Gluten is Not the Problem: The Science of Wheat

Gluten made ancient urban civilisations possible. And yet, influencers on social media spread nonsensical fearmongering about something mankind has consumed for millennia.
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[@hirubhaiambani]

Celiac and gluten sensitivity is NOT TRIVIAL. Both of them are mis-diagnosed and not easily identified or treated. The symptoms are similar to other diseases and a lot of physicians are not trained to diagnose them. How do I know this? - It took me 25 years of visiting multiple specialists and mis-diagnoses to figure out my sympoms are related to gluten sensitivity. Finally a doctor in the US was able to figure it out. I agree with you that wheat/gluten is fine for most people but its not that simple. Modern wheat is hexaploid which is one of the causes of gluten issues. Heritage diploid wheat is much easy to digest, but it is not very shelf stable and doesn't make good bread / pastries etc. Also modern farming harvests immature wheat, which is also an issue. The gluten in immature wheat is like a toxin, hence even insects and birds avoid it. They like mature wheat which the plant (technically a grass) is ready to give up for further propagation. Since insects and birds eat the mature wheat, moderns farmers like to harvest early. In the olden days, mature wheat was winnowed by hand, not any more. And lets not get started with the issues caused by fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides etc like glyphosates. They bioaccumulate in the body over time and also cause issues. Thus a combination of modern hexaploid wheat and modern farming practices combined have ruined wheat for us. I really like your videos but please stick to science and history and avoid giving medical advise en-masse. - A concerned scientist

[@claire3gen710]

So true...I can no longer tolerate any form of any carbohydrates or vegetables or fruits, as my digestion has been so poisoned by today's farming methods. I can only eat meat now which amazingly is helping heal my intestinal tract.

[@sarahb.6475]

I have also recently read online that people who live in cities are now losing the ability to digest plants. I think this was a "gift" we had acquired ages ago from working closely with big herbivore species like cows, horses, etc. But city people never have any contact with those. And cats + dogs they do see (and not even everyone has a cat or dog) dont eat plants. They are not herbivores. So we are losing the ability to digest it as we no longer have the proper gut bacteria. There is another word they had used, not the word "plants" ... Was it "celulose"? But it means plants of any kind.

[@legalbeagle5712]

Yes

[@philipd8868]

Agreed

[@JuanLopez-vf3mo]

Hello. I think he was not trivializing celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. 8:27 Greetings

[@claire3gen710]

unfortunately the original wheat grain is no longer grown. We now have hybridised wheat which causes many digestive problems. Adding to this is the sprays used. Glyphosate is sprayed on the drying wheat to enhance drying. Millions world wide can no longer tolerate or digest any form of this hybrid wheat.

[@MrSoopah]

There is no original wheat grain. It‘s a gradual breeding process over thousands of years and, btw, many old varieties are still available and actively farmed. Glyphosate is an herbicide and never used for drying.

[@novampires223]

Einkorn is a non fked up wheat, does not taste the same but very good. Grown in Italy and in the US. Sold on Amazon and in healthy food type stores.

[@claire3gen710]

@@MrSoopah there is an original wheat, it's called einkorn wheat. Original wheat is what grew naturally in the middle east before it was hybridized.

[@MrSoopah]

@@claire3gen710 Original wheat is some gras from way before the bronze age. You can buy Einkorn at many grocery stores.

[@philipd8868]

Agreed - and hi gluten bred wheat before hybridisation. Then refined hi gluten flour, even white flour can have a bit of glyphosate, as I understand it.

[@yahooezone]

*Correction* : it's great way to start video with "Did you know" stuff to get attention of viewers but, only thing is you need to do a little research not just copy paste from or rely on Wiki, Quora etc. Horses are mentioned in Rig veda the oldest text 1000s of years before indus valley civilization. Ever heard of *ASHWAmedha yaagam* , which is ancient ritual where Horses are used this dates to more than *7000 years* . ancient Indian texts make several references to horses. *Horses have played an important role in Indian culture and history since ancient times*

[@jigsaw413]

+ bhimbetka cave paintings also depict horse riders

[@kreativepulp8760]

Food is rarely good or bad. It is mostly 'familiar'or 'unfamiliar'. Waah!! That's a noteworthy observation, Sir. ❤

[@krishashok]

Thank you!

[@kaustubh42020]

@@krishashok Excellent video!! But we humans do avoid bitter things biologically. And some bitter notes are part of some foods.

[@hva61]

Fava beans@

[@subadra3108]

Super sir 👏👏👏

[@graphguy]

huh? Food is good, that is a definitive. The problem is man; pesticides, insecticides, inorganic fertilizers and GENETIC MANIPULATION. Those account for 100% of the issues.

