Dr. Davis Spanks Moises Velasquez-Manoff at the NYT

A quick post to link to Dr. William Davis' (author of Wheat Belly) rebuttal of the New York Times article, 'The Myth of Big, Bad Gluten'. 

 

I think the perfect summation for me comes in from one of the comments on Dr. Davis' post - to paraphrase - "If grains are so great, why do so many people eliminate a litany of health problems when they stop eating grains?" 

And what, exactly is so great about grains in the first place?  There is nothing in grains that you can't get (more of, and in more bioavailable form) from other sources. 

 

Nutrient	Whole grains	Whole milk	Fruit	Vegetables	Seafood	Lean Meats	Nuts and Seeds
Vitamin B-12 (µg)	0.00 [4]	0.58 [5]	0.00 [4]	0.00 [4]	7.42 [7]	0.63 [6]	0.00 [4]
Vitamin B-3 (mg)	1.12 [4]	0.14 [1]	0.89 [3]	2.73 [5]	3.19 [6]	4.73 [7]	0.35 [2]
Phosphorus (mg)	90 [3]	152 [5]	33 [1]	157 [6]	219 [7]	151 [4]	80 [2]
Riboflavin (mg)	0.05 [2]	0.26 [6]	0.09 [3]	0.33 [7]	0.09 [4]	0.14 [5]	0.04 [1]
Thiamine (mg)	0.12 [5]	0.06 [1]	0.11 [3]	0.26 [7]	0.08 [2]	0.18 [6]	0.12 [4]
Folate (µg)	10.3 [4]	8.1 [2]	25.0 [6]	208.3 [7]	10.8 [3]	3.8 [1]	11.0 [5]
Vitamin C (mg)	1.53 [3]	74.2 [5]	221.3 [7]	93.6 [6]	1.9 [4]	0.1 [1]	0.4 [2]
Iron (mg)	0.90 [4]	0.08 [1]	0.69 [2]	2.59 [7]	2.07 [6]	1.10 [5]	0.86 [3]
Vitamin B-6 (mg)	0.09 [3]	0.07 [1]	0.20 [5]	0.42 [7]	0.19 [4]	0.32 [6]	0.08 [2]
Vitamin A (RE)	2 [2]	50 [5]	94 [6]	687 [7]	32 [4]	1 [1]	2 [3]
Magnesium (mg)	32.6 [4]	21.9 [2]	24.6 [3]	54.5 [7]	36.1 [6]	18.0 [1]	35.8 [5]
Calcium (mg)	7.6 [2]	194.3 [7]	43.0 [4]	116.8 [6]	43.1 [5]	6.1 [1]	17.5 [3]
Zinc (mg)	0.67 [4]	0.62 [3]	0.25 [1]	1.04 [5]	7.6 [7]	1.9 [6]	0.6 [2]
Sum rank score	44	44	48	81	65	50	38

 

For the full reference on the above table go to Robb Wolf's 'Paleo vs. Standard American Diet'.