Wheat Belly
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Speaking for myself, i do not do well on a diet with the gov's recommended dose of carbs. I read Wheat Belly (and a few other similar books) ages ago and while I don't medically need to cut wheat and it's ilk out completely, cutting down has definately made a massive difference to me.
Apart from putting on a poop-tonne of weight if I eat 'normal' levels of carbs, I also have an incurable/untreatable medical condition which, bizarrely, reacts to eating too much carbs (mostly wheat, and refined sugars) despite the condition having nothing to do with digestion. Normal levels of carbs and sugars for me, makes my condition worse. 'Too much' fat or protein doesn't affect me at all, luckily (ignoring the meat-sweats).
I wouldn't dismiss wheat belly out of hand though, everyone reacts to chemicals differently because (epi)genetics, if we didn't there wouldn't be a need for thousands of different pain killers, one would do the job. Doses would be the same. People wouldn't have allergies, or we would all have the same allergies. Big up to the folk who are allergic to water... severe lack of luck there. Food is chemicals, we all react to them differently.
Unless you have a medical condition, there's no need to go cold-turkey. Slowly reduce the amount you eat of one food, say bread, find alternatives, add them in at the same rate. Get used to eating other things and find new favourites. Then move on to the next food and do the same.
If it wasn't for wheat belly, i'd never have found the magic that is 'ugly beans'!!
The fact that you have a medical condition that requires you to cut back on carbs is not relevant to the premise of the book which is that no one should eat grains because terminal inflammation. Would you recommend everyone stop eating wheat because it's bad for you?12 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL7 -
Think about it: if you had a choice between losing weight while eating bread and losing weight while not eating bread, what would you choose? I personally would never say no to this unless a had a damn good reason.
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Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
HA! Me too.1 -
AngryViking1970 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
HA! Me too.
I too had a "does not compute" pause...thought Crazyravr was gettin' a little sassy there for a moment.
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If loving wheat is wrong, I don't want to be right...13
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I think my belly likes wheat as much as I like delicious, fresh bread, warm, straight out of the oven spread with good salted butter.
Drooling at the fresh bread and real butter.
If it wasnt going to be 34C this weekend I would be baking a loaf.
Quick question: is it that you can't be fussed to bake in this heat or is that hot weather harms the breadmaking process in some way? I'm asking because mom will be coming in a few days and I want to make her a loaf of her favorite sourdough bread but it looks like it's going to be hot.
P.S (and I know people will kill me for this): I don't like grass fed store bought butter. I grew up with two kinds of butter: the kind we churned ourselves from the milk of our own (grassfed) cows back when I was a kid and spent the summer at my grandparents, and Lurpak. So any store bought butter has to be Lurpak or it tastes odd to me. Store bought grass fed butter taste NOTHING like what I remember freshly churned butter tasting.3 -
efrensgirl2015 wrote: »There is a lot of science behind it........ once you get past that initial detox you really do feel fantastic.
Science and detox in the same paragraph.......
cbc.ca/news/wheat-belly-arguments-are-based-on-shaky-science-critics-say-1.2974214
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Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too! 0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too!
Your brains works in F not in C, so it's understandable
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georgyporcupine wrote: »I bought it... Have yet to read it... I really like pizza though so probably just not gonna read it
You should read it while you eat pizza4 -
I want to clarify something a poster said upthread.
Having celiac disease means you need to avoid gluten containing grains, not all grains.
I have celiac disease, but I eat grains regularly and thrive on them.
Wheat Belly and Grain Brain are both full of pseudo-science and distorted information, not to mention fear mongering.
If I didn't have celiac disease, I'd still consume wheat. I'd love to tuck into some farro. Yum.14 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »efrensgirl2015 wrote: »There is a lot of science behind it........ once you get past that initial detox you really do feel fantastic.
Science and detox in the same paragraph.......
cbc.ca/news/wheat-belly-arguments-are-based-on-shaky-science-critics-say-1.2974214
It is Friday after all.5 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too!
Your brains works in F not in C, so it's understandable
:laugh:
So cor anglais instead of oboe?4 -
Unless you are (proven) allergic to wheat, it's baloney.3
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cerise_noir wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too!
Your brains works in F not in C, so it's understandable
:laugh:
So cor anglais instead of oboe?
Ha! Well played!1 -
... so take yr wheat bread and yr slice of baloney and yr cheddar cheese and make a sandwich. XD4
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amusedmonkey wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too!
Your brains works in F not in C, so it's understandable
:laugh:
So cor anglais instead of oboe?
Ha! Well played!
Well, I had to stay in key or else I'd be flat.2 -
cerise_noir wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too!
Your brains works in F not in C, so it's understandable
:laugh:
So cor anglais instead of oboe?
Ha! Well played!
Well, I had to stay in key or else I'd be flat.
Then you would have to tone up!
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cerise_noir wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »I read that as a bra size for a second.
Ditto. Glad I wasn't the only one. LOL
Me too!
Your brains works in F not in C, so it's understandable
:laugh:
So cor anglais instead of oboe?
Ha! Well played!
Well, I had to stay in key or else I'd be flat.
Then you would have to tone up!
Oh, you're a sharp one! I like how you conduct yourself.
We're going to have to scale back on these jokes. They may fall flat to those who don't like treble.8
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