[@lindacgrace2973]

Lovely presentation - excellent information. However, the massive increase in "gluten intolerance" in America identically mimics the adoption of three practices. (1) Unless it is specifically labeled "organic" all (100%) of flour sold commercially and to home cooks is preserved with calcium propionate. Calcium propionate causes bloating, alternating diarrhea and constipation, gut irritation up to and including Celiac-like ulcerations. (2) In America, the wheat is killed with glyphosate (Round Up) and then harvested when dead and dry, which facilitates the processing of the wheat, while ensuring that the consumer gets a full dose of glyphosate in all wheat products. (3) In the 1970s American farmers switched to "shorty wheat." The hybridized short-stalked wheat produces a lot less fibre and silage, which we no longer use for fertiliser and is uneconomic to process for animal feed. That's fine for wheat farmers. But the hybrid has 42 pairs of chromosomes (as compared with traditional wheat varieties that have a total of 28 pairs). Chromosomes encode for protein production. Shorty wheat produces gliadin and glutenin just like traditional varieties, along with several novel proteins that have never been consumed before. Since proteins trigger allergies, it seems intuitively obvious to me that adding novel proteins to a staple food without any safety testing was a bad choice. If the calcium propionate doesn't trigger gut inflammation, the glyphosate or novel proteins will. There have been several small-scale studies showing that Celiac patients, when visiting the Middle East or Italy (both countries who grow and harvest traditional wheat without any glyphosate contamination) gluten is well-tolerated by Celiac patients. It's NOT THE GLUTEN! It's the heavily glyphosate contaminated, calcium propionate preserved, overly hybridized novel wheat proteins that make modern wheat products problematic.

[@hirubhaiambani]

100% agree. Modern farming practices have resulted in modern wheat and thus modern gluten, which are HUGE issues.

[@lindacgrace2973]

@@hirubhaiambani Exactly. If you want the Biblical "Staff of Life," you have to use Biblical wheat ad cooking methods! 😀

[@davidkottman3440]

Wrong, most wheat in America matures & dries naturally before harvest. Glyphosate is occasionally used to prepare weedy fields for harvest, but it is Not a common or widespread practice! Summers are hot and dry in wheat growing areas allowing a natural maturity & dry down. Secondly, short wheats are the results of generations of selection by wheat breeders and do not result from the genetic manipulation you describe. The purpose of the short wheat is to allow higher fertilizer rates without falling flat on the ground, which is a problem for traditional varieties.

[@davidkottman3440]

​@@hirubhaiambani over simplified, my friend...

[@hirubhaiambani]

@@davidkottman3440 This video has turned into an interesting study of different perspectives, knowledge base, beliefs, history and how different people react to the same foods, in this case wheat and gluten

[@YSLRD]

European flour is much better than American flour. Many people have regained the ability to eat wheat products while vacationing. Different varieties and less chemical contaminants likely contribute.

[@avibhagan]

And they both have the same amounts of gluten. The pesticides allowed in the USA are banned in Europe and some of the bleaching agents and additives are also banned in Europe.

[@vanessac1965]

The modern variety of wheat is many times higher in gluten than any other food and is therefore 'unfamiliar'. The problem is also the gliadin in wheat. No one does well with modern wheat. By the time you have damage to the intestine that is visible in a colonoscopy it is quite late stage damage. Observe whether wheat makes you feel sleepy, if so then avoid it.

[@JoseHernandez-rt3bt]

I STOP EATING BREAD AND WHEAT FLOUR PRODUCTS ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. NOW MY SINUSES ARE CLEAR, MY ARTRITIS IS GONE AND MY ACID STOMACH IS HEALED. I STILL CONSUME BREAD ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT NOT EVERY DAY, SHALOM!

[@ElectrifiedStud]

Nope, you can't argue with this Guru here. He is always right!

[@Chen-gl9hm]

I stoped eating meat ,my soul feeling good😂😂😂😂

[@AkashYadavOriginal]

Placebo

[@fatcityhockey]

Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye and oats. It is a gluey protein that most people have difficulty digesting because they don’t have sufficient stomach acid to break it down. Lack of stomach acid is because we listen to our doctors who tell us salt is bad and it must be reduced. Salt is needed by our body to produce strong stomach acid (HCL) In addition, our insistence on drinking carbonated drinks with our meals which neutralise the acid and further reduce our digestive ability.has created an epidemic of malnutrition as the undigested gluten actually damages the vill in the small intestine responsible for absorbing nutrition into our bloodstream. This is not caused by an immune response like those sensitive to wheat or any other type of protein like peanuts etc. This is a contact enteritis not unlike what poison ivy does when it comes in contact with your skin. The partially digested gluten protein builds up a negative charge as it travel through your intestine and then literally zaps the positively charged villi. You only have to perform autopsies to find countless completely destroyed villi in patients who died from a milieux of chronic diseases to see that the actual cause was malabsorption leading to chronic malnutrition. This presenter is missing the elephant in the room. Gluten is a contact enteritis with your nutrient absorption system. You are looking in the wrong place.

