Wheat, Graham crackers, and lust
Wheat and grains, having been incorporated into the human dietary menu 10,000 years ago, is the subject of many trials, tribulations, and misadventures along the course of human life. Looking back with our enlightened view of diet, recognizing the enormous blunder we made as humans by incorporating such grasses as food, or at least the compromises we struck in order to fend off starvation, make for some entertaining stories.
Here is an interesting piece of wheat history from the 19th century, a perfect example of the mix of truth and fiction that characterizes thinking about grains that continues even today. Mr. Sylvester ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle flour gluten graham grains Source Type: blogs
Ann’s stunning Wheat Belly update
I’ve posted Ann’s wonderful Wheat Belly journey previously, detailing her relief from rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the phenomena of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), migraine headaches, chronic hives, asthma, and other conditions, as well as her success in losing a large amount of weight over several months.
Well, Ann is back with another update:
“I wanted to update you with my progress. Today it has been 10 months since I began this journey. I lost another 6 1/2 inches this month and have now lost a total of 125 lbs.
“I feel incredible. I am a new person. Without your ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 22, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories autoimmune gluten grains joint pain pcos Rheumatoid arthritis Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Top 10 reasons to kiss wheat and grains goodbye forever
There are plenty of reasons to never allow your lips to meet a wheat bagel, sandwich, or pretzels again. But here are the top 10 most compelling, powerful reasons to tell the USDA and other providers of dietary advice to bug off with their “healthy whole grains” advice.
Gliadin derived opiates (from partial digestion to 4- and 5-amino acid long fragments) increase appetite substantially–as do related proteins from rye, barley, and corn. This is a big part of the reason grains make you gain weight.
Gliadin derived opiates are mind active drugs that trigger behavioral outbursts in kids with ADHD and autism...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle appetite autoimmunity Gliadin grains Inflammation Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
An astounding chronicle of a Wheat Belly transformation
Ann began messaging me back in October, 2014, when she told me that she was on a waiting list for gastric bypass. Ann’s chronicle covers the full range of the ways wheat can destroy health and the ways health is restored by removing it. She also learned that there is no such thing as a wheat or grain “indulgence.”
October 25, 2014
“Thank you for ending my years of pain and suffering and countless pills. I was ready to give up because I couldn’t take the pain anymore. After only a few days, I felt so much better and now after only a couple of months I am a new person. I went for a ride in my ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gastric bypass grains joint pain Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Jennifer’s 10-day results with the Wheat Belly lifestyle
This is Jennifer’s result with just 10 days on the Wheat Belly wheat- and grain-free lifestyle. On the right is “before,” on the left is “after.”
Jennifer originally began this lifestyle because she wanted to lose the weight, but also hoped to undo many of the phenomena associated with her polycystic ovarian syndrome, PCOS.
Jennifer: “I completed my day 10 of going grain-free and honestly can say that I’ve never felt so alive and clean. I’ve lost weight before, but never felt this good!
“I wanted to share a pic because I know the other pics that I’ve seen on thi...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 28, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grain Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Diets and Denominators
News non-flash: comparison of various diets (low carb/Atkins, low carb + low fat/South Beach, low calorie/Weight Watchers, and whatever-the-hell-the-Zone-diet is/protein-carb ratio) shows no difference in long term outcomes, defined as sustained weight loss, with the attendant presumed decrease in cardiovascular risk factors and events.
Sorry; no great surprise here. But I think it’s because nutrition research has a huge blind spot: not adequately controlling for type 2 diabetes/metabolic syndrome.
Let me explain.
I have a hypothesis that people with the inborn error of metabolism (insulin resistance) that in the se...
