Einkorn Sourdough, Gluten and Health
What you'll learn
- The history and genetic evolution of wheat and its implications for human health. How einkorn is different than other wheat.
- How the genetics of gluten can change its health effects, and what other aspects of wheat can affect health. How einkorn wheat again is different.
- How different cooking and processing methods can change the health impacts of gluten and wheat.
- Understand how our approach to the details of diet and health, farming and cooking, can affect health.
Requirements
- No prerequisite knowledge. Dr. Hakeem will start from the very basics, but does go into intense levels of detail. Main prerequisite is intense curiosity about wheat, grains, and health.
Description
A fascinating, physician-led exploration of the quest for the “healthiest” bread.
When did bread become a part of human diet? Are we adapted to eat gluten? What is sourdough, and how does it affect our health? What is “Einkorn”, the most ancient wheat?
In this class, Dr. Zain Hakeem, from RiverRock Medical Clinic, a premier concierge health clinic in Austin, Texas, will guide you through the history of wheat and breadmaking, and its interaction with our health. Diving deeply into the considered topics, we progress from high-level overviews of the science into evolution, genetics and biology, and then to the implications for diet and cooking implied by the science. We will consider the following topics:
Metabolism, Prebiotics and Probiotics -
including the effects of insulin
Wheat and Einkorn Genetics and Evolution -
more than you ever wanted to know about the biological history of wheat, and human co-evolution with grains.
Gluten and Health
Including non-celiac gluten sensitivities.
Antifragility and the Paleo Diet -
using Naseem Taleb's concepts to expand and rethink the logic of the Paleo diet
Monoculture Farming -
The lesson taught by the demise of the Gros Michel banana
Dr. Hakeem will teach how sprouting, einkorn, and sourdough can help us reconsider the nature of healthy diets, and the outsize impact of the small details of our food.
Dr. Hakeem is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine as well as Pediatrics, and has had an abiding interest in diet, exercise, wellness and health. As he went through his osteopathic training, he was intrigued by the philosophy of wellness, and went on to found RiverRock Medical Clinic in Austin, TX, where he has continued to explore the limits of what health really means, and how it can be maximized. He has followed a paleo diet for several years, and had avoided all grains, but was intrigued by an article showing that ancient man had in fact consumed an ancient form of wheat. This led him down a path of exploring the history of bread, and arriving at a unique (and uniquely healthy) form of bread, derived from ancient methods, using modern tools.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is really interested in a deep dive into wheat, einkorn, sourdough, and the implications for a different way of viewing health.
Instructor
- 4.8 Instructor Rating
- 3 Reviews
- 22 Students
- 2 Courses
Dr. Hakeem grew up in Baton Rouge and did his undergraduate training in philosophy at LSU. He completed his Osteopathic medical degree in Fort Worth at the Texas College of Osteopathy, and then went on to complete a dual residency in the specialties of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Board Certified in Pediatrics.
In addition to working at RiverRock, Dr. Hakeem also still practices hospital medicine, to maintain his skills in acute medical care, and to maintain an awareness of the cost of errors in primary care.
He is also the creator of the Rx-Bayes App – which is a statistical app to help doctors understand that tests are not always accurate, and how to tell when the tests are more likely to be wrong.
Due to COVID-19, Dr. Hakeem will be spending more time working in hospitals and ICUs, but maintains his abiding interest in health, fitness, and diet, and the nuanced application of science and technology to create rapid feedback loops to improve long-term outcomes.
As he went through his osteopathic training, he was intrigued by the philosophy of wellness, and went on to found RiverRock Medical Clinic in Austin, TX, where he has continued to explore the limits of what health really means, and how it can be maximized.
He has followed a paleo diet for several years, and had avoided all grains, but was intrigued by an article showing that ancient man had in fact consumed an ancient form of wheat. This led him down a path of exploring the history of bread, and arriving at a unique (and uniquely healthy) form of bread, derived from ancient methods, using modern tools.