[@rickyarnell1029]

Correction, oats don't contain gluten.

[@aashishgupta3582]

Amazing as always! Didn’t know about the no -difference difference between sooji and maida! Keep posting such informative videos. Thanks!

[@krishashok]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@faridddddd]

Congratulations, this is without doubt the most comprehensive, most concise and most common sense explanation of a foodstuff i have ever seen. The contextualisation for the Indian audience to make the information relatable is sublime ❤

[@krishashok]

Thank you

[@misterdubity3073]

One other piece of information about wheat (especially in the US) is that it is often sprayed with herbicide before harvest and one can speculate that there may be residual herbicide in the final product. There could be some ill effect from consuming residual herbicide which gets misattributed to gluten.

[@sadashivnadkarni3811]

Evidence of a chariot has been found in the Rakhigadhi excavations. Therefore, the archeologists such as Dr Vasant Shinde have concluded that this provides an indirect proof that Harappans were familiar with horses. There are lot more Harappan sites that are yet to be excavated. Earlier history mostly written by westerners was primarily based on conjectures. I am sure Bollywood is not a source of authentic history but there are a number of youtube videos on the latest excavations that do provide the latest findings.

[@krishashok]

No horses were found in Rakhigarhi. I agree that many more sites are yet to be excavated. If they find horses in them, then I will change my mind about whether or not the Indus people were familiar with horses. That they were not found in their largest cities (Harappa and mohenjodaro) is still not a fact that we can ignore

[@mehmano9045]

​@@krishashokThe height of yoke, wheel width & design of the chariot has been deduced to be equine not bovine

[@Banzybanz]

Ashokji I think civilisations' preference of staple grain was more to with climate. Rice needs a lot of water to grow. It can only been grown sustainably in tropical monsoon climates. Meanwhile wheat is more hardy and can grow in temperate climates with lower rainfall. Tropical countries can also grow wheat in winters, but the opposite is rarely possible. Even in China, the south had rice but the north had wheat as well. There are ways to cook rice that give it a good shelf life. We have puffed rice and poha which last can for months. And rice grains themselves are very good for storing.

[@krishashok]

True in the modern sense but when you consider ancient civilisations, the wheat based ones were more successful at expansion and trading. China largely was self sufficient

[@asg2602]

Informative, articulate, interesting as always!! Apart from many other things you are good at, I must say you are a great in teaching.

[@krishashok]

Thanks again!

[@marpintado]

Very accurate video!!! You forgot to mention that Wheat most valuable propriety is that it can be stored for a a full year. Food storage was what permitted humanity to surpass the variations on food availability that plagued the hunter gather society's.

[@krishashok]

Yep! One could keep going on for 30 mins but KZbin tends to prefer the 8-12 min durations

[@krsnanandavt]

Your theory that Rice was only used by Chinese may not be completely true. Indians were also rice eaters like the Chinese. It's the Iranian/Iraqi Asuras' influence around 5-6,000 years ago introduced wheat as it was tastier then rice. Given, that cooked wheat longer shelf life. "Coming to Persia, they learned the use of wheat. It was tasty. When some function is held that we enjoy, we say the function was held with “dhum-dhám” (pomp and show). “Go” in Saḿskrta means “tongue”. And since there was great pleasure in the tongue upon taking wheat, it was known as “godhum”. This “godhum” got changed in the Prákrta language to “gohuma” which in Bihar became “gahum” or “gehuṋ.” " - See below.

[@gbennett58]

The Chinese also grew a lot of millet.

[@otivaeey]

Dear Krish, thank you for the video. If you research Carnivore diet, gluten is a lectin which is one of many toxic plant defense molecules found in food. If you ask any Europeans about gluten, theyll be scared the hell out of it, not because europeans have feeble body but the addition of knowledge of gluten makes the population SENSITIVE about it thus saving them from unnecessary diseases. Gluten is legit. And also i want to clarify that carnivore diet is not an extremist clueless diet, it doesnt mean no plants are allowed. Many low-toxin vegetables are allowed in carnivore diet. Carnivore diet is a diet that truly focuses on curing the root cause of diseases.

[@henryblunt8503]

Very interesting to me as a non-Indian who loves chapatis. One point though. "All Purpose Flour" is an American expression which isn't used in all of the Anglosphere let alone all of The West. It has moderate gluten content. In Britain we distinguish Strong Flour which has more gluten than APF and Plain Flour which has less. We also have wholemeal flour - though I have never had any success making chapati with it.

[@sanjayyethipathi]

i find so much pleasure in watching your videos. every video has a goal and you go as deep as you can for a 5 - 10 min video. this is how education shoukd be - top to bottom and not bottom to top as done in schools.

