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all right what would happen if you gave

up all grains

for

two weeks 14 days

that’s what we’re gonna talk about today

and yes i’m talking about the breads

pasta the cereal the crackers the

biscuits the waffles the pancakes the

muffins the donuts etc etc

as well as the rice and the corn now if

we compare giving up sugar for two weeks

to giving up grains for two weeks i

really think you’re gonna have way more

benefit giving up the grains for two

weeks simply because what these grains

do

to your gut not only do you have the

spike in blood sugar but you also have a

lot of inflammation all right let’s

unpack this topic what’s a grain

well grain is a seed

of

grass okay different types of grass and

in a grain you have three parts you have

the bran

which is the fiber part

which has some b vitamins you also have

the germ part which has some b vitamins

vitamin e

minerals

and

phytonutrients

then you have what’s called the

endosperm okay that’s where you have all

the carbohydrate

this is where you have some more b

vitamins and this is where you have the

protein and i’m talking about gluten

okay gluten so

very few people

are consuming just straight whole grain

like they don’t go and buy this grain

and then come home and

germinate it soak it you know getting

rid of the phytic acid so that way you

don’t have something that blocks your

minerals and then they don’t

then dry it out and then grind it into

flour right away and then turn into

bread that’s not what happens you go to

the store and you either buy the product

that’s already done or you might buy

flour and even if it’s whole grain or

whole wheat flour it’s been sitting on

the shelf for quite some time now the

definition of whole grain is any mixture

of bran endosperm

germ

in proportion one would expect to see

intact grain an fda said if it’s at

least 51 percent whole grain it can be

considered or defined as whole grain

so you can basically have 49

refined grain with this whole grain in

its whole grain

so here’s the problem

as soon as they grind the grain okay

they expose it to air and light

and oxygen

that right there oxidizes and destroys

the delicate fatty acids

the delicate

vitamins

this is why back in the 20s and 30s and

40s

they started to

fortify grains okay

they started to add

some

so-called nutrients back into the grains

because

quite a few people

were ending up with diseases like

pellegra which is a severe

b3 deficiency uh and beriberi which is a

severe b1 deficiency and i think i

recall a report even in the early 1900s

there were like 7 000 people who died of

pelegra which is the b3 deficiency

because of these grains so they ended up

adding in

um some

synthetic

version of

vitamins back into this grain to try to

bring it back to where it was because in

the refining process you end up

stripping out a lot of nutrition so they

put back in iron b1 b2 b3 folic acid and

calcium and you can imagine the

quality of those vitamins are definitely

probably the lowest list they’re made

from petroleum and they just stick them

in there not too impressed with that the

problem is when you eat grains that have

been fortified which

it’s mainly in america and other in a

few other countries but certain parts of

uh western europe and i think italy

don’t use this fortification crap and so

this is why

when you eat grains in other parts of

the world if you’re not in the us

you don’t nearly get the bloating the

grain doesn’t sit in your gut like a

iron weight because there’s iron in

there right plus they do use a different

type of grain as well but that

fortification is not good on your

digestive system so when they actually

refine the grain okay you end up eating

the product

and you actually if you consume refined

grains you create deficiencies of

certain nutrients okay

and at least two of the primary

nutrients that you’ll create

deficiencies

are the b vitamins and the vitamin e

complex now

you know they put back in three b

vitamins but what about all the other b

vitamins

these other b vitamins that are not in

there that you then become deficient in

can create a major strain

on your heart

now you may have not heard a vitamin

before

there’s some interesting research done

by dr royal lee back in the 1940s and

even 50s but another name for vitamin b4

is adenine is a critical critical

compound in the regulation of

cardiovascular function

both

in the coronary artery

as well as in the

rhythm of the heart the neurological

pacemaker of the heart and so if you’re

deficient in this element i could put a

big strain

on not just one part of the heart

several parts of the heart so giving up

grain for two weeks

will take some relief off of your heart

both the coronary artery as well as in

the

pacemaker of the heart so the heart can

then stay in rhythm much easier

now let’s talk about vitamin e

as far as the heart goes your vitamin e

is

very necessary to prevent angina

because vitamin e improves the oxygen

carrying capacity of the heart tissue

by up to 250 percent

so if you’re deficient

in vitamin e the heart has to labor it

doesn’t get enough oxygen and the heart

can even form a heart cramp that’s

called angina so when you give up grains

for two weeks you’re going to take a big

stress off the heart all right the next

point i’m going to bring up is just the

simple

carbs the refined carbohydrates in these

grains they’re huge

with a pretty high glycemic index and

i’m not even talking about the added

