I agree with the comments on the toxicology of gluten. There is no doubt, that gluten and many other foods have very significant toxicological and neurological implications for our individual and communal health. There is also no doubt that these problems have largely gone unrecognised until recently and that Dr Rodney Ford is one of the few people that have taken up the cudgel in starting to address this issue. His books were a real eye opener to me and I also found him very knowledgeable and passionate about his subject in a very quiet and unassuming way. I personally have no doubt that he is right. I also think that our changing lifestyles and our increasing reliance on fast, convenience foods has greatly exacerbated this problem. I think we need a fundamental and well informed rethink of our eating habits and food choices. I am greatly encouraged by and applaud the approaches of Jamie Oliver and of Stephanie Alexander, in Australia, in addressing the issues of meal preparation and eating more fresh food.

regards

Paul Smith

very interesting article…

Some days ago I had an interview with the pediatrician Dr. Rodney ‘Gluten’ Ford from New Zealand about Gluten, Autism and Sub-Clinical Autism. I think his ideas are very intersting. From the interview:

“Dr. Ford: These are neurological diseases but they don’t talk about presentation, or sub-clinical autism or the brain damage that happens when gluten occurs. Nobody knows how far this gluten nerve toxicity is going to take us. Children with attention deficit disorder, behavioral issues, delinquencies, the people who get into crime because of poor schooling, the people in jail who have had a difficult schooling and difficult time — all of the social issues with violence, a lot of this could be explained by neurological damage from gluten. You might find in 20 to thirty years that instead of going to the gluten-free rack and picking up a gluten-free food, we’re actually warned about gluten, there might be warnings, “This food contains gluten.”
source: http://www.mind-healing.org/glutenintolerancesymptoms-1.html

He beliefs that one or two generations from now we will not eat gluten anymore, it can make addicted and will be banned like tobacco these days. His goal is a Gluten Free Planet.

Great guy…

Hope this Helps
Daniel