Approximately 10,000 years ago, man discovered wheat. It created amazing changes in human society - for the first time, people could stay in one place and simply grow their food. It allowed for the creation of cities - huge populations that would not normally be able to exist based on old food gathering habits. It was the foundation of a complete change in society. Those societies that had an economy based on growing food became more powerful - since their population grew at far faster rates... which meant that they could field larger armies.

So it seems at first glance that wheat, and the products made from it such as bread & pasta, should be considered almost a miracle food. Without it, modern society could not exist. We obviously cannot go back to a pastoral existence where we hunt and kill our own food. Wheat products are quite inexpensive as well - something which everyone takes for granted. I recall my Phi Delta Theta fraternity in college, where I learned the secret of feeding 30 fraternity members for the small amount of money that we had for groceries - the secret was Spaghetti. The cheapest meal you can make that feeds the most people. And pasta, of course, is simply processed wheat.

Although familiar to archaeologists, most people are unaware that when society was primarily hunter-gatherer, rather than farmer - they were far healthier. Stronger denser bones, good teeth were the norm. But when mankind developed into farmers, and began to utilize wheat rather than meat, teeth decayed, bones grew frail & deformed, and health fell. This happened regardless of where in the world these people lived. This disparity in health between ancient hunter-gatherers and wheat eating farmers is so predictable that when an archaeologist unearth skeletal remains of a prehistoric society, they use the condition of the bones & teeth to classify that society as hunter-gatherer, or agriculturalists.

Prior to agriculture, most scientists agree that prehistoric man gained from 60 to 90% of his calories from meat.. the ancient diet was mainly meat, and only supplemented with roots, shoots, berries, seeds, and nuts. But in the agricultural revolution that occurred between 8,000-10,000 years ago, most of mankind shifted their diet to where only 25% or so of calories comes from meat, and the remaining 75% comes from carbohydrates.

So if you'd like to lose weight - start to examine your own presumptions about food - you'll find that most of what medical science, the food industry, and your parents taught you need to be re-examined!