From Hunter-Gatherers to Grocery Shoppers
Thousands of years ago humans were hunter-gatherers. Our ancestors lived off nuts, seeds, berries and meat. Over the years, crops were cultivated and we gradually moved away from these basic diets. As humans moved across the globe and our diets developed, so did our guts. However, it was also when this range of foods became part of our diets that food allergies, intolerances and diseases began to affect us. Image- Christmasstockimages Wheat is the grain that is most commonly used in the production of modern foods. Scientists believe that the first wheat was cultivated in Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley as far back as 8800BCE. It is believed that wheat soon began to spread, reaching India, Greece and Cyprus by 6500BCE and Germany by 5000BCE. From the Bronze Age until the Middle Ages, Spelt (a species of wheat) became a part of peoples' diets across Central Europe. During the Age of Exploration, European explorers brought gluten-containing grains across to North a...