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Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health | 
 enlarge | Author: Melissa Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 51441
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0658017225
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.283
UPC: 639785400837
EAN: 9780658017223
ASIN: 0658017225
Publication Date: April 19, 2002
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Diets high in grains can lead to a host of health problems such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, fatigue, and more. Going Against the Grain outlines the disadvantages and potential dangers of eating various types of grains and provides practical, realistic advice on implementing a plan to cut back or eliminate grains on a daily basis. This book also includes easy-to-follow grain-free recipes and helpful suggestions for dining out.
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 Valid information just yet nothing new January 1, 2009
N. Markova (NJ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very excited to read this book, but unfortunately it didn't say anything that I hadn't already read online.
Whilst I agree that grains are for birds and not for people, the book was sometimes repetitive and I had to force myself through parts of it at times. I am sure the author is a great help to her patients, I just didn't feel the information was as groundbreaking as books such as The China Study which chronicle a lifetime of research or Eat To Live by Joel Fuhrman which gives a complete and drastic diet plan than has equally drastic results on sick patients.
Dropping grains and replacing them with hamburgers, oil, honey and meat based dishes is not a path to health especially as allergies are often caused by a candida overgrowth and intestinal flora damage which is just as sensitive to sugars and fats as gluten and wheat.
Smith also annoyed me by telling vegetarians that if they don't feel better straight away they should switch back to fish and chicken - in reality vegetarians simply need to stop eating sweets and grain products and switch to a whole food, plant based diet which provides all the fiber, protein and nutrients that they need.
She also urges vegetarians to load up on soy based products which is another huge allergen. If you have so many allergens in your diet - how will you know what's causing your problems?
Fish is so full of mercury it should be an occasional meal, not a staple. Chicken has just as much cholesterol as beef. Heart disease, not protein deficiency or celiac disease is the leading cause of death in the USA
Bottom line is plants need to be the staple whether you eat meat or not to provide the fiber required to aid digestion especially if you drop all grains.
My recommendation is for people who are truly committed to finding healthful eating to perhaps read Eat To Live instead, which has both meat eating and vegetarian menu options but it is a much clearer way to 'revitalize your health' than simply removing grains.
Smith isn't wrong about the grains, and I do feel bad writing a less than perfect review but I just didn't think the book was the most interesting or informative one I have found.
 Bad advice August 14, 2008
C. Sylvester (USA)
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
Um...........WHOLE grains do not cause obesity, REFINED grains do. WHOLE grains do not contribute to type II diabetes, REFINED flours and FAT do.
If you really want to "Revitalize Your Health", read books by:
Drs. Ornish, McDougal or Bernard, they have THOUSANDS of patients whom they have saved their lives and continue to do so through diet.
 A Wonderful Introduction to Grain Free Living June 9, 2008
S. R. Bowen (Near San Francisco)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The virtue of whole grains is the latest conventional wisdom from the food industry. In reality whole grains are not as wonderful as they seem. All gains and seeds contain a certain amount of phytic acid and it is concentrated in the bran. The phytic acid binds with the minerals in your food and conveys them out of your system.
Brown rice, for example, contains vastly more minerals than white rice when analyzed in a lab. But your body will actually absorb more minerals from the white rice. Now you could always soak and sprout your brown rice before cooking and the majority of the phytic acid would be neutralized leaving you with lots of usable minerals. But few are willing to go to such lengths.
Nutrition is much more complex than people think. My educated intuition tells me that the best bet is to eat primarily as our ancestors did in the thousands of generations during which man evolved. And they ate no grains to speak of, neither brown nor white nor whole nor processed.
Going Against the Grain is an excellent introduction to this important subject. It is a little bit dated and aimed towards the general public. But if it serves to pique your interest in the subject it has done it's job.
 clear explanation April 28, 2008
Abroekhuizen (new zealand)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The info in this book is clearly written, easy to understand and I can see where she is coming from.
I would like to see more variety for the breakfast receipes.
Good price for quality info.
 Not very scientific April 1, 2008
katnyp (dallas, tx usa)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found this book to be somewhat vague and non-scientific. It's all stuff I've read before. The 'quizzes' to determine how sensitive you are to wheat or grains are too broad. There is some good info on tests and glutens, but the part about 'exorphins' is just plain silliness. Save your time and money, here's a summary: (i) avoid grains, esp wheat (ii) go organic where possible (iii) it's hard and people might think you're weird but go for it.
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