Wheat Gluten is Not Food

Here's my new philosophy: wheat gluten is not food.

There are a lot of things in this world that I could eat, but shouldn't: plastic, mercury, dirt. I'm not allergic to these things, but they are bad for me. They happen also to be bad for everyone. Just add wheat, barley, and rye to that list. These things are not food. We as a species should never have begun eating them. Our bodies do not process their proteins very well. There are many other grains that we can eat. Our early ancestors never figured out that wheat was causing them sickness (who knows maybe it wasn't). Now we know that wheat gluten causes sickness, possibly even in people who do not have an allergy or autoimmune deficiency related to it.

So, I think of wheat gluten as dirt. Somehow that makes it easier (emotionally or psychologically) to avoid items made with wheat. Wonder Bread is made with dirt. Domino's pizza is made with dirt. Gross.