A speaker argues that white flour is actually healthier than sweet potatoes because refining grains removes plant toxins like arsenic and oxalates. They claim refined grains contain fewer gut irritants than whole grains, making them nutritionally superior despite their reputation as junk food.
I would rather have. I mean, 100 grams of carbs. I'd rather have 100 grams of white flour than 100 grams of sweet potato. I've never said that before. In the US White flour is garbage and toxic, and you shouldn't eat it. I don't think gluten is good for you. However, when you take the outer part of the grain off and you make it not whole wheat, but white flour, you're removing all the toxins. That's why we've always made white flour. That's why we take brown rice and make it into white rice, because it has less toxins in it. So you would feed the whole wheat and the brown rice to the peasants, the very poorest people, because who cares if they get toxins? They got some calories from that outer part that had all the plant toxins, a lot more arsenic, a lot more gut irritants, and all of this oxalate.
