Wheat Belly Survey Update: It’s Better Than We Thought!
I recently reported the crude numbers from the Wheat Belly Survey that revealed some impressive results. Of the 4200 responses received–thank you!–1200 came from people who had not started the Wheat Belly lifestyle yet. (Most newcomers also did not provide full data.) Having so many newcomers therefore skewed the results a bit.
If those 1200 newcomers are excluded, then another round of analyses of the remaining 3000 people demonstrate:
70.0% reported increased energy
51.3% reported improved sleep
48.8% reported partial or total relief from chronic headaches
63.4% reported partial or total relief from mind &#...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Surveys autoimmune energy fatigue Inflammation Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Foods that Nourish, Replenish and Repair
The food we eat serves many purposes. It satisfies a primal need to fuel our bodies and quell hunger. It connects us to family and friends in lovely ways, during the holidays, in social situations and at the nightly dinner table. It encourages us to be creative, to try new things, explore different cultures, and savor interesting tastes. And it comforts us, at least temporarily, when we are lonely, sad, anxious or otherwise spent.
Food has another very important purpose: it cleanses, repairs, replenishes our body at the most basic cellular level. In fact, the latest research from the field of nutrigenomics[1], reve...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
The initial Wheat Belly survey results are in!
Nearly 3400 responses came in within hours of releasing the first Wheat Belly Survey. Due to the number of responses, it will require some time to analyze and breakdown the results into, for example, the experiences of people before they begin, the first week when most people are struggling with withdrawal/detoxification phenomena, and long-term outcomes. But it will prove to be fascinating, perhaps teaching us some new lessons about the power of this lifestyle.
Nonetheless, if we lump everyone–beginners and experienced–together, some crude numbers jump out:
61% reported reduced or complete relief from joint p...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 24, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Surveys acid reflux constipation Depression gluten grains IBS irritable bowel syndrome mood Source Type: blogs
Uquora – Hope, Hype and Maybe a Case of Diarrhea
Before you go out and spend $25 for 10 packets of Uquora, the new after-sex UTI prevention drink that launched today, you should consider if it actually works.
What’s in Uqora?
Uqora’s main active ingredient is D-Mannose (2 gm), combined with Vitamin C (600 mg), Vitamin B6, Calcium and Magnesium. (The company website does not list amounts for the last three ingredients.) The ingredients are made into a powder that you mix with water and drink.
The manufacturer claims that Uqora will reduce the chance of getting a UTI if you drink it after having sex, after exercise or during travel, all activities linked to re...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - August 20, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Women's Health Post-coital Post-sex PRevention Uqora urinary tract infection UTI Source Type: blogs
Brenda’s Wheat Belly deflation
Brenda first contacted me because she had been following all the strategies of Wheat Belly and Wheat Belly Total Health, yet was not experiencing the weight loss like other people. She detailed her diet to me and it was nearly flawless. Likewise, she had added the Wheat Belly Total Health strategies such as vitamin D, iodine, and fish oil. I therefore advised her to drop her doctor and find one who would help her identify what was wrong with her health that could be stalling weight loss.
I share Brenda’s story because her experience provides three valuable lessons:
Even when weight loss is modest or does no...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories autoimmune gluten grains hypothyroidism Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Eat, pray push?
I’ve previously expressed my reluctance to dwell very much on the issue of constipation, but this common issue is one of the defining problems with wheat and grains, despite widespread conventional advice that they are healthy sources of fiber.
Here’s an excerpt from chapter 4 of Wheat Belly Total Health, Your Bowels Have Been Fouled: Intestinal Indignities From Grains:
“A condition as pedestrian as constipation serves to perfectly illustrate many of the ways in which grains mess with normal body functions, as well as just how wrong conventional ‘solutions’ can be. Constipation remedies are li...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 30, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel movements constipation fiber gastrointestinal gluten grains Source Type: blogs
Mom’s Diet while Breastfeeding
Mom’s diet while breastfeeding can change the composition of her breast milk. It’s no wonder nursing mothers have questions about what they should and shouldn’t eat.
Here’s a quick overview of the most commonly asked questions about mom’s diet while breastfeeding.
How Many Calories Do Mom’s Need while Breastfeeding?
One rule of thumb is to take in about (15 x your current weight) + 500 calories a day. So for a woman who weighs 125 pounds, this would be about 2375 calories a day. But this is just a rule of thumb. Choosing healthy foods, following your appetite, and paying attention to you...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 20, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Uncategorized Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Tips Source Type: blogs
Mom ’s Diet while Breastfeeding
Mom’s diet while breastfeeding can change the composition of her breast milk. It’s no wonder nursing mothers have questions about what they should and shouldn’t eat.
Here’s a quick overview of the most commonly asked questions about mom’s diet while breastfeeding.
How Many Calories Do Mom’s Need while Breastfeeding?
One rule of thumb is to take in about (15 x your current weight) + 500 calories a day. So for a woman who weighs 125 pounds, this would be about 2375 calories a day. But this is just a rule of thumb. Choosing healthy foods, following your appetite, and paying attention to you...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 20, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Uncategorized Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Tips Source Type: blogs
Mom ’s Diet while Breastfeeding
Mom’s diet while breastfeeding can change the composition of her breast milk. It’s no wonder nursing mothers have questions about what they should and shouldn’t eat.
Here’s a quick overview of the most commonly asked questions about mom’s diet while breastfeeding.
How Many Calories Do Mom’s Need while Breastfeeding?
One rule of thumb is to take in about (15 x your current weight) + 500 calories a day. So for a woman who weighs 125 pounds, this would be about 2375 calories a day. But this is just a rule of thumb. Choosing healthy foods, following your appetite, and paying attention to you...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 20, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Uncategorized Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Tips 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
Sydne an example of Wheat Belly Total Health done right
Sydne took the information in Wheat Belly Total Health to heart and is enjoying a dramatic turnaround in health.
“My family and friends know me well enough to know that I NEVER share photos of myself. As a matter of fact as my thyroid dysfunction worsened over the years, I tried very hard to stay out of all photos. The issues with my thyroid dysfunction (hypothyroidism) went on for more than 15 years and became worse as time went on. I went from doctor to doctor seeking answers, to no avail. I cannot tell you how much I suffered during this time, mostly in silence except when I was alone. Those are the times I would...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories Source Type: blogs
Antipsychotics in the elderly: Sometimes it’s excellent palliative care
The outcry over antipsychotics has ranged far and wide. Everyone from governmental agencies to senior advocacy organizations have pointed to the abysmal data. Antipsychotics have a negative impact on morbidity and mortality. They say we are chemically restraining those who are too fragile to stick up for themselves. They say we are sedating instead of treating.
And I disagree wholeheartedly.
I manage a large group of moderately to severely demented nursing home patients. They are agitated and delirious on a regular basis. Often searches for infections, pain, constipation, depression, and other inciting factors ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Anonymous Tags: Meds Geriatrics Source Type: blogs
An Anatomy of Chairs
By CLIFTON MEADOR, MD
R had been my patient for over a year. She was referred to me by a colleague. She had 38 symptoms. All tests and imaging studies failed to find any demonstrable medical disease; I considered her to have “symptoms of unknown origin”.
I had little information on R’s personal and family history. I did know she was 43 years old and was 7 years into her second marriage. Her first marriage ended in divorce from a severe alcoholic husband. She had no children. She dwelled on her many symptoms and avoided all my attempts to gather more personal or social information.
Before I can share my full ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Symptoms of Unknown Origin 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