[@puneetgoel5340]

Just to correct Regarding the horses. It was not shown that horses were part of indus valley civilization but a group of traders brought them from central asia to sell them in mohenjodaro market for the first time. In fact it was shown that hritik roshan saw that animal for the first time and even asked what is the name of this animal

[@krishashok]

Ah noted. Clearly you actually saw the movie and I didn’t 😅 but even that is likely ahistorical given that the folks with horses arrived well after the cities had declined. If they were selling horses there then the locals would have bought it in large numbers given insanely useful horses are for transport and war. But we don’t find any horse remains in any of the cities

[@puneetgoel5340]

Well, story tellers take creative liberties. They can say that because of the violent nature of horses or this very incident no one bought the horses and traders went back empty handed :D As they say if you didn't find it that does not mean they didn't exist. There is no firm truth. We just believe something as truth. It keeps on changing with time, country and circumstances. Like 500 years truth was that earth is center of solar system but now truth is sun. :)

[@yahooezone]

Horses are mentioned in Rig veda the oldest text 1000s of years before indus valley civilization. Ever heard of *ASHWAmedha yaagam* , which is ancient ritual where Horses are used this dates to more than *7000 years* . ancient Indian texts make several references to horses. *Horses have played an important role in Indian culture and history since ancient times*

[@yahooezone]

@@krishashok Horses are mentioned in Rig veda the oldest text 1000s of years before indus valley civilization. Ever heard of *ASHWAmedha yaagam* , which is ancient ritual where Horses are used this dates to more than *7000 years* . ancient Indian texts make several references to horses. *Horses have played an important role in Indian culture and history since ancient times*

[@ankushmahesh932]

Didn't the excavation of Sinauli prove that horses have existed in India for way looong back.

[@krishashok]

Ox cart. Not horse. Has been debunked many many times but of course WhatsApp university + an obsessive desire to prove that the Aryans are native to the subcontinent means this nonsense keeps spreading again and again

[@TheRakeshgautam]

Most of the Indians including south Indians came from outside only, only few tribals can be called native of this land. Aryans migration was slow as there is no proof of any heavy physical fight found as far as I know of. Same with Brahmins dominance also if they were so bad that too for like 2000 ridiculous years with their small population, locals would have destroyed them badly. Many misconceptions are spreading just for vote bank politics and religious conversion.

[@sarada141]

@@krishashokthe aryan dravidian thing is a myth --right? And has been debunked already, isn’t it?

[@chadhar7773]

​​@@TheRakeshgautam Exactly Dravidian were eastern Mediterranean race while Aryan came from somewhere near denube river, before them kolhi bhil were remnants of Austroloids who passed through this area to finally reach andman and Australia to be called Aborigines.

[@sudhakarreddy1453]

There are DNA studies available now which show us that Horse was a Steppe animal and only got into Indian subcontinent when Sintashta people migrated via Inner Asian Mountain Corridor-- Aryan happened to be the descendants of Sintashta culture. Indus Valley Civilization was urban based while Aryan culture was mostly rural!! They were pastoral people.

[@benjamindsouza6736]

Very informative video. But is it true that 95% of the wheat we get nowadays is of the hybrid variety which is not as healthy as the indigenous variety, & might be the cause of the various health issues related with wheat consumption reported by some doctors, particularly in the West?

[@davidkottman3440]

The so called "hybrid " has been grown for centuries, and in most of the world are the traditional types!

[@rkwsia]

slight misconception. Ponies used to exist in india much before indus valley civilization. And indus valley traaded with mesapotamia and egypt. Horse trading also happened.

[@randallthomas5207]

In the US about 2% of the population who have celiac or gluten sensitivity. 50% of the population is diabetic or pre diabetic. Yet the high fiber low sugar foods the diabetic population should be eating have been forced off the store shelves by a plethora, of gluten free foods. This I find to be a disgusting state of affairs.

[@beettootv]

Great topic for the general audience to understand how wheat is important to common people.😊

[@krishashok]

Thank you

[@manx4u]

6:21 Gastronomical quote of the century!

[@krishashok]

Haha. One of the central ideas of my book!

[@manx4u]

@@krishashok I’ve obviously read it! 👌🏼

[@lifeof2lovers]

celiac diseases are getting popular these days and now I think its not right to say that the percentage is very small....gluten sensitivity is a reality now

[@krishashok]

It’s just better diagnosed now

[@akashkumarsl]

Great introduction and ending 🎉 Thanks for information it coverd everything ❤

[@krishashok]

Thank you!

[@kitsva]

When we eat rice, we need fewer tissues to clean up; when we eat maida-based food like bread and pastries, we require many more tissues to clean up. Is this common or varies with each person? Another issue I have with wheat is I get bloating when I eat GMO wheat but no bloating when I eat NON-GMO wheat.

[@pathanada4957]

There are some forms of wheat that are not hybridized. It is mostly the glyphosate, but partially the modern factory milling techniques.

