To: muir_redwoods
I love gluten. Its a valuable protein that has supported a big piece of humanity for centuries.
I wouldn't call it a valuable protein. It is relatively cheap to produce in mass quantities, but as proteins go it is far inferior to animal proteins. The real value in wheat was that it provided a labor-intensive (think slave labor, or serf labor) form of bulk calories. Nutritionally, the best thing you can say is that it keeps you alive. I have no problem having wheat products, as long as they are made with animal fats. But they are for taste only. For nutrition, it is meat and vegetables.
19 posted on
09/12/2013 6:17:40 PM PDT by
jjsheridan5
(never again: done with the Establishment Republicans forever)
To: jjsheridan5
Our research has produced different findings. You are welcome to yours.
36 posted on
09/12/2013 7:01:59 PM PDT by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: jjsheridan5
I wouldn’t call it a valuable protein. It is relatively cheap to produce in mass quantities, but as proteins go it is far inferior to animal proteins. The real value in wheat was that it provided a labor-intensive (think slave labor, or serf labor) form of bulk calories.
This may be true, but it’s gobs better than rice.
45 posted on
09/12/2013 7:38:52 PM PDT by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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