Wow you're not wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_food_peptides It's probably mild like the estrogenic soy thing. Soy does not give men tits. Fat gives men tits. Yes eating raw processed flour or starch may spike blood glucose more than table sugar because table sugar is only %50 glucose but who does that. Pasta is actually somewhat low on the glycimic index. Blood glucose spikes are not even an issue for people who are fit and eat reasonable portions. I doubt it's genetically added because it's not just wheat. The biggest thing that has changed are standards and we see them chiseled away by the media every day.