[@bhalchandragodse4514]

Yes you are absolutely bang on about wheat and the progress of ancient civilizations. But what have we done to wheat in modern century?? We have genetically modified in the name of abundance of production. Till mid 20th century human work culture was mostly based on physical involvement and naturally grown wheat was consumed to provide the required energy. Today we are sitting infront of a desk, traveling by artificial legs thus having no physical involvement to buy the genetically modified wheat. This makes it to hard digest. What was the percentage of diabetes and hypertension patients found before mid 20th century? Why after hybridization of grains and vegetables there is gradual increase in such diseases? What does amylopectin do the wheat and your body??

[@krishashok]

Wheat is not GMO. It is hybridised. Without that, we would have starved in the 60s

[@seasonaljoy]

@@krishashok Thank you for this. I recently learned that modern wheat is not GMO, which is a myth that is circulating all over the internet. Many people do not know the difference between "hybridized" and "genetically modified."

[@krishashok]

@@seasonaljoy Indeed. Also, that distinction itself is purely political rather than scientific. We only term those varieties where DNA from another species (usually bacteria) is used to enhance a specific trait. FYI, blasting seeds with radiation to change their DNA is NOT considered GMO!

[@godofdream9112]

0:08 you are wrong. As per S.R Rao the former Director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) mentioned the findings of Horse bones at Lothal, Kalibangan, Surkotada, Ropar and Mohenjodaro. Also there is clear mention of horse in Veda (aswamedh yagna).

[@krishashok]

Link to the peer reviewed paper please? Someone saying something is not evidence. Also - those were subsequently confirmed to be cattle, not horse

[@ladybookworms]

I have difficulty believing that chakkis are still used to make atta on a large scale as it is done now.

[@krishashok]

They are. They just happen to be industrially run machines rather than hand cranked

[@estar1277]

"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." John12:24,25

[@vivekmahajan3956]

Thank you for bringing knowledge in consumable format

[@user-lm2rx7np9g]

I have found that my food sensitivities decreased as I ate more nutrient rich food and got more sunlight.

[@krishashok]

Yep. Everyone is unique, but everyone believes one tiny thing is to blame universally thanks to social media

[@Glorytroly9092]

0:19 There is a cave painting of horse in bhopal which is appropriately 50k years old .

[@seasonaljoy]

I have started to grind organic wheat again with a small electronic grain mill. I use an old bread machine and can easily make a small loaf whenever I wish. The difference is unbelievable. No stomach ache; instead it gives energy, fiber, vitamins and satisfaction. You won't overeat bread that is freshly milled. It's filling and can be lower on the glycemic index. And yes, organic wheat is a must. If you can't tolerate organic modern hard wheats, try ancient grains like Kamut (also called Khorosan), Spelt, Emmer (also called Farro) and Einkorn. They don't have as much gluten so your breads will not rise as high, but you can add eggs and such to help.

[@janicejames3005]

Interesting. How about arsenic in rice? Can you please explain?

[@getttganesh]

Thank you again, like the way you bring history sconce and cultural to explain, really interesting, the moment I see there is video from u on my feed, I try to watch immediately leaving other work. Please make video on stevia and Diet Coke or Pepsi why and if it is fiber if and how dangerous or not it is.

[@krishashok]

Thank you! Will do

[@wakefulsleep2979]

New findings show there were horses in Indus valley civilization.

[@mihirtrivedi8492]

Which new research? Any links

[@HiSarvesh]

Simplicity brings clarity brings truth brings love ❤! Thank you professor !

[@krishashok]

You are very welcome

[@kxs7267]

Really enjoyed the mixture of history and hard science - and the explanation of some Indian terms that I see in recipe books but not on the supermarket shelves here in Europe. Thanks!

[@krishashok]

Thank you

[@juliuszach10]

Engineer Krish Ashok gets deep into science of food and its biochemistry that makes even a food pessimist gets glued on to his enlightening videos of Masala Lab. Wish he could touch a bit on Durum wheat vs normal suji and the over riding factor of durum wrt to any health benefits. Excellent and educating video. Thank you

[@adityaji2001]

In defence of movie mohenjodaro , They didn't show horses being used by Harappans but horses being introduced to Harappans by outsiders. It's actually more factual and logical as gradual cultureal shift is more likely.

[@pario850]

Love your channel!! So underrated

[@krishashok]

Thank you

[@girishkulkarni1157]

Good informative video. Wasnt aware that Rava is just different form of maida .

[@priyasubbiah3882]

How about the research on people with autoimmunity that shows that they are gluten sensitive and have to avoid wheat ? Also please ket us know what tests are available in India to diagnose gluten sensitivity? thank you

[@ladybookworms]

Don’t expect him to answer. He is not interested in people with food sensitivities and actually looking into facts for people with food sensitivity which leads to autoimmunity. He is only here to support the majority of the population who aren’t YET bothered by this. He doesn’t and probably will never look at it from the side of MODERN wheat varieties and genetic manipulation to make the plants high yield which is causing all the issues. You have to look for answers elsewhere or just keep suffering with people like him telling you that you are wrong.

