!! You have taught me through your changing habits, changing lives book has been my wonderful health journey! I have since done 12 months of plant based only and it is amazing! I will never go back! Thank you cyndi!

Thank you so much. I grew up in the great plains and was aware ot all this in the 60's even as an adolescent. I have struggled with this through raising 5 children who had food sensitivities. I struggle with health issues myself even today because of food and what has happened to it in this bastardization process. Your message is timely and probably more important than any other I have seen on TEDx. Thank you.

My story: I Have been a diabetic for close to 10 years. About 5 years ago, I joined the Peace Corps moved to a (unnamed for political reasons) Balkan state. While I was there, I consumed non- GMO foods, since they followed the E.U. food standards. I became post diabetic. No more diabetes ! When I returned to the USA, after 3 months my diabetic symptoms came back. I can only attribute it to food. In the USA, the foods, have corn syrups, corn oils, animal feeds, etc. I can only tell you my experience, but don't have a clue what caused this.

This information is incredible. I have always wondered about my own health not that my issues are severe but I certainly struggle with my weight and will look to make some changes to my diet by removing wheat. What an inspirational talk. Well done

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I am a farmer in Punjab Pakistan - I do not spray glyphosate on food crops nor was I aware that a pre-harvest spray on edible crops is practised anywhere. I have never witnessed this practise nor heard of it from other farmers in my neck of the woods, I would be surprised if consumers of crops so treated did not get ill. As a former hospital physician I also endorse the advice for people to stop consuming any food item they suspect is making them unwell, withhold that food from their diet for several weeks before re-challenge by reintroduction of that same food to observe whether the symptoms go away when the suspected food is removed but are reproduced when it is eaten again.

Wheat prior to 1949 was different. I worked for a Dr. that developed new varieties of wheat. One was named after him and he named another. These hybrid strains were able to double yields. This was done by doubling the size of the grain. Since these variety’s were introduced out wheat tolerances have decreased. By 1969 our body’s have doubled in size, diabetes through the roof, cancers way up , and on it goes. Check out your high school year books. Or watch an older movie. Compare to now.

I started going all organic…as possible…and found my digestive issues resolved almost totally…

Huge THANKS Cyndi for sharing your survival techniques. My food story is similar: eliminating, one by one, foods that gave me hives or the runs. I now eat only eggs, bananas, occasional fish, goat kefir. Age 76 and still # (sharp).

Extremely underrated TED Talk. So good.

This talk is MUCH easier and better than the film which drowns out all the actors with an annoying loud soundtrack in the foreground..

People make fun of the blood type diet but its my type O clients that have the least tolerance for grains, namely wheat.

You are wrong! No one sprays wheat with 10 chemicals and almost no one sprays glysophate on wheat. In 40 years, never. The problem with wheat is ancient wheat was 9 chromosomes and because of years of cross breeding, modern wheat is 40 chromosomes. It's too complex for our digestion.

Great video. I wasn't going to watch it but she was so interesting that I couldn't shut her off.

Can they stop clanging their plates and forks for 5 minutes?

Thank you

I’m a wheat farmer in Montana. There is no GMO wheat and wheat is very very rarely sprayed with glyphosate. In fact I’ve never heard of that practice being used anywhere in the states ever. Occasionally it is done in northern Canada with their shorter growing season. Overall only a minuscule fraction of Canadian wheat ever sees any glyphosate and no American wheat.

do you know that all sifted wheat has to be( by law) fortified with iron (some sort of yucky supplement).i found that avoiding it ,by milling the wheat flour myself, from organic grain, helped alleviate my problems with wheat.

Its all money. I am a Type1 diabetic and have lots off problems with hidden sugars in foods so I stopped all bread pasta meat milk sugars and all processed foods 7 years ago and went vegan and only eat above ground green veg chilli peppers garlic etc o and ginger as its a root to say I have had a improvement is a under statement, this person is so right and so many problems with peoples health today is what they eat. So many processed foods are poison and are made to taste nice with chemicals. Look at brain disease that have increased in the last 20 years but people are blind or are to lazy to act and are willing to pop a pill instead off eating correctly so sad.

Read "Wheat Belly Total Health"

But isn't this being sprayed on everything? She said it's sprayed on nuts and fruit. So wouldn't that mean we can't trust any food that we don't grow ourselves?

Some people just aren't designed to eat gluten. There's nothing wrong with that. We just need to know who has celiac disease and who doesn't. And if you have been tested and you have celiac disease then stay off gluten for the remainder of your life. You will be healthier as a result.

Just found out I have a severe wheat intolerance via blood test possible celiac disease. I am very disappointed but after a multitude of symptoms im very hopeful my symptoms are gone.

Great Ted Talk Video!!!

Wow I never had wheat allergy, but recently after moving to Netherland, I feel sick after eating bread, my skin looks dull,

Woow this is invigorating but yet astonishing 😲

Be better without hearing plates clicking around in the background.

I went wheat free best thing I’ve ever done 😅

What is with the background noise as if they are in a restaurant

Superb - thanks cyndi - how can we buy a executive summary of ur book as don’t have time to read whole book due to major challenges

I know a few farmers that have stopped using roundup or at least use it more conservatively. It can be toxic but also necessary for huge harvests. Roundup is not an easy thing to get rid of.

