Gluten is not the only reason to avoid wheat - the other culprit is Lectin. Lectin is a type of ‘wheat germ agglutinin’ (WGA) and glycoprotein. Through thousands of years of selectively breeding wheat for increasingly larger quantities of protein, the concentration of WGA lectin has increased proportionately.

WGA is largely responsible for many of wheat’s pervasive ill effects. Read the article from Mercola.com below to learn more:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/16/The-Critical-Role-of-Wheat-in-Human-Disease.aspx

Spring is the best time of year to mobilize change and foster new growth in your life. This is true in terms of your health goals as well as your overall life situation. Springtime offers a fresh opportunity to set new goals, make long term plans and define the steps necessary to successfully accomplish your greatest potential. It’s also time to do some “spring cleaning” –a great time to get rid of all the accumulated baggage that is weighing you down!

A useful spring exercise is to take stock of everything you own, identify what you haven’t used in the past year and won’t likely use in the future and then get rid of it! Sell it, take it to the dump or find someone who needs it more than you. For most people this amounts to about 25% of their possessions. With less stuff from the past weighing you down, you’ll feel lighter, freer and you will have more energy and enthusiasm to make positive changes in your life. In our clinical experience this simple exercise creates profoundly positive physical, emotional, and mental benefits for those who follow through with it. Read the rest of this entry »