Wheat Belly- Book
ashleylanson
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Has anyone read Wheat Belly? It is very interesting and makes a lot of sense. I have blocked out wheat and have already felt so much better and loosing weight.
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I eat wheat daily.
I believe in whatever works for you, but I suspect that there is nothing special about wheat. I suspect that the modern diet is simply out of balance - too carb & fat heavy - and that if you can balance your diet, that you can eat whatever you want. I suppose that eliminating wheat and making it evil is one way to cut back on carbs and a good deal of fat in the process.
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How long ago did you give up wheat?0
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I have read the books. What the Dr. is saying makes a lot of sense. Especially when you start shopping and looking at the ingredients. It is hard to find options that don't include wheat or grain. I have stopped eating grains as much as possible. I didn't think I had issues with grains either, but when my system was off of it for about 2 weeks, I ate grain and noticed bloating, gas, diarrhea, skin irritations and most of all cravings to eat more. I have also found though the cravings are gone while off wheat. I believe the wheat does work as an addiction on your brain. I have also noticed how I am not hungry most of the time and am not thinking about food as much, which actually does help on the grocery bill.0
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The book is full of quack and pseudoscience. Other than that it is fantastic entertainment.0
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The book is full of quack and pseudoscience. Other than that it is fantastic entertainment.
never read it...but this is pretty much the review that I always see ...
OP - unless you have a medical condition that makes you sensitive to carbs, there is no reason to avoid/limit/restrict them.
when I lost weight, I consistently ate carbs and had no issues with losing weight...0 -
ashleylanson wrote: »Has anyone read Wheat Belly? It is very interesting and makes a lot of sense. I have blocked out wheat and have already felt so much better and loosing weight.
What do you mean when you say you feel better? People say that all the time, and I don't really get it.
I mean, I feel better after having lost 56 pounds, because I'm lighter and have more energy, but beyond that..........
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I'd be more likely to even look into it if it were "Wheat Belly- The Musical"
Both are laughable though0 -
BombshellPhoenix wrote: »I'd be more likely to even look into it if it were "Wheat Belly- The Musical"
Both are laughable though
I could get behind "Wheat Belly on Ice"
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But he, the eminent Dr. also said replacing wheat with other carbs will be no better. Why? because he's selling a low carb diet with wheat as the catalyst.....smart like a fox.I have read the books. What the Dr. is saying makes a lot of sense. Especially when you start shopping and looking at the ingredients. It is hard to find options that don't include wheat or grain. I have stopped eating grains as much as possible. I didn't think I had issues with grains either, but when my system was off of it for about 2 weeks, I ate grain and noticed bloating, gas, diarrhea, skin irritations and most of all cravings to eat more. I have also found though the cravings are gone while off wheat. I believe the wheat does work as an addiction on your brain. I have also noticed how I am not hungry most of the time and am not thinking about food as much, which actually does help on the grocery bill.
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herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
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Chief_Rocka wrote: »BombshellPhoenix wrote: »I'd be more likely to even look into it if it were "Wheat Belly- The Musical"
Both are laughable though
I could get behind "Wheat Belly on Ice"
The mental image is hysterical. I think the creators of South Park would get behind this!0 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
if you are 30, 40, or 60 the basic laws of math and physics still apply ...eat more = gain; eat less = lose...0 -
I heard of the book, haven't read it though. I am gluten intolerant and have been since before anyone knew what gluten was, and I also think that many people are without even knowing it.
So I don't eat gluten, I have rice or quinoa a few times per month.. popcorn on the weekends.. You get the idea. Not many grains in my diet. Not many starchy vegetables either. Yet I manage to still easily have 30% or more of my calories come from carbs. I can't imagine what it would be if I did eat grains! I think it's way too easy to go overboard with carbs if you eat grains - then you don't have place for good veggies that have so much more to offer you healthwise.0 -
1. The author has been called out multiple times for intentionally misrepresenting the studies he cites in his book.
2. Have you seen pictures of the author? If he's following his own diet, I want no part in it!0 -
herrspoons wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
Nope. Like everyone else here I just ate and drank too much.
I herrspoons that may be the case with your body. I can really over do the fats and protein to a point and get away with it but overdoing the carbs nail me very time.
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I read it about a year ago when I first started trying to lose weight and right about the time I joined MFP. I was intentionally looking for books with different approaches. I read books that were against animal products, wheat, fat, sugar, and of course processed foods. I read books that promoted whole foods, plants, meat and cholesterol. Then I let the whole collection sink in and started picking out the parts that seemed to make sense, given all the theories and criticisms.
Wheat Belly didn't make the cut. Overall, I was unimpressed with the book and most of the argument.0 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
Nope. Like everyone else here I just ate and drank too much.
