The Case of Modern Wheat
by Alisa Scerrato

The gluten-free lifestyle has recently become a hot topic in the United States. "Gluten-free" products and advertisements seem to be everywhere. What is this thing called gluten, and why are so many people suddenly cutting it out of their diets when they have been consuming it for years without debate?
Gluten is a general name for protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and triticale. It acts as a glue to help certain foods maintain their shape. Most people think that gluten exists only in bread, baked goods, and cereals, but it is also found in soups, sauces, salad dressings, and many other foods that are less commonly known to be associated with wheat.
Some scientists claim that gluten is a strange protein and inherently difficult for humans to digest. The reason for this is that there has been a change in the way wheat is produced in the United States over the past several years. Modern cultivation of wheat is done in order to boost the protein content. Research has shown that gluten being used in "modern wheat" makes breaking down certain foods hard on the stomach. Some Americans just happen to react more severely than others to gluten. The symptoms of gluten intolerance vary from person to person.
Eating gluten has recently been discovered to contribute to such medical issues as irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, acne, and depression, just to name a few. Another more serious reaction to the consumption of gluten is referred to as celiac disease. About 2 million people in the United States suffer from this disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disease that interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. This disease is serious as it can lead to a number of issues including neurological disorders, reduced bone density, and sometimes cancer. Eating in restaurants or in other people’s homes is challenging for people with celiac disease because knowing which foods contain gluten can be difficult. In general, people should educate themselves about the ingredients found in different foods, but people who are particularly sensitive to gluten have to be even more diligent. There are no pharmaceutical cures for gluten intolerance, so some people must manage their gluten intake by being aware and adhering to strict diets.
While celiac disease is the most extreme case, eating a low or no gluten diet can indeed provide health benefits for many people. In fact, many Americans have found that abstaining from gluten has helped improve their lives.

Select ALL the correct answers.
Which two statements from the passage best illustrate the central ideas?

Gluten is a general name for protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and triticale.

Eating gluten has recently been discovered to contribute to such medical issues

Eating in restaurants or in other people's homes is challenging for people with celiac disease

The gluten-free lifestyle has recently become a hot topic in the United States.

Some Americans just happen to react more severely than others to gluten.

Answer:b

Explanation:

got it right

The two statements that best illustrate the central ideas are:

The correct options are A and B.

The following explanations are suggested as plausible causes by experts: Wheat has undergone genetic modification to produce crops that bake and withstand drought better. Yet, our stomachs have not adjusted to these alterations as rapidly.

The first statement introduces the concept of gluten and what it is, while the second statement discusses the negative effects that gluten can have on health. Both statements are central to the topic of the passage and provide important information to the reader.

Thus, the ideal selections are options A and B.

Learn more about gluten here:

https://brainly.com/question/13052460

#SPJ3

ASAP PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
What is your reaction to what happened in DC on January 6, 2021?

FIRST ONE TO AWNSER AND CORECT GET BRAINLYIST AND 30 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!
The map shows the Fertile Crescent.


A map of the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent begins at the northern end of the Persian Gulf, continues north and west following the Euphrates River and Tigris River, and narrows down the western coast of the Syrian Desert ending in Egypt. The Caspian Sea in north and east of the Fertile Crescent. The Mediterranean Sea is west of the Fertile Crescent. The Red Sea is south of the Fertile Crescent. The Persian Gulf is south and east of the Fertile Crescent. The Nile River is east of the Red Sea. The Jordan River is north of the Red Sea. The Zagros Mountains are north and east of the Persian Gulf.


Which river lies in the far southwest of the Fertile Crescent?


the Nile

the Tigris

the Jordan

the Euphrates

Which sentence is most clearly objective?
A. During recess, we often pranked mean old Mr. Granger.
B. My sister always made "plans" that fell through quickly.
C. As a chess club member, I was destined for great things.
D. I grew up in a small town in Illinois called Shady Glen.

The president and vice president are formally chosen when members of the​

what are you doing today?

The costs of survival summary

During his speech, old major addressed the animal as

What does the allusion in this text suggest?
A Good Samaritan identified only as Mr. Li captured the world's attention in May 2014 when he rushed across a street in China to catch a baby falling from a window.
a. the man was hoping for a reward
b. the man was quick thinking
c. the man was generously helping a stranger

I was stunned. A call-up: everyone knows what that means. Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head. How could we let Father go to such a fate?

Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?

isolation
fear
anger
confusion

Imagine this: a small dog sits in a dark, cold garage. His hair is matted and dirty; he is skinny and weak from going days without food. There is no water for him to drink, no person to give him love and no blanket to keep him warm at night. While this might be a hard scenario to imagine, it is not an uncommon one in America today. According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 1,000,000 animals are abused or die from abuse every year. As a veterinarian with 30 years of experience, I have seen how even one incident of abuse can affect an animal for the rest of its life. As a society, we need to be more aware of this terrible problem and address this issue before it gets worse.



The underlined portion of the text is an example of which rhetorical device?​

What causes a conflict in the story? Button, Button

Question 4
Bacteriophages that induce bacterial cell lysis are called
A.virulent phages or lytic
B.lysogenic phages
C.temperate phages
D.viroids

This is ecology

HELP I NEED ANSWERS QUICK RIGHT ANSWER GETS BRAINLIEST!!! In "Mary Cassatt: Artist and Trailblazer," how does Vanessa Wright convey her viewpoint that Cassatt cared more about her art than popularity and wealth?

Wright states that Cassatt developed her own style of painting.

Wright describes how Cassatt left the Salon to paint with Degas' group.

Wright explains how Cassatt was the only American artist to exhibit with the Impressionists.