sugar to the cereals and all these other

grains just talking about

where grains are on the glycemic index

okay especially refined grains

they are high

so what happens is this grain turns into

sugar very quick it spikes your blood

sugar and now you’re going to get all

the bad effects of high insulin and high

blood sugar and that’s going to be

weight gain that’s going to have

cognitive

problems you’re going to be less smart

less focus

less

concentration

you’re going to have a lowered mood

you’re going to be irritable you’re

going to have more anxiety and you’re

simply going to be

tired okay other than that you’re going

to be totally fine now i just want to

point out

when you consume pasta it’s a little bit

different if you check your blood sugars

right after consuming pasta

um

they won’t be spiked

it’s kind of a delay

apparently pasta is more dense so it

takes a while for it to break down so if

you check it within an hour your blood

sugars will be spiked in a major way so

just because it doesn’t get spiked right

away doesn’t mean it’s not going to

spike

later

all right the next point i want to bring

up is this thing called phytic acid what

is it it’s a protective

chemical that seeds use to keep a seed

from sprouting okay

and

when you consume grains with phytic acid

because you didn’t

germinate them or soak them okay

what happens is you now are going to

have a difficult time absorbing minerals

like zinc

like iron like calcium

things like that so this is why grains

um inhibit your ability to absorb

minerals trace minerals so by getting

off grains for two weeks guess what no

phytic acid and you finally get to

absorb these wonderful trace minerals

that’s going to be cool and there’s a

whole

chain reaction of positive things that

are going to happen just from that

all right the next point i want to bring

up is the reduction of gut inflammation

when you stop eating grains why because

of gluten gluten is one of the most

inflammatory things for the gut that you

can consume so many people

have a gluten intolerance okay they just

can’t tolerate it or they have a severe

allergy to gluten it’s a protein and

even if it doesn’t directly affect the

gut it affects other parts of your body

there’s a lot information on that i will

put a link down below but it’s going to

affect

the pain in your gut it’s going to

affect bloating

distension you’re going to feel like

you’re pregnant after you eat grains

that was me you’re going to have pain in

your stomach that was me and anything

that’s going on with the gut is going to

be going on with the brain

so if you have gut inflammation guess

what it’s going to affect your brain

you’re going to have brain fog

you’re going to have all sorts of

behavioral issues and mood problems and

anxiety and even depression the list

goes on and on that’s not all we got

more

if you don’t eat grains

okay there’s no fortification so we’ll

have less bloating from that you’re

going to feel like

oh wow my stomach isn’t so bloated now

also grains

are high in omega-6 fatty acids and

those are the things that create

inflammation so guess what you’re going

to have a lot less inflammation uh not

just in your colon but through the whole

body so if you have arthritis chances

are that arthritis might actually

disappear all right number eight you’re

going to have less

fluid retention

because these are refined grains usually

okay mostly refined grains

refined carbohydrate you’re going to

hold a lot of fluid

and so an average person is probably

holding minimally 13 pounds of excess

fluid when they do high carbs so getting

rid of the grains for two weeks you’ll

probably lose at least 13 pounds of

fluid that’s going to be cool

also you’re going to sleep better

there’s going to be more hormonal

balance there’s going to be less

effect on the neurotransmitters in your

brain like dopamine

and you’re going to just feel calmer

you’re going to feel stress free okay

and then you’re going to sleep better

also and this is interesting

if you have hashimoto’s which is usually

the most common form of hypothyroidism

okay 90 of people that have

hypothyroidism have hashimoto’s

you definitely need to get off grains

immediately why because the gluten

in the

grain the protein

can mimic the thyroid

and cause what’s called

molecular mimicry where your immune

system is attacking

the thyroid simply because

you’re eating gluten okay

so you need to get rid of that and guess

what your thyroid is going to be a lot

happier and that’s going to lead to a

whole cascade of wonderful things from

just from that

also

all this inflammation that you have is

going to go away and your immune system

will now finally get a chance to work

much better you’re going to be running

less on glucose and more in ketones and

so you’re going to have a cleaner fuel

and your immune system loves that so

you’ll be less sick as well and lastly

you’re going to be

less exposed to something called

glyphosate

glyphosate is the thing they spray

grains unfortunately even though

some of these grains are not even gmo

they still spray them

less glyphosate means lower risk of

cancer and it also means better

digestive

health because the glyphosate kills

microbes and they can affect your gi as

well so i challenge you

to give up grains

for two weeks and then write down in the

comments section how wonderful your life

is

because of that

now if you haven’t seen my other video

on giving up sugar for two weeks i put

it right here check it out