I herrspoons that may be the case with your body. I can really over do the fats and protein to a point and get away with it but overdoing the carbs nail me very time.
false. over eating anything will make you gain weight. #science. Stop vilifying a perfectly good and delish macro.0 -
This. Fat is the easiest macro to get storedGaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
Nope. Like everyone else here I just ate and drank too much.
I herrspoons that may be the case with your body. I can really over do the fats and protein to a point and get away with it but overdoing the carbs nail me very time.
false. over eating anything will make you gain weight. #science. Stop vilifying a perfectly good and delish macro.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
Nope. Like everyone else here I just ate and drank too much.
I herrspoons that may be the case with your body. I can really over do the fats and protein to a point and get away with it but overdoing the carbs nail me very time.
Outside of a metabolic disorder, this just isn't true. Sorry.
I'm insulin resistant, so I'm going for a moderate carb intake (about 150g a day) and even with my medical issue, I've still lost 56 pounds.
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This. Fat is the easiest macro to get storedGaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »People generally aren't gluten intolerant, they just have rubbish diets.
Unless you have a medical condition, which most of us don't, there is no reason to give up any foodstuff.
herrspoons I totally agree with your first statement. I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Those under 40 may have little or no reason to give up an food stuff but that may not be the case for those of us who could start drawing Social Security checks.
Wheat Belly sounds interesting. All dieting books on the market contain quacky and pseudoscience based by on the reviews by authors of other books on dieting.
There is little science in the dieting industry but a lot of HYPE it seems to me. The longer/more people stay fat the stronger the market is for any/all dieting related sales. We know from a point of health on average people would be better of to not even try than to yoyo the body weight by 100 pounds every five years.
Nope. Like everyone else here I just ate and drank too much.
I herrspoons that may be the case with your body. I can really over do the fats and protein to a point and get away with it but overdoing the carbs nail me very time.
false. over eating anything will make you gain weight. #science. Stop vilifying a perfectly good and delish macro.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Ahh I just turned 46 and I'm VERY healthy, why don't you explain to me what my medical condition is so I can tell my doctors they missed it.
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I haven't read it but it is just a variation of a Paleo diet. I just finished Go Wild, by John J. Ratey and really enjoyed it for the most part.
Despite the disbelief and negative comments on here, if you use MFP you can see exactly the point paleo is trying to make. Log for a while and look at the things that are high calorie. Low and behold, wheat, corn, rice -- especially in highly processed forms -- are really high in calories. Fried foods, too. Oh look, and sugar laden processed foods and drinks, too.
If you cut these things out, you will lose weight and be healthier. Yes, there is more to nutrition than calories. Some foods have more nutrition in them than others. Some foods spike your insulin levels more than others. This is bad for you.
I think if you really use MFP and log, and you cut down or eliminate the crazy high calorie things...all of the sudden you are doing some version of what was recommended in Wheat Belly.
And if you just try to eat a low calorie version of the SAD (Standard American Diet), you are destined to failure. The crazy carbs, sugar levels, and calories of the SAD diet make it impossible to just eat less of.
Now I will say, one thing bugs me with paleo. Some people use it as an excuse to eat only meat and piles of it. This isn't healthy, either. But with some balance, it is probably your best chance of long lasting results.
And if you read between the lines here, I have recommended what you have probably heard about dieting your whole life: Cut out fried foods, breads, heavily processed foods, and sugar-laden drinks, etc., etc.
Again. Log on MFP and see the crazy calories of the above items and you come up with some variation of paleo. The paleo diets and MFP should meet in the middle somewhere if you are doing it right.
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And if you just try to eat a low calorie version of the SAD (Standard American Diet), you are destined to failure. The crazy carbs, sugar levels, and calories of the SAD diet make it impossible to just eat less of.
I don't understand. What about all of the fit, healthy people on this site who are successful at losing and maintaining weight on the "SAD" diet?0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »I actually agree with your second statement as well but I do believe most everyone by the time they decide to lose weight have a medical condition or the early stages of health issues.
Ahh I just turned 46 and I'm VERY healthy, why don't you explain to me what my medical condition is so I can tell my doctors they missed it.
Liftng4Lis I should have been more specific after reviewing your profile. I was thinking of someone like myself that started out 75 pounds overweight and appeared to have a fatty liver perhaps and/or insulin insensitive. You seem to be a picture of health.
First I consider 15-20 percent of an 'ideal' weight not to be over weight. In fact according to research being 20% over weight on average means one will live longer than the person on the thin side.
With you just wanting to tweak your health your options should be wide open. What you have already done is impressive.
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Seriously??? WELCOME to AMERICA!I haven't read it but it is just a variation of a Paleo diet. I just finished Go Wild, by John J. Ratey and really enjoyed it for the most part.
