Ask the Nutritionist: Calcium Supplements, Yes, No, WTF?
Got questions about healthy eating and nutrition?
Well, today starts a new feature at Cranky Fitness: Ask the Nutritionist!
It could also rightfully be called "Ask the Dietitian," since both the contributors are RD's. I almost did call it that, but then decided to play it safe in case either of these two knowledgeable and articulate experts figures out what a silly blog this is and decides to bail. What if I need to find someone new and have to cast a wider net?
No certification, but pretty darn sensible!
Plus, half the time I spell it "Dietitian" and the other half "Dietician" and that was driving me...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Earth to Jillian: It’s NOT about gluten!
Jillian Michaels made a major nutritional boo boo with this recent piece of hers: MYTH: If You Want To Slim Down, Go Gluten-Free.
“Only about one percent of the American population needs to be gluten-free because of an autoimmune disorder called celiac disease. Most people do not have to worry about gluten and should eat whole grains as part of a balanced diet.”
She makes the perennial mistake of the nutritionally ignorant: She equates wheat with gluten. As followers of the Wheat Belly message all understand, wheat does NOT equal gluten.
Wheat is the perfect obesogen, a food perfectly crafted to cause weight g...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 30, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Gluten-free Weight loss Source Type: blogs
Eating Disorders in Adolescence Can Have a Long Term Effect on Women’s Health
Despite the prevalence of eating disorders in adolescent girls, it’s difficult to find information about longer term health consequences in adults, as little follow-up has been done. A new article in the journal Maturitas on the long-term health consequences of the female athlete triad, a syndrome that may include eating disorders, is an important contribution to the research.
First defined in the early 1990s, female athlete triad used to be defined as the combination of an eating disorder, amenorrhea (lack of a menstrual period), and osteoporosis.
The definition was adjusted in 2007 to focus more on a spectrum o...
Source: Our Bodies Our Blog - April 10, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Rachel Tags: Body Image Research & Studies Source Type: blogs
Open mouth, close mind
So much of what we talk about here and in other Wheat Belly discussions revolves around the mind effects of wheat.
While there are other “foods” with mind effects, such as the euphoria and judgment altering effects of alcohol, or (for some people) the “rush” of sugar, nothing possesses the range of mind effects presented by the components of wheat. Let’s review the most important:
The Exorphin Effect
Recall that the gliadin protein of wheat is degraded in the gastrointestinal tract to 5 or 6 small (tetra- and penta-) peptides. These were dubbed “exorphins” by the National Institut...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Appetite stimulation Brain effects Source Type: blogs
Depression and chronic fatigue . . . gone!
Cheryl posted this brief but powerful observation that highlights the incredible mind effects of wheat, the unexpected freedom from even incapacitating effects with its elimination:
I have suffered with major depression and chronic fatigue for the last ten years of my life. This past Christmas I actually wanted to die! I couldn’t live like I was anymore. Practically bedridden. I was at the point of having to have electroshock treatments, as none of the medications were working.
I read your book, Wheat Belly, and the diet has changed my life. I have never felt better in my life! Just by eliminating wheat, my depression ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs
Understanding the Motivations of Others
I’m grateful that my training as a
therapist focused on understanding motivation, that is, why people say what
they say and do what they do. Understanding motivation is key to having positive
interactions with people whether talking
about eating or anything else under the sun. After all, the why is as
important as the what.
Did it ever occur to you that
someone’s remarks or actions have nothing to do with you even though they’re directed at you? Here’s an example. Say you’re telling a friend that binge-eating
is now considered a disorder under the same clinical umbrella as anorexia and
bulimia, whi...
Source: Normal Eating - March 25, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs
The happy “coincidences” of wheatlessness
Wheat Belly Blog reader, Limor, posted this triumphant story of freedom from the health-destroying bonds of wheat:
You validated what I have felt for so many years!! I read you book and watched your lectures over and over again and was fascinated by your knowledge and findings.
I am a therapist in NYC specializing in Eating Disorders and I also recovered from Anorexia and Bulimia. I have been gluten-free for over a year and, after reading your book, I am working hard on being wheat-free.
Prior to being wheat-free, I suffered severe pains and cramps in my stomach. After several failed attempts to ask various doctors why I...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Eating disorderes Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs
Chef Pete Evans goes wheat-free!
Australian chef and TV personality, Pete Evans, asked me to write a section for his new cookbook:
Over the last 12 months we have been working on a new cookbook, which will be available in about a years time [February 2014]. Dr William Davis, a preventative cardiologist who wrote “WHEAT BELLY” (a must read book) has kindly shared his research for our new book, along with a host of other highly respected health and wellness pioneers and experts.
