--- product_id: 14690348 title: "Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten" price: "23658CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/14690348-grain-of-truth-the-real-case-for-and-against-wheat store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten **Price:** 23658CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten - **How much does it cost?** 23658CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/14690348-grain-of-truth-the-real-case-for-and-against-wheat) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A Pollan-esque look at the truth about wheat: meal or menace? No topic in nutrition is more controversial than wheat. While mega-sellers like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonized. His revealing book sets the record straight, breaking down the botany of the wheat plant we’ve hijacked for our own use, the science of nutrition and digestion, the effects of mass production on our health, and questions about gluten and fiber—all to point us toward a better, richer diet. Wheat may be the most important food in human history, reaching from ancient times to General Mills. Yafa tours commercial factories where the needs of mass production trump the primacy of nutrition, and reports on the artisan grain revolution. From a Woodstock-like Kneading Conference to nutrition labs to a boutique bakery and pasta maker’s workshop in Brooklyn, he also finds that there may in fact be a perfect source of wheat-based nutrition. Its name is sourdough. For readers of Salt Sugar Fat and The Omnivore's Dilemma , Grain of Truth smoothly blends science, history, biology, economics, and nutrition to give us back our daily bread. Review: Best book I ever read on topic of Grains / Gluten / Flour! - This is my favorite book about all-things grains. Written by an author who has a great way with words, good sense of humor, and knows his subject matter. Take away lessons about gluten and grains are memorable and important to know as you navigate your own way around bread/flour/grain options and your health! Review: Buy this book -- you won't be sorry! - If you care about the health of yourself and your family, read this book. So much misinformation about wheat and wheat products is floating around out there, and here is your chance to get it straight. Stephen Yafa has taken it upon himself to research the history and science of growing, genetically modifying, and processing of wheat over the past few hundred years or so. He gives the full picture of what has caused this once highly nourishing grain to become the nutrient-depleted carbohydrate product on our grocery shelves today.Through his interviews with scientists, he clarifies the gluten and celiac picture so you can make sense of it. Wheat is not your enemy -- the way it is processed is. Leavening of bread and bakery products plays a very large role in the total nutrition picture and Stephen covers it thoroughly -- even giving you the recipe for making your own sourdough starter and a truly wonderful loaf of bread so good you'll never want to eat that supermarket stuff again!! True WHOLE GRAIN wheat products are available out there and he tells you how to find them. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,903,486 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #131 in Wheat-Free Diet #167 in Allergies (Books) #191 in Food Allergies (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 62 Reviews | ## Images ![Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71fb5Ka5IvL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best book I ever read on topic of Grains / Gluten / Flour! *by A***R on August 16, 2025* This is my favorite book about all-things grains. Written by an author who has a great way with words, good sense of humor, and knows his subject matter. Take away lessons about gluten and grains are memorable and important to know as you navigate your own way around bread/flour/grain options and your health! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Buy this book -- you won't be sorry! *by M***5 on July 24, 2015* If you care about the health of yourself and your family, read this book. So much misinformation about wheat and wheat products is floating around out there, and here is your chance to get it straight. Stephen Yafa has taken it upon himself to research the history and science of growing, genetically modifying, and processing of wheat over the past few hundred years or so. He gives the full picture of what has caused this once highly nourishing grain to become the nutrient-depleted carbohydrate product on our grocery shelves today.Through his interviews with scientists, he clarifies the gluten and celiac picture so you can make sense of it. Wheat is not your enemy -- the way it is processed is. Leavening of bread and bakery products plays a very large role in the total nutrition picture and Stephen covers it thoroughly -- even giving you the recipe for making your own sourdough starter and a truly wonderful loaf of bread so good you'll never want to eat that supermarket stuff again!! True WHOLE GRAIN wheat products are available out there and he tells you how to find them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting facts, but a skewed viewpoint about gluten-free eating *by C***M on August 16, 2015* Yada's research is extensive. I appreciate how he consulted many experts - experts on wheat production, today and historically; medical experts on celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. The book is readable, although there is a bit of a snarky tone that I found annoying. What bothers me in this book and, frankly, in many many articles that call gluten-free eating an "expensive fad diet" is this: the writers seem to assume that most people go "gluten free" by finding gluten-free substitutes for all the unhealthy things they have stopped eating. The assumption is that people will stop eating wheat-based bread, pasta, cakes and cookies, and so forth but will instead eat gluten-free (GF) bread, pasta, cakes, and so forth. Many of these GF products are not particularly healthful (not to mention not particularly palatable, and buying these GF products (notice I don't really call it food) to the tune of $15 billion a year (or some such). However, there is a healthy way to go gluten free and plenty of people do this: The idea is to ELIMINATE gluten-rich foods from one's diet and replace them NOT with faux GF products but with whole foods that do not contain gluten. So, stop eating bread, pasta, cakes, cookies, pizza dough and eat more vegetables, fruits, nuts, non-gluten-grains (if you tolerate them), meat, fish, dairy (if you tolerate that), and so forth. It annoys me that people critiquing the gluten-free movement ignore this approach to GF living more often than not. By doing so, these critics fuel a popular disdain toward GF eaters that is unreasonable and unfair. I feel Yada has done the same thing. Still, if there are ways to incorporate a healthier wheat into the diet of non-celiacs who get sick on wheat, I'm interested. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/14690348-grain-of-truth-the-real-case-for-and-against-wheat](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/14690348-grain-of-truth-the-real-case-for-and-against-wheat) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-07-11*