There’s more to wheat than celiac disease
I want to take this issue head on, since popular “wisdom” is that problems with consumption of wheat and related grains begins and ends with celiac disease. The Wheat Lobby, for instance, frequently argues that, if you do not have celiac disease, you have no business avoiding wheat and related grains.
Defenders of wheat, such as those cited in this New York Times article, argue that celiac disease affects 1% of the human population, but that the other 99% of people not only can consume wheat with impunity, but can actually do so and obtain health benefits due to fiber and B vitamin content. They say that elimin...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle ataxia autoimmune celiac glutten neuropathy Source Type: blogs
Can your “diet” provide relief from migraines?
Kristin shared her 6-month Wheat Belly experience:
“Thank you for your books and blog. They have changed my life for the better. I have been a yo-yo dieter all my life, each time gaining more weight back. I was always tired and had migraines several days a week. Now 6 months in and 55 lbs lighter, I feel great and rarely get migraines!”
Kristin’s experience once again highlights that, yes, the Wheat Belly lifestyle achieves substantial weight loss in the majority (who don’t begin with hypothyroidism, adrenal dysfunction, substantial dysbiosis, etc.), but it also eliminates a source–wheat and ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grains migraine headaches Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Natalie’s asthma, allergy, energy, and eyesight breakthrough
Natalie shared her experience with one year on the Wheat Belly lifestyle:
“I suffered through 5 years of allergy shots without knowing wheat was so bad for me. The time and money for that was huge, not to mention the pain. After stopping the shots, my allergies returned full force.
“Almost a year ago, I read your book and took the leap of eliminating wheat from my diet. Within the first few weeks, I was able to eliminate my asthma, allergy, and reflux medications that I had been on for years. The list of additional improvements to my well-being and health are extensive, but today I had another surprise. I went ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 20, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux allergy asthma astigmatism gluten grains Source Type: blogs
You’ve probably got dysbiosis: An excerpt from Wheat Belly Total Health
Here’s an excerpt from chapter 9, Full Recovery From Post-Traumatic Grain Gut Syndrome, of Wheat Belly Total Health about the exceptionally common issue of dysbiosis:
“Up to 35 percent of people with no other gastrointestinal disease and no symptoms have bacterial overgrowth (dysbiosis) or other distortions of bowel flora composition. Even though many doctors regard irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a benign condition, 30 to 85 percent of people with IBS have varying degrees of dysbiosis at the time of their diagnosis–it is not benign. Overgrowth of unhealthy bacteria is common in people who have low stom...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 17, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora gluten grains health microbiota Source Type: blogs
FFL: Complicated
Ten years ago, I got on a plane and went to Florida to hang out with a bunch of diabetes people. I was getting to know (IRL) the people that had previously lived only in my computer.(aka the Children With Diabetes Chatrooms) There was no Adults With Diabetes support. I volunteered to be a chaperone at the Teen Dance,which amounted to me standing outside the door and making sure no parents snuck in.(That was how I met Joe S.)2015. My ninth FFL. I am kind like the shy little sister that hangs around and that everyone kinda knows of,but not really knows,because I am a shy introvert and public speaking doesn't happen much...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - July 15, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
In The War on Wheat, this enlightened physician fights back
A University of Toronto physician speaks out about the Fifth Estate production that purports to have debunked the Wheat Belly arguments:
To the producers of the above named show.
I did not find that you presented the issue fairly to the public. The show was basically about which guru people should follow—Dr. Davis and a host of glamorous hucksters or the skeptical debunkers. A debunking of a popular movement always feeds into people’s cynical nature and makes good, entertaining TV and a smug audience.
Unfortunately, the truth took a big hit. So did an opportunity to educate Canadians to some important issues Dr. Davis ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmunity blood sugar grains insulin Source Type: blogs
Quit your pushing: A cutting-edge guide to constipation
Here’s an update to an earlier Wheat Belly Blog discussion about constipation.
I really don’t like talking about constipation, since it makes me wonder whether I’m starting down that inevitable decline towards the day when all I want to talk about is having a “good bowel movement.”
But the C word–constipation–continues to come up regularly when people go wheatless and grainless. “Won’t I lack fiber?” many ask. For example, in response to the Wheat Belly Blog post, The Wheat-free “Movement,” Janne posted this comment:
I am very happy on a no-wheat regi...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel habits constipation fiber magnesium microbiota prebiotics probiotics Source Type: blogs
Wheat and grains make you sick
Jennifer shared her “before” and “after” photos after just 3 weeks of following the Wheat Belly lifestyle:
“I am 30. I have been dealing with health issues my whole life. About a month ago, I had to go to the ER for severe abdominal pain and nausea. I still don’t know all that is going on, but I do know the Wheat Belly diet is helping me to get better (docs haven’t been helpful thus far).
