A Different Perspective On Wheat - with Dr. John Douillard | The Empowering Neurologist EP. 35

[@jasondames7210]

Thank you Dr. Perlmutter.. We need more conversations like this where both sides of opinions can be discussed in such a respectful manner.. I feel this is not something you see much of these days and I really enjoyed it!! God Bless!!

[@DavidPerlmutterMD]

Absolutely, that's incredibly important!

[@adrianapoblano9134]

I respect Dr Perlmutter and Dr Douillard, I have follow them for quite some time now. My conclusion is eat more vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, seasonal, organic, sustainable, pastured-raised, according to season, and use your gut instinct to navigate our modern challenges when it comes to healthy eating... We should all learn how to bake our own ancient bread! I am inspired, the literature all leads to understanding that we live in a toxic world and for the light that Doctors like them are giving us I am grateful. Nutrition after all is an ever changing science! thank you!!!

[@ChantelJonesCIB]

Great stuff Gentlemen! This is communication! Well done and thank you!

[@boogie011979]

Thank you, to both Dr J. Douillard, and Dr. D. Perlmutter. Its nice to see to individuals discussing the research and posing valid questions to clarify stances. Usually these days either one side or both attack the person and not debate the science. Please continue the hard work and video you produce Dr. Perlmutter. I hope more doctors from British Columbia, Canada start following your advice and holistic point of views. Our doctors need to have a better grasp on critical thinking, and asking the right questions so they can track what is the root cause in their patients concerns. Our government also needs to reevaluate how they pay doctors through our medical care system so they can empower them to make their patient's healthier through education, and patient participation. We need to move away from our current system of seeing a patient for 15 min, with only one topic per visit, and leave with a prescription in hand. The system has failed us. We need to be mature about it, own it, and move towards a system which promotes health.

[@eat2befit]

I love the knowledge and respect in this discussion. Both great doctors!

[@raya74]

"if feel yucky eating wheat" hehe Dr Douillard kind of looks like Lex Luther. Hes like the no grain movements archenemy haha but you know what I really respect the fact that you were both able to debate while holding your grounds but you did so respectfully of one another and he also said some very kind words at the end to you Dr Perlmutter. It just goes to show that you don't have to agree with someone and their stance completely in order to still be friendly and respectful towards one another.

[@SC-tk5gk]

Congratulations to Dr. Perlmutter for his honesty. Initiating a conversation with a competing author requires the kind of courage that honesty really is. Only great minds can do that (compare to the hatefulness and dueling extremisms all around us). Douillard enriches the topic by adding the lymphatic system, seasonality of microbes in the earth, etc. Both men agree that industrial wheat should be avoided. I wish they had also discussed the new GMO wheat, which has larger gluten molecules than the older wheats. For this, see Wheat Belly by William Davis.

[@m.fender2989]

One of the best interviews regarding diet!

[@Curiodities]

Great interview! Civilized and constructive discussion of opposite viewpoints. However, Dr. Douillard did not provide a concrete explanation to avoid LBS (Leaky Bowel Syndrome) on a diet that contains gluten, even on the considered most appropriate time of the year (winter: 37:54). A good follow-up interview would be with Dr. Zachary Bush, since his lab's mineral supplement claims to prevent gluten and even glyphosate effects by restoring tight junctions in the _mega-membrane_ (from nasal cavity to the colon)... I would love to have Dr. Perlmutter's opinion on this as well.

[@johnstephens2510]

Good to see the conversation happen. Dr P won by far

[@GetGood5]

Great discussion. I really appreciate that you stood your ground in what you believe in and that he did the same. It would be great if great minds could get together and actually agree on something together though haha.

[@eglantinalan1]

I love Dr. Perlmutter and believe him 100%!!

[@IHeartZui]

Barley is native to only a small corner of NW Africa, it's "berries" are slightly plumper and may have been collected by gatherers seasonally in the area but the bulk of subsistence would have been tubers and roots as with most of Africa. Wheat and rye never made the jump across the equatorial belt that separates Africa from Eurasia. the Einkorn variety of wheat was a chance by gatherers as wheat was nearly inedible and the mutation which spawned the Einkorn's edibility would have also been subject to extinction due to it's poor ability to hold it's seeds to maturity and distribute them adequately. Literally a chance meeting that changed the World from a agricultural civilization perspective.

[@SB-ny1lc]

Moderation people...... it's just all about MODERATION...... unless you have allergies.....

[@Freesingskills19]

to see both sides of this debated civilly is really interesting and informative. wheat is the demonized food du jour. not too long ago, it was the foolishness of eating low fat, manufactured foods, replaced with sugar and other empty carbs. in sardinia, a blue zone (most longevity) bread is a staple eaten daily. makes me wonder. i believe youre ahead if you eat whole, organic, non gmo, unmanufactured foods. try to know the source.

[@truthseekertoday2377]

Is GMO wheat good for us?

[@Curiodities]

Dr. Perlmutter talks about this in his book. GMOs can be made to resist herbicides like roundup (which contains glyphosate) in order to prevent other naturally present vegetation to slow down the crops growth. High amounts of glyphosate increase the side-effects of gluten, leading to an increased leakiness of the gut (allowing dangerous substances into your blood and brain). So, for those who eat wheat, it's preferable to consume non-GMO products.

