Is Wheat the New Morphine ?

Let’s understand the Wheat-Mind Connection

Don’t you just love your eggs with crisp warm toast, paneer masala with soft melt-in-the-mouth naan, outdoor picnics with delicious sandwiches & monsoon getaways with Vada pav?

It’s almost impossible to visualize a trip to the grocery store or bakery without drooling over the variety of bread, cakes, and other wheat products.

Wheat as a crop is among the most consumed and almost ubiquitous parts of some of our most loved foods on planet Earth.

But along with its consumption, we also invite addiction, withdrawals & binge eating while enjoying our favorite staple made from this cereal.

Wheat is something that individuals think is consumed for "nutrition,"

but it has turned into a “FIX”.

This gluten-bound crop can dictate food choices, caloric consumption, and timing of meals & snacks. It can influence behavior and mood & even dominate our thoughts.

Our Brain on Wheat

Digestion of wheat yields morphine-like compounds known as gluteo morphine that bind to the brain's opiate receptors which induce a mild euphoria and eventually lead to addiction.

Studies have shown that the action of wheat on the brain center,

can be eliminated with opiate-blocking drugs.

And when the effect is blocked or no exorphin-picking foods are consumed, most people experience a distinctly unpleasant withdrawal, the hallmark of addiction.

It explains why we love our wheat so much and why people experience incredible difficulty in eliminating wheat from their diet.

Symptoms may include

Wheat is an Appetite Stimulant.

This gluten-bound cereal is also an appetite stimulant.

It makes us want more cookies, cupcakes, pizza, and everything.

It makes us crave both wheat-containing and non-wheat-containing foods.

Understanding that wheat, specifically exorphins from gluten,

has the potential to generate euphoria and addictive behavior.

Appetite stimulation means that we have a potential means of

taking back control over eating habits and weight.

This is why people who wean off wheat from their diet typically report

improved mood, fewer mood swings, improved ability to concentrate and

" Lose the wheat and lose the weight as well as the myriad effects.

This never should have been food in the first place this has over us."