Wright describes Cassatt's reaction when she first saw Degas' art.

One day while walking home from school, he found a magic blanket. When he covered himself with it, he turned invisible. At first he used his power to play all kinds of tricks on people. He would turn invisible and hide things, or move a cup when someone was pouring juice to make a mess. He had a lot of fun. But then one day, he found that he couldn’t take the blanket off. He was just stuck being invisible. Meanwhile, he quit playing tricks on people, hoping that he’d be able to take the blanket off and rejoin society, but it didn’t work. He is still invisible somewhere right now, and he is very lonely.

Compare/ Contrast


Chronological


Cause/ Effect


Problem/ Solution


Enumeration/ Description

Select from the drop-down menu the pronoun that best completes the sentence. Henry met _____ on a hiking trip.
A.he
B.her
C.she
D.their

PLEASE HELP! ASAP!
How is D'Artagnan saved from being arrested by the Cardinal?

I have to do a book report but I dont know what to do so please help and if u did thanks
1. State the title of the book
2. How many pages
3. 120 characters at least of the summary of the book​

Identifying Pronouns

Select the pronouns in the sentence below.
It was from a friend of mine in Colorado.

In "Cupid Stung," what does Cupid mean when he says that the bee is "like a mean serpent on a tiny wing"? A.
The bee is not as small and innocent as it appears, but rather, it is sneaky and with ill intent like a snake.
B.
The bee is not to be trusted at all like a snake, for it will sneak up and attack with no sense of forgiveness.
C.
The bee is similar to a snake, where both are underestimated for their ability to strike when it is least expected.
D.
The bee is cruel and unfair for attacking him for no apparent reason other than laying his head on a bed of roses.
Poem:
Cupid, once upon a bed,
Of roses laid his weary head;
Luckless urchin, not to see,
Within the leaves, a slumbering bee.
The bee awak'd, with anger wild,
The bee awak'd, and stung the child.
Loud and piteous his cries,
"Oh, Mother! I am wounded through,
Stung by some little angry thing that flew,
Like a mean serpent on a tiny wing,
An ugly bee it was, for once, I know it was so."
Then she said, "My infant, if so much
Thou feel the little wild bee's touch,
How must the heart, ah, Cupid! be,
The hapless heart that's stung by thee!"

Which of the following ideas from the Roman Republic is also used in the United States? (5 points)

a
Leaders create their own government systems

b
Leaders must be of a certain age

c
Leaders represent citizens

d
Leaders shape laws without citizens

What is the subject of the following sentence? After the game, we went out for pizza

GIVING 36 POINTS





















what type of text feature is shown here? (an image of an owl, unclear if drawn or not)

A) illustration
b) photograph
C) both A and B

who is helen of troy and how did her beauty cause problems
i’ll mark brainliest

I need help with this What is one reason to avoid run-on sentences in your formal writing?

A
They can be used for artistic effect.

B
They mimic people’s speech patterns.

C
They can fit with the flow of a poem or rap.

D
They can make your writing confusing and hard to follow.

what does the word temporarily mean on page 1 of the passage​

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and

then Part B.




Part A Which answer choice describes Gore’s main reason for writing his

Nobel speech?


Question 1 options:


to convince people to act



to describe scientific facts



to demand a political treaty



to thank the prize committee


Question 2 (2 points)

Part B Which sentence from the Nobel speech best supports the answer to

Part A(question 1)?


Question 2 options:


Seven years later, Alfred Nobel created this prize and the others that bear

his name.



The experts have told us it is not a passing affliction that will heal by itself.



We are what is wrong, and we must make it right.



The very web of life on which we depend is being ripped and frayed.


Question 3 (2 points)

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and

then Part B.


Part A In his Nobel speech, what is Gore’s attitude regarding the progress

made to reduce global warming?


Question 3 options:


distrustful but forgiving



concerned but positive



pleased but confused



interested but lazy


Question 4 (2 points)

Part B Which sentence from the speech best supports the answer to Part A?


Question 4 options:


We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency—a threat





to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive

potential even as we gather here.

I WILL GIVE BRAINLIST IF YALL GIVE ME THE RIGHT ANSWER FIRST COPY AND PASTE THE QUESTIONS

So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution

into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an

open sewer.



We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve

that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war.



These are the last few years of decision, but they can be the first years of a

bright and hopeful future if we do what we must.


Question 5 (2 points)

Read the following sentence from Gore’s Nobel speech.

In every land, the truth—once known—has the power to set us free.

What is most likely the point that Gore is making with this statement?


Question 5 options:


Freedom is more important than acknowledging truth.



Truth should only be shared with certain individuals.



People who become aware of the truth can change.



Every nation has a different understanding of truth.

Which visual is most appropriate for the audience and purpose in the prompt?

it’s not C

Which statement best explains how the two points of
view affect the reader's understanding of the text?
O The reader sees how miscommunication is
preventing understanding between the groups.
O The reader realizes that both the soldiers and the
Cherokee men are respectful to the women.
O The reader sees that the Cherokee are brutalized
and the soldiers dehumanize them.
O The reader realizes that neither the soldiers nor the
Cherokee suffer during the removal.
of
ear,
ncy

Write an informational paragraph about the Great Wall of China (100 points)

Read the excerpt from "My Lord Bag of Rice."

At last the dreadful night was over. Day dawned beautiful and clear. The centipede was gone from the mountain.

What historical fact is reflected in this excerpt?

Hidesato brought peace to Japan by defeating a rebel force.
Hidesato was appointed a general by Japan’s emperor.
Hidesato and his forces overthrew the government of Japan.
Hidesato was given many gifts for helping the people of Japan.