And for the record the only flour we use at home is coconut and almond flours.
Pete tells me that, in the new cookbook, “there will be no recipes featuring wheat&...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 24, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fixed versus Growth Mindset
In the September/October issue of Psychotherapy Networker, I read a review of a
book entitled MINDSET: THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESS by Stanford University
developmental psychologist Carol Dweck which explains how our self-view can be
changed to spur us on to success by shifting our mindsets. It’s really quite simple.
The article (about bullying) explains
Dweck’s concept of fixed versus growth mindsets. People with a fixed
mindset see themselves and their attributes or inadequacies as more or less permanent—they’re
good at some things and bad at others, outgoing or shy, lovable or unlovable.
Fixed-minds...
Source: Normal Eating - February 22, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs
Prisoner to food
Jacey posted this plea for help in gaining control over her wheat-induced binge eating:
I have read your book and have read the blog over and over again. I also attempted to eat wheat-, sugar-, and grain-free over and over again. I have a real addiction and I can’t get past a couple of days.
I’m at a loss and I am desperate to stop being a prisoner to food. PLEASE do not just tell me to stop eating it; if it was that simple for me, I wouldn’t have an addiction.
I binge, and I do mean binge. It’s not weekly or monthly – it’s just about daily. I can go a couple of days wheat-free, and then I cave. It only takes...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Appetite stimulation Gliadin Source Type: blogs
Celiac is not a disease
. Lest you think I’ve gone off my rocker, let me explain.
Say that, of 100 people you know who smoke, only 1 gets lung cancer. Do we declare that the only person who has problems with cigarettes is the poor unfortunate guy or girl with the one lung cancer? Shall we ignore the 60 cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, the 10 abdominal aortic aneurysms, the 5 thoracic aortic and iliofemoral aneurysms, the oral, tongue, and laryngeal cancers, and the several dozen other conditions that typically develop in smokers–but not as imminently fatal as lung cancer?
In other words, do we dismiss all these conditions ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 5, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Celiac disease Source Type: blogs
Food on the Mind: 20 Surprising Insights From Food Psychology
When low-fat foods are bad, why people eat tuna eyes and fried bat, America's dysfunctional relationship with food and more...
We invest food with so much meaning, and rightly so: it changes our mood, it strengthens our relationships when we eat together and food choices express who we are.
But food has a dark side. We worry about eating unhealthy, about weight gain and how we can control our intake. Eating is not just pleasure; it is also about the struggle with ourselves.
In the last few decades we've learnt an enormous amount about the psychology of food. Here are 20 of my favourite findings.
1. America's terrible relat...
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
February is Eating Disorders Awareness Month
February is Eating Disorders Awareness month in Canada, The United Kingdom and The United States. Eating disorders result from an interplay of genetic, social and psychological factors. Some of the most common symptoms involve self-critical beliefs, negative feelings about one's body weight, conflictual thoughts about food, and eating habits that disrupt normal body functioning. Eating Disorders can range from mild, moderate to severe - and interfere with daily life activities.Types of Eating DisordersAnorexia Nervosa~ Essentially self-starvation, this disorder involves a refusal to maintain a mini...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - February 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: awareness days eating disorders Source Type: blogs
Interview: Phillip Hornbostle,MD Bariatric Surgeon
This is the first in a series of interviews I plan on publishing. Dr Phillip M. Hornbostel, M.D., FACS, FASMBS is an accomplished bariatric surgeon in Missouri who has performed thousands of weight loss procedures over the years. He is also the resident dean of the commentariat at the physician-only social media website Sermo. The following represents a series of email exchanges he and I had over the holidays:
Dr Hornbostel, tell me about your professional journey from general surgeon to an exclusively bariatric practice.
I finished general surgery residency in 1984 and immediately wen...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - January 22, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD Source Type: blogs
Plan to Attend 2013 Binge Eating Disorder Conference in March
The Binge Eating Disorder 2013 National Conference will be coming to Bethesda, Maryland this March 8-10, 2013. Binge eating disorder affects more than 8 million people — more than anorexia and bulimia combined. It’s often not talked about so many people aren’t aware of it.
Registered Dietitians / Nutritionists Special Workshop
I spoke and attended the conference last year (and am speaking again this year), and it was an amazing experience for me seeing as I have many clients who struggle with binge eating disorder.
There will be a day-long track targeting what RDs need to know in identifying BED, effec...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - January 9, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: eating healthy nutrition BEDA binge eating disorder Source Type: blogs
