Comments on: “Rice baby food under fire for allegedly causing obesity” from ABC 4 News – Salt Lake City http://celiachandbook.com/news-events/rice-baby-food-under-fire-for-allegedly-causing-obesity-from-abc-4-news-salt-lake-city/ Living and loving the gluten-free life.™ Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Juliette Aiyana, Herbalist, Nutrition Author http://celiachandbook.com/news-events/rice-baby-food-under-fire-for-allegedly-causing-obesity-from-abc-4-news-salt-lake-city/#comment-206 Juliette Aiyana, Herbalist, Nutrition Author Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:36:37 +0000 http://celiachandbook.com/?p=2092#comment-206 Refined foods are not the only culprit to blame for obesity. But I won't go off topic. Refined grains= a grain that HAD all the vitamins nutrients and oils inherent to the plant. Those are removed, then artificially replaced. Hummm.... Also, baffles me why the medical establishment recommends grains for infants/babies before they grow teeth to chew and swallow grainy material by themselves. The first step to digestion begins while chewing, in the mouth, where the digestive enzyme amylase is secreted in the saliva to start digesting carbohydrates/grains. Without this enzyme (which only occurs in the mouth, not in the stomach), grains will not be properly digested. This is why our grandmothers told us to chew slowly, 100 times before swallowing. Refined foods are not the only culprit to blame for obesity. But I won’t go off topic. Refined grains= a grain that HAD all the vitamins nutrients and oils inherent to the plant. Those are removed, then artificially replaced. Hummm….

Also, baffles me why the medical establishment recommends grains for infants/babies before they grow teeth to chew and swallow grainy material by themselves. The first step to digestion begins while chewing, in the mouth, where the digestive enzyme amylase is secreted in the saliva to start digesting carbohydrates/grains. Without this enzyme (which only occurs in the mouth, not in the stomach), grains will not be properly digested. This is why our grandmothers told us to chew slowly, 100 times before swallowing.

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