Daphne, a former skeptic, now a Wheat Belly believer

Daphne was a Wheat Belly skeptic. There are lots of them out there. And I understand that. I, too, was once a skeptic. After all, I started this journey over 20 years ago following a strict low-fat, vegetarian diet. I first began observing the astounding changes in health in my cardiac patients who I counseled to eliminate all wheat to reduce formation of small LDL particles–the most common abnormality in people with coronary disease–and high blood sugars. At first, I didn’t know what to make of the astounding weight loss, the reduction in appetite, the reversal of joint pain and skin rashes, the reversal of autoimmune conditions, the change in facial appearance, thicker hair, younger skin, relief from acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome, etc. that people reported to me. I first dismissed it as coincidence . . . until it kept on happening dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, now hundreds of thousands and millions of times. That’s when I started asking questions of agricultural geneticists to understand: Why would eliminating the food that ALL official providers of dietary advice urge us to eat more of yield astounding changes in health and weight? That’s when I put 2 + 2 together: the wheat of the 21st century is not the wheat of 1960–it was changed, and changed dramatically. Combine these insights with the frustration I experienced in discussing this with colleagues, even when CURE of chronic diseases was encountered, and...
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