been selling you whole grains for health all
these years have just been plain wrong.
We understand if this makes you kind of
angry—or at the very least skeptical. We want
you to be skeptical! We were too. But the
science, our education, and our experience
have completely altered our perspective—and
we believe that by the time you get to the end
of this chapter, you’ll be thinking about grains
differently too.
Let’s talk about the trouble with grains—
refined, whole, and everything in between.
SURVIVE OR THRIVE?
Most agricultural societies eat a
diet that includes locally-
produced grains (or legumes) as a
source of cheap energy, which
leads many people to say, “How
can grains be so bad, if these
healthy cultures have been eating