Source: Musings of a Dinosaur - January 2, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: notdeaddinosaur Tags: Medical Source Type: blogs
polycystic ovaries with marked enlargement
This young woman has markedly enlarged ovaries with ovarian volume well in excess of normal measurements. The follicles are all less than 10 mm. in size. All features suggesting classic Polycystic ovary disease or PCOD as it is also known. Read more at:http://www.ultrasound-images.com/ovaries/#Polycystic%20ovaries%20%28polycystic%20ovary%20disease-%20PCOD/%20polycystic%20ovarian%20syndrome%29 (Source: cochinblogs)
Source: cochinblogs - December 10, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
polycystic ovaries with marked enlargement
This young woman has markedly enlarged ovaries with ovarian volume well in excess of normal measurements. The follicles are all less than 10 mm. in size. All features suggesting classic Polycystic ovary disease or PCOD as it is also known. Read more at:http://www.ultrasound-images.com/ovaries.htm#Polycystic%20ovaries%20%28polycystic%20ovary%20disease-%20PCOD/%20polycystic%20ovarian%20syndrome%29 (Source: cochinblogs)
Source: cochinblogs - December 10, 2014 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
A Future of Cellular Programming
This is a revolutionary era in biology and biotechnology, one of the many consequences of it also being a revolutionary era in computation. Sustained and rapid progress is under way in hundreds of important fields of medicine in laboratories around the world, and this state of affairs is the reason why we have the opportunity to reach for the construction of rejuvenation treatments and the defeat of degenerative aging:
In the last two decades we have witnessed a paradigm shift in our understanding of cells so radical that it has rewritten the rules of biology. The study of cellular reprogramming has gone from little more ...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 1, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The problem with IVF supplements
Lots of infertile patients take supplements in the hope that these will increase their chances of getting pregnant . Lots of doctors also prescribe these supplements, for many reasons. Some are designed to improve egg quality; others to improve endometrial receptivity; while others are supposed to boost sperm quality.Most of these supplements are “natural products” which is why doctors are quite liberal about prescribing them . Also, the FDA does not need the manufacturer of these nutraceuticals and supplements to prove their efficacy. Most doctors and patients believe that since these are natural herbs, they are unlik...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - August 30, 2014 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA Dietary supplement FDA Food and Drug Administration In vitro fertilisation Medical prescription Polycystic ovary syndrome Source Type: blogs
When not to do IVF
Most infertile patients know that IVF is the treatment option which maximizes their chances of getting pregnant .However, the problem seems to be that the pendulum has swung in the other direction , and lots of patients are being advised to do IVF, even though they do not need it. The truth is that there are many simpler treatment options available to treat infertility, and not every infertile couple needs IVF !Thus, young patients with PCOD can easily be treated with medicines for ovulation induction. This is much less expensive than doing IVF – and it’s much more fun making babies in the bedroom than going to an IVF ...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - August 27, 2014 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Asherman's syndrome Assisted reproductive technology Embryo In vitro fertilisation Infertility Ovulation induction Polycystic ovary syndrome Preimplantation genetic diagnosis Source Type: blogs
Not all patients with Irregular cycles have PCOD
Many doctors and gynecologists misdiagnose and mismanage patients with irregular cycles. Most of them seem to automatically jump to the conclusion that any young patient with irregular cycle has PCOD . While it is true that the commonest cause of anovulation is polycystic ovarian disease , there are some unfortunate young women whose irregular cycles are because of poor ovarian reserve.While gynecologists will think of this diagnosis when they deal with older women, they fail to consider this possibility in younger women. The problem is that once the woman has been labeled as having PCOD, doctors refuse to thin...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - August 21, 2014 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Anti-Müllerian hormone Follicle-stimulating hormone In vitro fertilisation Irregular menstruation Luteinizing hormone Ovarian reserve patient Polycystic ovary syndrome Source Type: blogs
A real life infertile story - straight from the heart
This is from an email Manju sent me, which a reader shared with her.It's full of valuable insights, which both doctors and patients can learn from , and I am privileged to share this with you.My Infertility story...I am 33 years old and DH is 38 and we have been married for around 9.5 years. Ours was a love marriage and there was no pressure from either family on babies. We started planning for a baby 6 years back and that was when my gynae told us that I had PCOD. I was put on Metformin and folvite and asked to lose weight(I am 5'5" tall and weighed around 70 kgs). I took the advice pretty seriously and joined a gym and s...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - August 1, 2014 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Artificial insemination Erectile dysfunction In vitro fertilisation Infertility IUI ivf Polycystic ovary syndrome Pregnancy Source Type: blogs
The difference between follicles and ovarian cysts
Cyst ? Or follicle ?A patient just sent me this queryI am 29 and trying to conceive for past 4 years.I have irregular cycles. My doctor prescribed me Injection recagon 100units for 6 days from 12-May-2014. On 11th day of cycle during follicle study I got dominant follicles on both ovaries and doctor prescribed to take orgamed capsules for 14 days This month I didn’t get my periods and HPT is negative and even checked with doctor , it is negative again and she prescribed me regestrone tablets for 10 days I have a clarification . If I got dominant follicles on both ovaries, where the follicles would have gone? As pe...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - July 21, 2014 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Anti-Müllerian hormone Antral follicle Follicle-stimulating hormone Irregular menstruation Luteinizing hormone Menstrual cycle Ovarian cyst Polycystic ovary syndrome Source Type: blogs
Angela S.
Angela, a patient of mine, wrote in with the story of her path to a gluten-free lifestyle. The journey she undertook, and how radically her life changed as a result, is proof-positive of the overwhelming health benefits of a gluten-free diet. -Dr. Perlmutter
For over the last 10-11 years I have spent a great deal of time in and out of
doctor’s offices, trying to figure out why I was having so many health issues.
At 16, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), at 21 I was
found to have severe candidiasis, at 22 I had to have my tonsils out, 23 I had
an emergency appendectomy, and most recently I had a 10...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - September 14, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Success Fatigue Gluten gluten free Source Type: blogs
