Wheat Belly
 

Hi:

Has anyone read this book and gone on a wheat free diet after reading it? I just bought the book on my kindle and have started reading it. So much of it rings true. My sister has been on the wheat free diet for quite a while and says she feels so much better.

I always thought that the guy's bellies around here weren't caused by wheat, but another grain, hops. ;)

Hey!!:beer3:
I'm on the Lite beer diet, so it MUST be something else.

You can't lose weight lifting light beer, I think you need something heavier. Buy all carbs are not that great for you. I think a wheat free diet would be a start.

Is wheat-free diet same as gluten-free diet?

drop the sugar and processed food and you will feel better

Book on Grains and Gluten
 

You might be interested in this book that just came across my desk. Haven't read it but I do know about the bad effects of grains and gluten which affect the blood sugar balance among other things.

Here is the info I got, which was a quote by the doctor and a link to his site.

Dr. Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.

As co-author of a new book titled "Cereal Killers" slated for release in the
fall of 2009, the study of the impact of gluten continues to be a driving
passion in my life.

I am fascinated by the way that gluten induces illness and impedes learning
while it alters mood, behavior, and a host of other facets of human
existence. Sure, gluten's impact on health is an important issue, but that
is only the most obvious area of impact. Mood disturbances, learning
disabilities, and the loss of quality of life due to psychiatric and
neurological illness are even more tragic than the plethora of physical
ailments that are caused or worsened by gluten. The further I go down this
rabbit hole, the more I realize that grains are a good food for ruminants -
not people. I teach at the Royal Roads University, Continuing Studies.

My Web page is:
[url]www.DangerousGrains.com <[url]http://www.dangerousgrains.com/>



LW888

Initial results are good
 

I noticed the title of the book ("Wheat Belly") in this thread earlier, and bought the book. I decided to see for myself and do a 30 day wheat/gluten free diet with very low refined sugars. It's only been a few days, but already I notice a difference. No acid indigestion, higher energy, clear-headed, not as hungry. I am looking forward to seeing what other benefits I notice. People can argue theory but I think the bottom line is how it works for each person.

p.s. the basic theory is that "wheat" today does not even resemble the pure wheat from a century ago because it has been genetically altered to the point where it has very different chemical reactions in the body.

Yes! I have read this book and think it is an excellent read! I 'try' not to do any wheat or sugar and do find that I feel much better!

I just started reading the book and am definitely planning on trying the wheat-free diet. I've been hearing a lot of good things about it.

Think about the cycle of wheat converting to sugar, which adds to any other sugar being consumed, which affects the blood sugar balance, which over time affects the insulin receptors, which leads to insulin resistance, which leads to type 2 diabetes.

Then consider the gluten damage that also is created by wheat and other grains. There is tons of info out there about both these issues and the more you read, the more you recognize that we are what we eat and the clearer and easier it becomes to make healthy choices.

And that doesn't mean you can't stray occasionally once you have gotten your system more balanced. In fact as you get clearer, your body "talks" to you more and you go through a period where many things that you used to eat give you "symptoms" and become less tolerable and even less craved.

It's like you are "hearing" more clearly and the body is giving more messages, doing its best to keep you on the path to health.

I believe that the body is continually doing its best to keep you healthy and is continually healing and working hard to eliminate what is not good for you.

So if you help the body by giving it useful resources, then the body can do its job easier as it doesn't have as much "stuff" to eliminate or compensate for.

Life is made up of the consequences of the choices we have made, so as we get more conscious of those choices, we might as well choose what we know will work best for us, as best we can. I find that really empowering.

LW888

So which Village restaurant will be the first to get on board?

Celiac Disease or Wheat Belly
 

I have Celiac's and can tell you for sure that a wheat-free diet is essential for me. I can not eat wheat, rye or malt; it will "kill" the villia in my stomach which causes the loss of nutritional absorption that we all need for a long, healthy happy life. It is not always easy to diagnose. Many doctors will assume it is IBS or other. I had an endoscopy for the final diagnosis. I do have to say, Celiac's is talked about more, so it is at least something many have heard of now. However, there are those who are wheat intolerant and for them, the symptons may be very similar. This is just an FYI! Hope it helps someone.

I'm on a light diet. As soon as it gets light outside, I start eating. :jester:

Seriously, if this type of diet works for you it's good.

It works!
 

I decided to get serious about being gluten-free. Back in August I bought the book "Wheat Belly", and followed it. A natural side effect was eating a lot less sugar too. I lost 25 pounds, and I don't have the types of cravings I used to have.