[@gilliebrand]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing! 👍

[@vaxy150701]

Absolutely love it. Blend of science, history, nutrition, myth busting everything and that too in short videos.

[@vidyapatil5352]

Ashok you are too talented..❤

[@AscendedStark]

A VERY important topic - Wheat vs Oats 😅 Because some people are so scared by the internet that they're stopping others from eating wheat, but at the same time promoting Oats without even checking their nutritional content side by side 🤣

[@monohive]

love your videos. I was struggling to hear some words in this one and noticed you were using a different mic than usual. The videos recorded on the Sure MV2 sound a lot better and no I don't work for Sure :)

[@krishashok]

Ah this was recorded while I was travelling. So it’s not going to sound as crisp as the Shure

[@monohive]

@@krishashok ah I figured as much. Great stuff as always though. Cheers 🍺

[@timheineman625]

Gluten is a plant defense chemical, one of many in wheat. It inhibits secretion of proteases required to digest proteins. It also loosens the tight junction proteins that tie endothelial cells tightly together to prevent inappropriate particles in the gut from getting through to the circulation.

[@krishashok]

Glutenin is not a defence chemical

[@rajalakshmibalasubramanian8109]

Please put video on millets...how its is different from rice and replacing everything with millets make us healthy

[@bhupindersinghkanwar5681]

Dr khadir greatest practical man

[@habibihooman]

Main reason for prefering wheat was that it is easier to grow. You can even grow it without arrigation on unprepared land. Also you don't that much water for wheat.

[@krishashok]

Yes.

[@sreekanthnair]

The Bhimbetka cave paintings estimated closer to BC12000 to 10000 do depict horse riders. How is it that MJD/Harappans never saw horses ? Could it be that an indegenous breed of horses existed during pre-bronze age and got extinct somehow ?

[@krishashok]

Bhimbetka caves do not depict horses, as per actual archeological experts. WhatsApp university of course believes otherwise for ideological purposes

[@kalaganesh7839]

Liked the video for educating in a scientific manner instead of scaring

[@mgmartin51]

Truly one of the more interesting videos I have seen on KZbin!

[@manojkaushik2148]

Very good information ! Can you please tell why the ancient varieties like Einkorn or Khapli (India) are considered healthier, I heard that the varieties being grown today after the green revolution in India are genetically modified and are risky.

[@krishashok]

They have slightly more fiber. And the modern varieties are *not* risky. That is just the usual social media scaremongering with zero evidence

[@timheineman625]

Domestication of wheat and the other grains forced humans to live in larger settlements. It also enabled the creation of social strata. Humans shrank in height and even brain size shrank. Hold a jawbone 5 feet away from any paleoarcheologist and he can tell you whether it is from a grain-based society or hunting society. Grain-eating Neolithic humans had 10X the number of tooth cavaties as hunters.

[@krishashok]

This is true!

[@mithznair]

Horses remains were found in Surkotada Indus valley civilization estimated 2100 -1700 BCE

[@CitizenSleeper0]

You have missed out Millets which might have come way before wheat. The film would have shown millet rotis which is still prevalent. The grains are much hardier(can survive with less water) than wheat and would have had greater chances of survival and due to this would have been the preferred grain. Yajurveda has references to millets and Indus Valley civilization ruins uncovered charred remains if millet along with wheat.

[@nareshvvsr]

Agree. Millets have a history dated probably thousands of years ago

[@Skeptic_Awe]

This is a good one. Very informational. Keep them coming!

[@krishashok]

Thanks, will do!

[@ivarockazi]

I will share my experienc. If you stop eating wheat & rice or any starch food from 1 month. Your dandruff will disappear. Itching won't be there. Skin will look naturally moisturized. I found while utensils Cleaning wheat & rice being extremely sticky on utensils & take lot of water for cleaning. What if they are dehydrating me inside

[@FIVE.SENSES.]

How could you forget to mention green revolution in India and hybridization of wheat and mass availability of substandard version of wheat!

[@jayac-thind6508]

There is nothing wrong with wheat just like other food. But the way, wheat is cultivated and processed make the difference. I have reduced the consumption of wheat and high oxalate food. The result is my gut health is much better, no more sinus and I feel more energetic than before. So how do you explain that? Eventually, we are what we eat.

[@krishashok]

Good for you

[@jayac-thind6508]

@@krishashok Yup...that too after years of intermittent fasting, my body has never felt as good as it is now with reduced gluten and high oxalate food. More surprisingly, I am able to lose weight. I will continue with this diet as nothing is more important than having good health in my 60's.

[@writetome2554]

Historical accuracy is apparently not your strength either 😂

[@MotivationHub5208]

My new food science teacher

[@krishashok]

Hehe

[@gbennett58]

The incidence of non-celiac gluten sensitivity is significant, estimated at around 6% of the American population. My wife has suffered from this her entire life and has poor food absorption. The slightest amount of gluten in her diet will make her painfully sick for days. So I wouldn't agree that gluten is not a problem.

