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Great post from Fitness Spotlight..click to see full post

Fitness Spotlight's article, “The Real Truth About Those ‘Healthy Whole Grains’”, explores in detail a subject that is close the heart of our nutrition beliefs. And that is this - grains are not good for you. Nup, not even whole grains. Sorry.

The post goes beyond the surface reasons why grains are no good (they screw up your digestion, can impair your brain development and most definitely cause fat gain) and gives you some unarguable evidence, including:

• The link between grains and leptin resistance. Leptin resistance comes before insulin resistance and is a key predictor of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
• The effects of phytates (an acid typically found in the hull of a grain) and gluten (the protein part of wheat-derived grains) on your delicate digestive system.