James Barry argues that one apple in 1954 had as much mineral content as 26 apples in 1997, and that Alzheimer's, heart attacks, and autism barely existed before the 20th century. A nurse practitioner with celiac disease ate gluten in front of him with no reaction, suggesting the condition might be reversible.
You gotta eat 26 apples in 1997 to equal the mineral content in 1 apple in 1954. That's an actual study. The first reported case of Alzheimer's in the medical literature is in 1906. The first reported case of a heart attack ever in this country is 1912. First case of autism reported, 1934. Chronic disease used to not exist. My nurse prac had celiac disease, which means you can't eat gluten, and it's supposedly incurable. He comes to me one day and says, Doc, I gotta tell you something.
And grabbed a breakfast burrito a drug rep had brought, started eating it right in front of me.
He goes to the burger joint in town and gets a hamburger, brings it back, eats it right in front of me. I brought cookies and he ate it. 3 glutens in 1 day normally would have completely wiped him out.
He was totally fine. Everyone's going to be wondering, like, so what did he do exactly? Because this is amazing.
We really were designed to be well, so we just learn a new way.