[@user-ur2uk4fu8y]

You said a very nice thing. Food is not good or bad, it is familiar or unfamiliar. 😊

[@krishashok]

Thank you!

[@TheRakeshgautam]

Abey yaar plan changed... I'm going to prepare roti sabji tomorrow.

[@krishashok]

Haha

[@Harshavardhan-ie4rb]

0:36 also the Pineapple and Papaya, you missed them 😂

[@preetdhillon8590]

It was a very informative video. Thank you for clearing so many doubts 👏👏

[@daerudito]

China was originally a wheat/millet civilisation. Rice cultivation came later and even now is mainly in southern China.

[@jayshreeravi7019]

Awesome post as usual. @krishashok - How do we know if the packs of atta we get in stores like Aashirwad, Pilsbury etc are the while grain? I know they say “No Maida”. I live in New Zealand and sadly do not have access to a chakki so have to make do with the packs.

[@komalrath2147]

Very informative video sir 🙂 I would like to hear whats your take on thyroid. For example maximum studies suggests that gluten should be avoided for hypothyroid patients. Any insights on this?

[@Neptunecloud]

Only if hypothyroidism is due to autoimmune disorder i.e.when one's own immune system attacks the thyroid.There are tests for that called thyroid antibody tests.If one tests positive for antibodies then you should avoid gluten and not all hypothyroid patients.Some hypo people have faulty conversion of T4 to T3 which happens in the liver not the thyroid gland itself due to mineral and vitamin deficiencies ( Zinc, Selenium, Iron and Vit D) Most doctors only test for Thyroid profile and not Free T4,T3 Thyroid Antibody tests before prescribing synthetic thyroid hormones.

[@manojareddy6578]

The way of your explanation is very unique ,which is seen in less people and appreciate your hardwork to gain all the knowledge Sir,Thank you!!

[@krishashok]

Thanks a lot

[@bomsicle1]

Fabulous insight into a simple topic with great scientific backing........and easily understood. Do make more such videos. Thanks.

[@peesingh5068]

Wasn't the remains of horse obtained from Surkotada?

[@krishashok]

Ox cart

[@Sanatan_Truth_1]

😂 ox cart. It's a horse dear leftist brother

[@thespssp]

Great content with fantastic take aways!! Thanks for all that you do.

[@krishashok]

My pleasure!

[@yahooezone]

one more take away : Horses are mentioned in Rig veda the oldest text 1000s of years before indus valley civilization. Ever heard of *ASHWAmedha yaagam* , which is ancient ritual where Horses are used this dates to more than *7000 years* . ancient Indian texts make several references to horses. *Horses have played an important role in Indian culture and history since ancient times*

[@tridivraut]

Dear Krishashok ji, kindly get updated by latest findings from Rakhigarhi and Sinauli excavations : Sindhu-Saraswati Civilization. Fossilized Chariots driven by Horses have been found.

[@ghost_particle]

"The remains of Equus ferus caballus, or true horses, have been found at the Harappan site of Surkotada, which dates back to 2400-1700 BC." "The oldest horse bone found outside of the Indus-Saraswati region is from Bagor in Rajasthan, and dates back to 4500 BCE. "

[@krishashok]

Link to actual study/source

[@ghost_particle]

@@krishashok sure... Bökönyi, Sándor (1997), "Horse remains from the prehistoric site of Surkotada, Kutch, late 3rd millennium B.C.", South Asian Studies, 13 (1): 297, doi:10.1080/02666030.1997.9628544 + There are horse figurines (toys?) from IVC sites + a horse figure on seal (though it has a horn like a unicorn) + Also, we must remember that since DNA hasn't been found (yet) of these animals there is some debate as to whether the bones discovered are true horse or of donkeys/onagers since in those time both animals were of similar sizes. The six feet horses we see today are a result of Turkish selective breeding in the 12th century, prior to that you would be hard pressed to differentiate btw donkey, mule, horse visually forget doing that with bone fragments. Given these whats ifs, true horse would have been known to the Harappans due to their vast trade networks extending deep into Central Asia, the figurines are a dead giveaway. Footnote: An Indian geneticist has claimed to have found ancient DNA of a true horse from an IVC site but the paper isn't out yet.

[@MitaRajeshTolia]

Thankyou so much.

[@Parnandhi]

I remember foreign author books, when ever I check ur videos.. it ll hv all the information n more we need on a particular topic .

[@krishashok]

Thank you!

[@seasonaljoy]

If wheat is properly stored and kept away from pests and water, it can last for many years, perhaps hundreds of years with no loss of nutrients until milled. Think of Joseph in the Bible. He proposed to Pharaoh to store grain for seven years to help with seven years of famine. In those days, what other food could you store for seven years without refrigeration or freezing and still have full nutrition? Once milled, the flour begins to oxidize and lose its nutrients and the oil will become rancid. This one reason people ate their "daily bread." It is meant to be milled and consumed right away.