“This is a pic of me before Wheat Belly on the left and 3 weeks after starting the diet. I have followed your Facebook and seen all the ‘before’ and ‘afters’ and wan...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories abdominal pain gluten grains nausea Source Type: blogs
My Wheat Belly turning point
Many of you know that the Wheat Belly concepts got their start when I was trying to help patients in my cardiology practice obtain better control over risk for coronary disease. An exceptionally common combination of abnormalities in people with heart attacks, survivors of sudden cardiac death, those who have undergone stent implantation or bypass surgery, or have high coronary calcium scores (an early quantifier of coronary atherosclerotic plaque): large quantities of small LDL particles and high blood sugars (high fasting glucose and/or hemoglobin A1c, HbA1c, reflecting long-term blood sugar fluctuations).
Because wheat...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories cholesterol gluten grains lipids lipoproteins ulcerative colitis Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The wheat and grain lobby is looking desperate
The wheat and grain lobby is at it again, using their increasingly supportive medium, The Huffington Post:
Gluten Intolerance Isn’t Caused By Frankenwheat Because It Doesn’t Exist
(It is odd that Huffington Post has, in effect, become the sounding board for the wheat and grain industry to post it’s propaganda pieces, even awful and flawed analyses like this article. I smell a rat.)
From the article:
“‘There’s no such thing as Frankenwheat.’
“Chibbar’s research involved studying wheat varieties that have been planted in North America since the 19th century. They were g...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 30, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten grains Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, May 13, 2015
From MedPage Today:
Testosterone Shots: Riskier Than Gels or Patches? Short-acting testosterone injections are associated with greater risk of cardiovascular events, hospitalizations, and death compared with gels or patches, according to a large retrospective cohort study.
Liberia Declared Free of Ebola. In what the World Health Organization called a “monumental achievement,” Liberia has halted its Ebola outbreak.
Celiac Tied to Neuropathy Risk. Patients with celiac disease may be at increased risk of neuropathy.
Obama Administration Clarifies Birth Control Mandate. Health insurers must cover without cost-sha...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 13, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: MedPage Today Tags: News Endocrinology GI Infectious disease OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
Lose the wheat and grains, lose the inflammation
Rick shared the progression of facial and health changes he experienced by following the Wheat Belly lifestyle (above). Since he began 5 months ago, Rick has lost 28 pounds and 8 inches off his waist, he is freed from previously chronic knee and back pain, and experienced an improvement in mood. But take a look at Rick’s photos when we put his most recent photo at 248.6 pounds up against his 2009 photo at a weight of 250 pounds–virtually the same weight:
Even though each photo was taken at similar weight, look at the impressive contrast in Rick’s face: The photos look like two different people at virtual...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 6, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune gluten grains Inflammation Source Type: blogs
Tom’s dramatic loss of abdominal fat
Tom shared his photos chronicling his Wheat Belly progress.
“On the left, October 2013. On the right, summer 2014. Thank you Wheat Belly!”
He also tells us that, since the second photo was taken, he has lost an additional 10 pounds.
While many people have bravely shared their Wheat Belly facial transformations, fewer people are bold enough to share their tummy transformations. Tom is among those courageous enough to show his waistline to us.
Tom is one of the people who, in following the Wheat Belly lifestyle, loses weight primarily from abdominal fat, meaning loss of visceral fat. Recall that visceral fat t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 27, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grains visceral fat Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The joke’s on the Whole Grains Council
If you’re in the mood for a good laugh, take a look at the newsletter from the Whole Grains Council:
Wheat Belly . . . Grain Brain . . . April Fool’s!
. . . in areas from climate change to nutrition, we see people swayed by pseudo-science every day. Twenty studies show the sky is blue. One study shows the sky is green – and before long, there’s someone who’s written a best-selling book claiming that everyone who ever told you the sky is blue was out to get you; new evidence shows the sky is definitely green.
Here are the claims that they say are among the “sky is green” fictions (with...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle grains Whole Grains Council Source Type: blogs
Whistleblowers wanted
Something happened to wheat in the 1970s during the efforts to generate a high-yield strain that required less fertilizer to make a 24-inch, rather than a 48-inch, stalk. Multiple other changes occurred, including changes in the structure of gluten, changes in wheat germ agglutinin, changes in alpha amylase (responsible for wheat allergy) . . . to name a few.
But chief among the changes in wheat were changes in the gliadin protein molecule. We know, for instance, that the Glia-alpha 9 sequence, absent from traditional wheat, can be found in virtually all modern wheat. This is likely the explanation underlying the four-fold...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle appetite Gliadin whistleblower Source Type: blogs
