They're Messing With Wheat Again.....

[Canadian Karen 9]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6179912.stm

Perhaps they will realize how damaging today's version of wheat really is.....

Karen

[jerseyangel 413]

I saw this this morning--

As Archie Bunker once said--It's like putting lace on a bowling ball

[chrissy 2]

since the protein in wheat is what is so damaging to celiacs----it makes me wonder how many more people will become celiacs if this process works and they create wheat with MORE protein. maybe half of the world is just barely tolerating the protein already there----increasing it could push them all over the edge.

[trents 132]

since the protein in wheat is what is so damaging to celiacs----it makes me wonder how many more people will become celiacs if this process works and they create wheat with MORE protein. maybe half of the world is just barely tolerating the protein already there----increasing it could push them all over the edge.

Yes, but if the protein is modified it may not be toxic anymore to celiacs. Did you read the research article some forum contributor linked the other day that outlined a recent invitro study done with an heirloom (before hybridization) variety of wheat? It didn't produce the antibody production characteristic of celiac disease. It suggested that some old, native varieties may be safe. Perhaps the hybridization of modern wheat stocks with wild wheat may produce a nontoxic variety.

Steve

[Guest cassidy]

since the protein in wheat is what is so damaging to celiacs----it makes me wonder how many more people will become celiacs if this process works and they create wheat with MORE protein. maybe half of the world is just barely tolerating the protein already there----increasing it could push them all over the edge.

This is exactly what I was thinking.

Yes, but if the protein is modified it may not be toxic anymore to celiacs. Did you read the research article some forum contributor linked the other day that outlined a recent invitro study done with an heirloom (before hybridization) variety of wheat? It didn't produce the antibody production characteristic of celiac disease. It suggested that some old, native varieties may be safe. Perhaps the hybridization of modern wheat stocks with wild wheat may produce a nontoxic variety.

Steve

I just wonder if it would end up being the same as oats. I think the big problem with oats is that during the process they almost always get contaminated so we can't eat them even if they themselves wouldn't be a problem. If we could eat the new wheat I'm sure it would be a long time until all the old wheat was gone. I would think the two would be mixed together and it would be hard to find pure, new wheat that wasn't contaminated by the old wheat, especially if one kind was cheaper than the other.