[@santosh_979]

The problem is that there is only once I can like the video, your video has multiple moments where ones hand automatically goes to like button

[@krishashok]

Thank you

[@shwetapatel6392]

Thankyou sir!! for spreading real fact about this things., specially related to food science! N yeahh your book masala lab is too awesome. One of my favourite books.

[@krishashok]

Thank you!

[@JiGeo]

I grow up eating chapati. Now all these gluten issues got me confused. Thanks for explaining this so well 🙏

[@prakashparanjape150]

Informative and to the point, like most of your other videos.

[@krishashok]

Glad you like them!

[@mellisaimottukkal]

Please keep doing these videos! It's so useful and informative especially during the time when people are listening to everyone on IG😅

[@etm567]

When you can tell me how to solve the problem for celiacs I will be very happy to check it out.

[@krishashok]

Unfortunately, no cure yet, but I'm optimistic that custom gut bacteria transplants will provide some fascinating solutions to a lot of gut related problems in the near future

[@MEDsj8144]

'Familiar or unfamiliar' very true sir... But people behave like I am speaking some alien language when I say this

[@devp2008]

The Aryan invasion theory has been debunked by many scholars… chariots have been found in sanauli dating from 2000 BCE , horses have been revered and mentioned in rig ved more number of times than cows have been mentioned…. Rig ved is estimated to be more than 14000 yrs old ! If you consider the epic of Mahabharata as Indias itihasa which is at least 7000 years old according to astronomical calculations of recorded constellations in the epic, horses have been mentioned in the battle of Mahabharata as well! Looking at this data you will come to conclude that horses have been a part of Indian fauna from ancient times. The prehistoric site of bhimbetka in MP also has cave paintings portraying horse riders proving the existence of horses in India. Apart from that, I enjoy your podcasts and feel that they are very informative thank you 😊

[@krishashok]

I did not say “invasion”? Do read the nature paper on population genetics.

[@devp2008]

I mean that introduction of horses after fall of mohinjodaro 3000-1800 BCE doesn’t seem correct as there is strong literary evidence of presence of horses in India from the period before Harappa and mohinjodaro … Also check out the paper - “Early Eocene fossils suggest that the mammalian order Perissodactyla originated in India” in Nature

[@HarshKS2]

Hold ur "Horses", he didn't say Invasion but Migration that too after ivc decline, nd if u got ur Info from Abhijeet Bewda channel then ur wrong to begin with..

[@anuradham8435]

@@HarshKS2pls see linguistic research done by Taligeri on this. The aryan migration theory has been debunked by multiple people in multiple ways. Yet we prefer to propagate this colonial age theory designed to make europeans feel superior 😢

[@HarshKS2]

@@anuradham8435 nobody debunked it, its still widely accepted both genealogical n linguistically, just see the similarity bw Sanskrit n old persian, all the genetic evidence n haplo r1a grp, We Indians can never be from a same ancestor, take the religions curtain of ur eyes.. can't blame everything on colonial time..btw where it says Europeans r superior? That was a complete diff thing of AIT, what I said is AMT..btw Aryans had no direct connection w Europeans but rather Persians..n all those 3 had similar ancestor wayyy back in time.. nothing bout superiority.

[@radhakrishnamurthyvadavell3292]

PLS ANSWER THIS...DOES PRE WORKOUT MEAL NECESSARY FOR AN "SOUTH INDIAN" FOR STRENGTH TRAINING EARLY IN THE MORNING.....SOME SAY 'YES" WHILE OTHERS SAY "NOT NECESSARY ..YOU"LL GET 45MINS OF ENERGY FROM YOUR GLYCOGEN STORES..THAT IS ENOUGH"... ●BUT THE PROBLEM WITH PREWORKOUT MEAL EARLY IN THE MORNING IS..THAT IT WONT GET PROPERLY DIGESTED... ● SO OTHERS SAY YOU WILL ENTER "CATABOLISM" STATE. ◆IM CONFUSED...!!

[@madhupc4451]

What do you want to say... Eat maida parota or bread with more vegetables is as good as eating chapati with little less vegetables.. Eating white rice with little more vegetables as good as brown rice with a little less veggies

[@krishashok]

If you want to make every single meal absolutely the most optimally healthy, go ahead and eat only chapathi or brown rice. Most people also want to enjoy life a little bit

[@pranay6236]

Hi Ashok, Could you please explain the idea of certain foods causing heat in the body?

[@krishashok]

Old obsolete concept from the time when we didn’t understand the cellular and enzymatic model of how the body works. Foods don’t cause heat or cold

[@edwardjohnson3547]

I think the big problem is the chemicals they use to process the wheat

[@tianm1m160]

Love the nerdy trivia in your introduction ❤

[@krishashok]

Thank you!