How much wheat do you eat in a day?
Perhaps you gave it up during the gluten-free craze that a lot of people went through several years ago? Of course, some people are gluten-intolerant but if supplements will need to be taken to a replacement that you can get from wheat.
If you are tolerable, you could be cutting out a major part of your diet from one of the most important food groups. This can be damaging to your well-being and health. In terms of Ayurveda, wheat is a primary food group that can provide so many benefits to your life.
Let’s find out what they are.
Wheat – A Super Food
Wheat is an ultimate food group. Wheat is high in protein, high in fibre and contains good fat that your body needs. Wheat is also renowned for being a seasonal harvest, originally around autumn time since it was used to keep the body warm during the winter months.
What’s interesting is that some people find wheat hard to digest. However, science has proven that this is because many of us have been subjected to processed foods for many decades and have consumed thousands of different kinds of pesticides.
In fact, over 400 billion pounds of environmental toxins are released into American air alone every single year. If you’re looking to detox and energise your diet, you’ll need to be able to digest properly. While wheat able to solve this problem, Ayurveda teaches us that it can help to relieve the symptoms temporarily.
Here are some other benefits that wheat can provide to you and your well-being.
Boosting Your Immune System
Studies have shown that people that eat a gluten-free diet have a lot less beneficial gut bacterium, as well as more toxin gut bacteria that people that have a general diet.
Additionally, studies also found that people who had the right amount of wheat in their diet had more natural ‘killer’ cells that help to battle toxins in your immune system.
A Seasonal Food
As mentioned above, human beings have been eating wheat for over 3.4 million years. In comparison, we’ve only been hunting down meat for 500,000. In our bodies, you’ll find enzymes like amylase which are designed to eat digest the harder parts of wheat. It’s in our genetics.
Also within our bodies, our bodies increase amylase production during the fall and winter, when our bodies are designed to eat more. Over the summer and spring months, this production decreases.
However, many of now overeat wheat, perhaps three times a day, all throughout the year. So, if you’re eating it all year round, you may experience problems. To eat wheat to its full potential, eat one serving a day through the fall and winter seasons.
Buying the Right Kind of Wheat
While we may think about wheat and all the different kinds we can buy. However, sourdough bread is renowned for being the best, but you’ll need to make sure that you’re reading the ingredients.
Within the bread, you should see organic wheat, water, salt and dough and that’s it. There shouldn’t be any additives or chemicals added to it. It should be plain and simple.
Weight Lost Properties
Wheat has been proven time and time again to help you lose weight and even your blood sugar levels. This can help to minimise your risk of diabetes. The reason that many people describe people as ‘wheat belly’, someone who eats a lot of bread, it’s actually the sugar that many companies put into their bread.
As you can see, there are many reasons as to why wheat is beneficial according to Ayurveda practices. Make sure you’re eating it at the right time in the right way to enjoy the maximum benefits.
