The Yo-Yo Dieter ’ s Dilemma

People lose oodles of weight on the Wheat Belly lifestyle. Weight loss results rapidly on this lifestyle because we 1) remove gliadin-derived opioid peptides that previously stimulated appetite, 2) remove amylopectin A that previously raised blood sugar and thereby insulin to high levels, 3) remove other factors that add to inflammation such as wheat germ agglutinin. We have thousands and thousand of people who have lost 30, 50, 100, 130 pounds on the basic program. But not everyone does. Some people fail to lose weight because they have hypothyroidism, fail to restore iodine, take prescription drugs that block weight loss, drink diet soda with synthetic sweeteners that disrupt bowel flora, have ongoing wheat/grain exposures, or other unresolved issues. (You can find a full discussion of such issues in the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox and Wheat Belly Total Health books. Also. follow the emerging strategies in the Undoctored Blog and Undoctored Inner Circle.) But there is another impediment to weight loss that we have not thoroughly discussed: the reduction in metabolic rate that comes from previous efforts to limit calories.  Here’s a common scenario: Someone wants to lose weight and does so by reducing calories. Weight loss of, say, 20 pounds results over a couple of months—success . . . ah, but it’s short-lived. Long-term, the weight is regained—even if the calorie restriction is maintained. This was vividly illustrated by study of the Biggest Los...
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