[@carolwillis8300]

I'd like to hear extensively from Douillard on lymph as one of his niche specialties (along with Ayurveda). ........ As far as the topic today, some 50% of celiac's have NO symptoms, so symptoms cannot be used as indicative of gluten sensitivity or the absence of gluten sensitivity. Also, type O blood is the blood type most harmed by whole wheat lectins. IMO anyone with type O blood should avoid wheat of any kind entirely, whether or not they have symptoms. And based on the work of Fasano, as well as modern wheat having many-fold more gluten than ancient wheat, I think everyone would do well to avoid wheat on general principles.

[@wiltonpt1]

Great Topic. Unfortunately the attempt to just go by what's published is currently a very murky picture. Nutrition studies are often contradictory because they do not actually measure many of the highly critic and important covariables such as the REAL amount of pesticides, herbicides such as Glyphosate in regular wheat. We know that glyphosate is neurotoxic and interferes with fertility from recent studies published on Toxicology and other reputable journals. Also the theories of lymphatic congestion and the link to mental diseases is at best tentative guess work or just bad science as there is no scientific paper really shown by this doctor to demonstrate such a thing . Ideally these conversations would also quote studies and show them and not just make a passing vague mention of "studies" . This way of dealing with information which is published takes away from the reputability of this information. That said, I don't think we have comparative methodologically sound studies comparing the effect of different varieties of wheat and different kinds of wheat in the health of the gut or overall expression of allergies. Basically the interview brought some contradiction and left me feeling less sure about a scientific consensus at least when it comes to the literature.

[@tl56kmair]

I would be willing to bet that the wheat that was eaten by early man were sprouted

[@robertkrug8896]

Thanks for the discussion. You said in this conversation that rice contains no Gluten. Is this true...cause I think it is not true. Regarding the work of Peter Osborne rice contains Gluten called Oryzenin, but not Gliadin (the Gluten from Wheat). He says that some of his patients just got better after removing corn and rice (typical so called "glutenfree" products) from diet. By the way, Peter Osborne would be a good interview-partner ;-) ...Greetings from Berlin, Robert PS: By the way, I think Doullard is wrong about Gluten. You cannot recommend such a devastating product and the name of the book is definetly misleading and not what this Dr. want to say...

[@DavidPerlmutterMD]

No gluten, but very high in carbs. Depending on how/where prepared, it can sometimes be cross-contaminated though.

[@robertkrug8896]

Dear Dr Perlmutter. Thanks for answering! I checked again Peter Osbornes Book "No Grain, no Pain" and I found the following two Studies: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8581843 and www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC160892/ ...this is why he says: Rice contains with this Oryzenin Protein also Gluten and he says that a lot of his patients only start to recover from CD when they also remoce rice and corn from their diet. So the more I think about, the more I would say: You should interview him :-) Kind regards from Berlin, Germany PS: I really appreciate your work, especially they part of high blood sugar and what it does to the brain...also what gluten does to the brain. For me this is THE reason never to eat gluten again in my live! Thank you!

[@mickytime]

Obviously He is paid by promoting it for THEM. A useful idiot who will do whatever THEY tell him to do as long as he gains the money and pathetic fame even if it hurts our people and society. What a sad person. I admire you, Dr. Perlmutter. You are the one who challenge THEIR agenda by simply spreading the right information for people even if it may risk yourself. You are a REAL illuminating person. What a great accomplishment you have made!! We will be sincere and strong eternally.

[@GetGood5]

How is he promoting "them"? If anything he's saying "they" are the problem. They being the big companies that want everyone to eat crap and get medicated. All he's saying is there's more to the problem than wheat and if you are able to fix your gut and have a wheat tolerant body, you could eat good wheat in a responsible way.

[@sandpaper631]

This guys just loves his fresh bread every morning and is looking for any excuse to continue his addiction to wheat.. wheat is bad, full stop..

[@yjc1018]

What are the supplement you are taking?

[@sandpaper631]

Haha^^^ another wheat lover in denial.. go get diabetes

[@sandpaper631]

See.. another carb and bread addict that will only read studies you want and disregard the studies that point cabs to diabetes. I'm not gonna reply to intellectually dishonest liars..fat doesn't cause insulin to rise or fall so you lied again.. goodbye :)

[@sandpaper631]

There are no studies? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@sandpaper631]

What does insulin rising and falling have to do with insulin resistance? Omg you have no idea HAHA!! I still don't know why I'm replying to an idiot..

[@ameliawilliams5732]

I just can't believe him. :-(

[@m.fender2989]

If Douillard is right, Nora Gedgaudas books are pure nonsense.

[@OgrillaG]

The only connection is that they both disagree with chemicals, toxins, pesticides, gmo foods, etc being a huge culprit of health problems. But this seems to be disappointing rhetoric from Douillard. I think its BS, and he kind of hides behind the caveat that this is about restoring ailements that affect digestion to the point where the body can not be as impacted from intermittent intake of grain.