Toxic Staple

Extremely eye opening. Very well researched. The author brings cutting edge nutrition science and modern medicine to the masses in clear, plain English.

Toxic Staple by Anne Sarkisian is an extremely well-written book that discusses, at great length, gluten, its debilitating impact on health, and what you can do about it. Every aspect of this book, in my opinion, is relevant and quite helpful. The information is thorough, thought-provoking, and highly enlightening.

If you have questions or concerns about gluten, if you have ever wondered about how gluten may be impacting your body systems and/or influencing your overall health, or if you just need a good place to start, this book is the resource you want.

Rating: 5/5 Recommend: Yes Bookshelf Worthy: Yes

A complimentary e-copy of this title was made available for review in exchange for an honest critique. The words that I have shared are my own.

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With more and more Americans pursuing gluten-free diets as a means to weight loss or improved health, this is a timely addition to library collections. References are made to numerous research studies about celiac disease, gluten intolerance, and gluten-free diets and their connections to diabetes, heart health, and other health concerns. The chapters are peppered with anecdotal but impassioned first-person narratives. The author is gluten sensitive, as are several members of her family, but is not a health professional or formally-trained researcher. Several references are made to one laboratory as a recommended source of testing. Still, for those exploring the relationship between gluten and their health, this is a useful addition to the collection.

Great information on one of the most controversial ingredients of the 21st century. Not only did it explain alot of symptoms, but gave you ways to combat an effects you may have.

In my own personal circle, I have been surprised by how many moms were the first to think, and then search out info on Gluten sensitivity and how it could be causing other issues that their children were having. Down to the last person, NONE of their doctors wanted to test for it, until AFTER the mother's all made an issue of it and demanded it. Amazingly, all had major allergies to Gluten and once it was removed from their diet, series issues (like turning purple due to a non-existent cardiac episode) suddenly disappeared. There is truth in the Doctor Mom myth, especially with all the access we have nowadays via the internet. The author had a similar episode- it started with a family member and then they started branching out and discovered many members had a Gluten allergy or sensitivity, that was causing major complications, that mimicked other issues.

The author relates her family's personal stories and then she gets into her research, and with every medical problem, she shares additional research to back up her theories. All her findings are easy to understand, yet have enough documentation behind them, to make your doctor happy, when providing the info to them! It is amazing to me how many diseases are based on inflammation, and how sensitivity or allergy to gluten, can actually start off the body's natural defenses and keep them too busy to fight other issues, or cause more issues, that lead to the diseases! The simple correlation of gluten being toxic to our bodies is easily seen by the reader.

She also makes a great reasoning for how the American diet has changed thanks to processed foods, and how we have added more and more gluten to our diets, frequently without knowing (who knew kid's paint had gluten in it?). This in turn is causing the sensitivies that were not there even 2 generations ago. I for one can understand this- when we put Miss Grace on the Remineralizing/Gluten-Free diet, it was amazing to see how her body reacted and how even she understood HOW much better she felt without it. But it is SO prevalent, you may think you're eating gluten free when you're not. For example, Barley Malt is another name for gluten! Yet one would not expect that. She gives you a great chapter in locating gluten on labels, and helping you see what you can eat, say at a restaurant (along with tips for getting dishes especially made gluten free by asking nicely).

If you have medical issues that aren't getting resolved, or if you wonder if you and/or you kids are gluten sensitive/allergic, check out this book! It will help to understand how the reaction occurs, how to test for it, how to understand the tests, and the steps you need to take if you are! I highly recommend this book as a must read for ALL parents! It will change how you view the food products on the shelves and what you buy for your family!

A great investigation into the negative effects of gluten on our bodies and how we can combat them. Brilliant.