Dwarf mutant wheat

31. October 2010 William Davis (13)
Here's my 12-year old standing next to dwarf wheat grown near my house. The wheat is full-grown, harvested about 2 weeks after I took this photo.

Wheat is no longer the 4-foot tall "amber waves of grain" of the 20th century. Over 99% of all wheat grown worldwide is now the 18- to 24-inch tall dwarf. New size, new biochemistry, new effects on humans. I call it dwarf "mutant" wheat despite its lack of extra limbs or eyes because of the dramatic transformation required to breed this unique synthetic plant. 

Short-stature means less stalk, faster growing. The stockier stalk also means that the heavy seed head won't cause the plant to "buckle," as 4-foot tall wheat used to. 





The thousand-plus proteins of wheat that have been transformed to generate this dwarf mutant also changed wheat's relationship to consuming humans.
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  • Anonymous

    10/31/2010 2:18:44 PM |

    same neurotoxic effects?

  • Marc

    10/31/2010 3:54:29 PM |

    Wheat consumes humans?

  • Anna

    10/31/2010 4:07:28 PM |

    Very funny, Marc.  Now that I think about it, a lot of modern humans do look quite engulfed by doughy wheat.

  • Hans Keer

    11/1/2010 5:32:31 PM |

    And these dwarfs are just like their taller ancestors trying to kill us and prevent us from consuming them: http://bit.ly/cyKHre

  • Dr. William Davis

    11/2/2010 1:38:54 AM |

    Great comments.

    If I were to design an ideal Frankengrain that exerted every conceivable adverse effect imaginable, it would be dwarf wheat.

    Yes, the very same wheat endorsed and encouraged by the USDA, American Heart Association, American Dietetic Association, and others.

  • Anonymous

    11/2/2010 6:05:31 AM |

    Love your son's Justin Bieber hair!

  • Anne

    11/2/2010 3:46:29 PM |

    I am glad I don't live next to a field of Dwarf mutant wheat. I am very gluten sensitive and I have heard of other gluten sensitive people having problems when the wheat is harvested. I have had problems with the dust from wild bird seed that contained wheat.

  • Anonymous

    11/3/2010 2:27:08 PM |

    Another problem of using grains as a feed source for us and animals is the potential for the growth of mould in stored grains.  This can result in contamination from mycotoxins like aflatoxin in wheat and corn.

  • Anonymous

    11/3/2010 9:08:49 PM |

    I am fascinated and grateful I found your blog completely by chance when researching things to do with my supplements, but....

    I'm also at a bit of a loss (LOL).  I have been eating whole grains and rarely whole wheat at the advice of my doctors for a well rounded diet for sometime now.  I finally brought my triglycerides (astronomically high before) down to the low mid level (in prefect range), my glucose to normal levels (I was borderline type 2 diabetic), and my liver enzymes (6 times to high before) down to normal levels for the first time in two or so years since my very early menopause happened.  I have fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome.  Though I have not been able to lose the weight (I've had 7 failed back surgeries, where I can finally gratefully walk again (I am still unable to exercise or walk for any length of time due to nerve and back pain-I do not take pain meds any longer) and my blood tests are healthy and awesome.  

    I also have been taking many supplements which include the Lovaza (yes, I know how you feel about it LOL), trans-resveratrol, milk thistle, L-Carnosine, Alpha Lipoic Acid (menopause brain fog), Flax Seeds, B-12, Acidophillus, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3, Calcium, Magnesium, and a Multi, so I am sure they also caused the dramatic change in my blood tests along with my diet rich in fruit, soy, leafy vegetables and whole grains, too.  

    I'm primarily a vegetarian now (except for the Lovaza and an extremely rare piece of chicken or sashimi/fish), but I still have the fat around my stomach from the metabolic syndrome (very early menopause-2 years post menopausal) and the muffin top you speak of.  I again just attributed it to not being able to exercise (which I LOVE especially Karate) due to my disability, but now I read your blog, so I was wondering what should I do?  Should I now cut out the whole grains too?

    My cholesterol is still 54 points too high, but it is 100 pts. lower than it was.  Due to the liver, my doctor wants me to keep doing it with diet, which I am also happy to do.  I don't really consider Lovaza a statin, but I do take it as I explained.  My mom and brother take Lipitor (my brother is in perfect condition and works out 4 days a week, high cholesterol and heart attack/stroke just run in our family), but they still don't want me taking it again because of my liver.

    There is more (quit smoking a year and a half ago and some other now under control health problems), but really I want to know what you think I should do about the whole grains and rare whole wheat in my diet.  I also want to know what you think about me adding CoQ10 and how to finally get my bad cholesterol in perfect range as I did so well with my other blood tests. Do you agree on the supplements I am taking too?

  • Anonymous

    11/3/2010 9:10:35 PM |

    I am fascinated and grateful I found your blog completely by chance when researching things to do with my supplements, but....

    I'm also at a bit of a loss (LOL).  I have been eating whole grains and rarely whole wheat at the advice of my doctors for a well rounded diet for sometime now.  I finally brought my triglycerides (astronomically high before) down to the low mid level (in prefect range), my glucose to normal levels (I was borderline type 2 diabetic), and my liver enzymes (6 times to high before) down to normal levels for the first time in two or so years since my very early menopause happened.  I have fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome.  Though I have not been able to lose the weight (I've had 7 failed back surgeries, where I can finally gratefully walk again (I am still unable to exercise or walk for any length of time due to nerve and back pain-I do not take pain meds any longer) and my blood tests are healthy and awesome.

  • Anonymous

    11/3/2010 9:11:35 PM |

    Sorry, it said my comment was too long, so I am putting it in two comments.  Please forgive the length.  

    I also have been taking many supplements which include the Lovaza (yes, I know how you feel about it LOL), trans-resveratrol, milk thistle, L-Carnosine, Alpha Lipoic Acid (menopause brain fog), Flax Seeds, B-12, Acidophillus, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3, Calcium, Magnesium, and a Multi, so I am sure they also caused the dramatic change in my blood tests along with my diet rich in fruit, soy, leafy vegetables and whole grains, too.  

    I'm primarily a vegetarian now (except for the Lovaza and an extremely rare piece of chicken or sashimi/fish), but I still have the fat around my stomach from the metabolic syndrome (very early menopause-2 years post menopausal) and the muffin top you speak of.  I again just attributed it to not being able to exercise (which I LOVE especially Karate) due to my disability, but now I read your blog, so I was wondering what should I do?  Should I now cut out the whole grains too?

    My cholesterol is still 54 points too high, but it is 100 pts. lower than it was.  Due to the liver, my doctor wants me to keep doing it with diet, which I am also happy to do.  I don't really consider Lovaza a statin, but I do take it as I explained.  My mom and brother take Lipitor (my brother is in perfect condition and works out 4 days a week, high cholesterol and heart attack/stroke just run in our family), but they still don't want me taking it again because of my liver.

    There is more (quit smoking a year and a half ago and some other now under control health problems), but really I want to know what you think I should do about the whole grains and rare whole wheat in my diet.  I also want to know what you think about me adding CoQ10 and how to finally get my bad cholesterol in perfect range as I did so well with my other blood tests. Do you agree on the supplements I am taking too?

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    4/18/2012 1:10:17 AM |

    [...] I only had two issues with this book. The first is something that could easily be fixed in a 2nd printing. I think having photos of wheat today side by side with wheat from pre-GMO days would be instructive. Many of the readers in the book are too young to know what wheat looked like prior to the current dwarf mutant wheat. [...]

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