I have great aunts and uncles who were infertile. I am infertile. I am wondering what I was exposed to that gave me the same problems. Kudzu is not treated and is on every continent except Antarctica. It is free. Learn about it and eat it if possible. Why do I need to add styrofoam (perlite) or vermiculite to a pot of soil when compost has been enough for eons?

I knew glyphosate was in wheat but didn't really know what it did to stop nutrient/mineral absorption, thanks!. I went cold turkey for new yee'yuhz on HFCS and wheat. I lost 35lbs, feel great, less pain, more strength

Im glad I watched this, people thought I was a nutter when I mentioned this

Are people eating in the background?

The reason she felt so good when she switched to "a bit of protein" and veggies is because she inadvertently put herself on the ketogenic diet due to calorie restriction. This effect is well known with people going vegan, or fasting. That she eliminated wheat was obviously important, but not the reason for the clarity and energy. I don't know but I would bet the problems with wheat are there in countries that don't permit glysophate, or before it came into use in the 1970's. It's (probably)not the glysophate, it's the wheat.

Wheat or gluten allergy. And you're talking about processed wheat, NOT whole wheat. HUGE difference.

What about whole spouted wheat and organic.

Cyndi - what’s with wheat doc - how can we watch it

So I don't understand, is wheat bad or is it the way we process wheat bad? What if I cultivate and process wheat in my garden in a natural way? Would that be bad for my health?

The way wheat is modified and sprayed is probably not worse than what is done to other crops including vegetables and fruits not to speak of how the meat industry is adulterated. Organic is the answer? Can,t afford it. I dont eat much wheat because i find it addictive. I eat the whole loaf then might fall asleep. I love it too much. Well my answer is to grow my own vegetables and put in the freezer. Hope it keeps me healthy and save money plus a great healthy hobby.

Wheat is a commodity, not a food, and the processed food factory grows a lot of extra wheat, corn and potatoes.

If this is true why aren't the reported problems much higher than stated. I eat many products containing wheat and I have no symptoms other than a dry eye problem which I know the cause of (it has nothing to do with diet). Granted the way we handle food contains a lot of artificial processes and ingredients but I'm always sceptical of anyone who has a book to sell on the topic they are talking about. I will continue as I am.

...I was about to make a cheese sandwich.

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Now I can’t eat the bread in my fridge

Arsenic and lead would cause illness for sure and early death. We always need to be careful with what we do with farming as for the HIV that’s unfortunate that her family was affected but completely not linked to diet as the factor VIII being used to treat haemophilia so I am failing to see how this is linked to diet. Unfortunate but not at all useful to talk about in link to diet

Vitamin A deficiency causes Dry eyes

Wonderful great share start the tsunami!

Did the audience begin to stop eating when they realised it included wheat in one way or another?

The idea that today's wheat is different than ancient wheat is a common misunderstanding. It is chemically identical in every way; proteins, enzymes, carbs, etc. Also, food that includes wheat tends to be high-calorie, and most processed foods contain wheat, so cutting wheat tends to lead to eating more whole foods, less processed foods, and fewer calories overall. This is not a bad thing, and has made many peoples lives healthier and happier! But pointing to wheat as the sole cause of all ills is... misleading. This speaker sounds very sure of what she is saying, but the truth is, the reasons for the increased prevalence of wheat sensitivities is not definitively known. One theory is that it is a case of the "nocebo effect", but another theory is that it's linked to the rise in autoimmune disorders, which in turn seems to be linked to our highly-sanitised society making our immune systems over-reactive to harmless proteins. This, too, is not wheat's fault. Similarly, the rise in peanut allergies is not because peanuts are bad for everyone. I suppose what I'm saying is, it's frustrating to hear someone say things which have a severe lack of evidence at best, and are demonstrably false at worst. It's strange to hear her making claims about glyphosphate ruining our gut microbes when there is no evidence that that is the case. And it's frustrating that she does all this while selling media that puts a lot of money in her pocket. Anyways. Eat however you like, and however makes you feel good. But think about /why/, once in a while. Peace and love ✌️✌️

Wheat should be bane

If I go without bread for a day I start to feel sick.

wheat has always been used to keep people down

Eat organic!

I keep hearing the background clamoring of forks on plates..

Monsatan

I thought wheat has only been grown for about 10 000 years!?!

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Interesting strategy. Feed your audience first, then give a speech about how the food they just ate is poisoned!

Organic has almost no benefits.

Keep talking.....we're eating....lol

Gluten intolerance is straight up a symptom of vaccine damage. I know. I used to eat wheat until I got vaccinated w/Hep B vaccine and then eating wheat triggered instant pain--inflammatory arthritis, so I stopped. The vaccines are GMO. Hopefully there is not too much GMO wheat around and we can still save the genome.

is your parents forst cousins was never addressed.

Agent Orange Corn

Why does she have an Australian accent? She grew up in America! It just sounds so weird.

it's wheat that has allowed human's civilisation to flourish

Buul shite

Bill Gates would say "Good job" to help population reduction.