Despite the disbelief and negative comments on here, if you use MFP you can see exactly the point paleo is trying to make. Log for a while and look at the things that are high calorie. Low and behold, wheat, corn, rice -- especially in highly processed forms -- are really high in calories. Fried foods, too. Oh look, and sugar laden processed foods and drinks, too.
If you cut these things out, you will lose weight and be healthier. Yes, there is more to nutrition than calories. Some foods have more nutrition in them than others. Some foods spike your insulin levels more than others. This is bad for you.
I think if you really use MFP and log, and you cut down or eliminate the crazy high calorie things...all of the sudden you are doing some version of what was recommended in Wheat Belly.
And if you just try to eat a low calorie version of the SAD (Standard American Diet), you are destined to failure. The crazy carbs, sugar levels, and calories of the SAD diet make it impossible to just eat less of.
Now I will say, one thing bugs me with paleo. Some people use it as an excuse to eat only meat and piles of it. This isn't healthy, either. But with some balance, it is probably your best chance of long lasting results.
And if you read between the lines here, I have recommended what you have probably heard about dieting your whole life: Cut out fried foods, breads, heavily processed foods, and sugar-laden drinks, etc., etc.
Again. Log on MFP and see the crazy calories of the above items and you come up with some variation of paleo. The paleo diets and MFP should meet in the middle somewhere if you are doing it right.0 -
> Outside of a metabolic disorder.
We have teens getting Type II diabetes. Metabolic disorders, exactly this. Heart disease, cancer, etc., all metabolic disorders. Alzheimer's equals Type III diabetes.
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I haven't read it but it is just a variation of a Paleo diet. I just finished Go Wild, by John J. Ratey and really enjoyed it for the most part.
Despite the disbelief and negative comments on here, if you use MFP you can see exactly the point paleo is trying to make. Log for a while and look at the things that are high calorie. Low and behold, wheat, corn, rice -- especially in highly processed forms -- are really high in calories. Fried foods, too. Oh look, and sugar laden processed foods and drinks, too.
If you cut these things out, you will lose weight and be healthier. Yes, there is more to nutrition than calories. Some foods have more nutrition in them than others. Some foods spike your insulin levels more than others. This is bad for you.
I think if you really use MFP and log, and you cut down or eliminate the crazy high calorie things...all of the sudden you are doing some version of what was recommended in Wheat Belly.
And if you just try to eat a low calorie version of the SAD (Standard American Diet), you are destined to failure. The crazy carbs, sugar levels, and calories of the SAD diet make it impossible to just eat less of.
Now I will say, one thing bugs me with paleo. Some people use it as an excuse to eat only meat and piles of it. This isn't healthy, either. But with some balance, it is probably your best chance of long lasting results.
And if you read between the lines here, I have recommended what you have probably heard about dieting your whole life: Cut out fried foods, breads, heavily processed foods, and sugar-laden drinks, etc., etc.
Again. Log on MFP and see the crazy calories of the above items and you come up with some variation of paleo. The paleo diets and MFP should meet in the middle somewhere if you are doing it right.
6 months in, 56 pounds down - please do let me know the point at which I will fail. Will it be the chips and salsa? After my next Dr. Pepper? Or is it a time based thing? Do I have a month left? Three?
Wait a bit before you answer, because I'm going out to eat.
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »
Seriously??? WELCOME to AMERICA!I haven't read it but it is just a variation of a Paleo diet. I just finished Go Wild, by John J. Ratey and really enjoyed it for the most part.
Despite the disbelief and negative comments on here, if you use MFP you can see exactly the point paleo is trying to make. Log for a while and look at the things that are high calorie. Low and behold, wheat, corn, rice -- especially in highly processed forms -- are really high in calories. Fried foods, too. Oh look, and sugar laden processed foods and drinks, too.
If you cut these things out, you will lose weight and be healthier. Yes, there is more to nutrition than calories. Some foods have more nutrition in them than others. Some foods spike your insulin levels more than others. This is bad for you.
I think if you really use MFP and log, and you cut down or eliminate the crazy high calorie things...all of the sudden you are doing some version of what was recommended in Wheat Belly.
And if you just try to eat a low calorie version of the SAD (Standard American Diet), you are destined to failure. The crazy carbs, sugar levels, and calories of the SAD diet make it impossible to just eat less of.
Now I will say, one thing bugs me with paleo. Some people use it as an excuse to eat only meat and piles of it. This isn't healthy, either. But with some balance, it is probably your best chance of long lasting results.
And if you read between the lines here, I have recommended what you have probably heard about dieting your whole life: Cut out fried foods, breads, heavily processed foods, and sugar-laden drinks, etc., etc.
Again. Log on MFP and see the crazy calories of the above items and you come up with some variation of paleo. The paleo diets and MFP should meet in the middle somewhere if you are doing it right.
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