Do you consume foods with refined (white) flour, found in such foods as breads, pizza dough, cereals, pastas, pastries, etc daily?
Look for whole wheat flour or some other whole grain as the first or second ingredient listed. Wheat flour, unbleached wheat flour, or unbleached enriched wheat flour are NOT the same thing. Those words are sneaky ways of saying unrefined white flour. White flours are often tainted with harmful chemicals: softeners, agers, preservers, and mold and fungus growth presenters. Always remember there are over 70,000 chemicals used on the market today, and only 10% of them have been researched on their effects on the human body. Avoidance is key! Pasta made with spinach or brown rice is a great alternative to the popular highly processed pasta and brown rice should be chosen over white rice. Grains that contain gluten need to be avoided for those who experience adverse effects to gluten as well as those with Leaky Gut Syndrome or related Encephalopathies.
