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"""Is there any other mainstream foodstuff so maligned as wheat...What's worse, the actual science too often gets lost in the pop culture circus dominated by publicity-hungry hucksters and companies pushing gluten-free products full of chemical thickeners and starchy substitutions. Fortunately, Yafa is here to separate, uh, the wheat from the chaff, taking on everyone from anti-wheat advocates to geneticists and old-school artisan bakers. Yafa's background as a novelist and playwright comes through in his lively pacing and witty asides, but it's his commitment to cutting through the hype and hokum that makes Grain of Truth so compelling."" -- ""Discover "" ""Well researched and accessible, this title is recommended for libraries where people look for Michael Pollan's titles. Worth considering for any collection."" -- ""Library Journal"" ""Yafa debunks the claim by 'the anti-gluten medical contingent' that wheat is unhealthy...'Nobody wants to hear that humans, not nature's gluten all on its own, might be the source of the problem with wheat, ' writes the author....And he delivers on his claim to 'tell a more balanced, less sensational story about wheat."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" [An] informative...critique of dietary and nutritional trends--notably, the gluten-free craze."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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Stephen Yafa is the author of Grain of Truth and Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber. He is also a novelist, playwright, and award-winning screenwriter and has written for Playboy, Details, and Rolling Stone.

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