Wheat Belly?

jeanywren

I was on prescription medication for acid reflux too and it went away within a week or so of cutting out most gluten from the diet. Forgot about that. I have not taken the pills since.

Smurfette1987

I appear to have a gluten intolerance. I don't understand why anyone would want to cut it out unless they have to, I'm like a food leper and have to be very careful that I get enough carbohydrates from other sources or I get binge urges, I doubt that makes anyone lose weight
yes supermarket bread is pants. So make your own.
If there are revolutionary new findings in the field of nutrition they will be published through peer reviewed studies, NOT profit making faddy books. Save your money spent on crap books and the additional cost of a GF diet and pay a subscription to a website that has journal archives.
Just my 2pennies.

ThickMcRunFast

Its been pretty well debunked (see http://noglutennoproblem.blogspot.com/2012/03/wheat-belly-busted.html; http://www.thebestgrains.com/the-truth-about-wheat-belly-and-fad-diets; and many others).

Unless you have a specific intolerance or allergy to wheat and gluten, are diabetic, or have some other disorder, there isn't a real reason to cut out wheat, gluten, or carbs.

If you are doing it for weight loss only, its best to instead follow a plan you know you can stick to forever.

One of your sources is a Wheat growers union of some kind. There is propaganda on every side, keep your eyes open.

My other source was a gluten free blog...both have the same opinion.

But it was a google search, I just grabbed the top two things. You are free to do your own research.

strongmindstrongbody

http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/01/07/CTM_wheatbelly_17_480x360.jpg
Picture of the author. Looks like whatever he promotes is bunk if he follows it. Pretty chubby fella. And yeah, wheat doesn't make you fat. Check out the middle east, the bread basket of the world. They are all skinny as heck. If anything, eat more wheat, unless you have gluten sensitivity.

I read the book a few months ago, and that's what kept jumping out at me-Dr. Davis is overweight :huh: And it's not an old picture-I watched an interview he did earlier this year and yep, that's what he looks like. I'm definitely not one to pick on someone for being overweight, but if you're promoting a way of eating, in part as a way to lose weight, then it's fair game :drinker:

I hate to point it out but in the first few chapters he discusses how he looks and talks about how most people don't trust an over weight man to give them weight loss tips. Don't judge and give it another read. He does address his weight.

It is ironic how he's overweight (obese even?) and promoting a diet book for losing weight. I read the book a while back and don't recall him giving an excuse for his weight. Does he have some kind of medical problem that interferes with his weight loss?

As for cutting out gluten, I tried that and didn't notice any changes. I was hoping, though! But now I'm glad I didn't because I like having some gluten foods in my diet.

LJA1968

I have found out that I have an intolerance to wheat and gluten. I removed it from my diet last summer and within a week felt much better. I had more energy, wasn't bloated anymore and my joints didn't hurt. This did not cause me to lose all the weight I've lost but made it possible for me to move/exercise in order to lose the weight. I will still have the odd wheat product because it is not an allergy I have, but I can tell you that if I eat too much, I'm in rough shape for several days. It definately effects my body in a bad way. I don't believe you should use it as a weight loss tool, however. If you think you have an allergy or intolerance to it then by all means get tested. Note that if you remove it from your diet yourself for an extended period of time and then get tested, results may not be very accurate. Good luck on your journey.

luckyshilling

My first clue I might be sensitive to wheat was when I tried whole wheat pasta, you know cuz it is healthy right?

Thought I was going to explode from the super painful gas I had. Sorry if that grosses y'all out. At first I was thinking maybe I am just not used to this much fiber. But when it kept happening even after I had been eating healthy for a long time and it never caused any such discomfort in my husband I was pretty convinced to let the wheat go.

No I haven't been officially diagnosed or anything, but seriously, when eating something causes me physical pain do I really need to have a Dr. tell me to stop eating it if it hurts. I have figured out what I can and can not eat by trial and error. Hey, works for me, cuz I'm a snowflake 'yo.:drinker: :laugh:

amyrob56

There is another board called Wheat Belly - this is a copy of my post from there.

I have read the book.

I know, another fad - but I started this in mid-June….and I have to say the results have been wonderful for me.
I have lost 14lbs (yes I have also reduced other carbs and sugars as well - but that was much easier after I eliminated wheat).

Beyond the weight loss - even more important to me has been:

I am never Hungry!!! Snacking between meals does not occur to me anymore
90% reduction in chronic joint pain (wrists, elbows, knees and back) = Amazing!!!
100% reduction in acid reflex (I thought it was because I was drinking so much homemade wine - I’m still drinking the wine and the Acid Reflux is gone!)
100% better sleep, fall asleep faster-stay asleep
No more brain fog
Much more energy.
I can breath through my nose! I had horses growing up and always thought I was slightly allergic to either hay, grain dust or the horses themselves but I loved them more than dealing with not being able to breath through my nose. After horses were gone I just thought I had never learned to breath through my nose so that is why I still could/did not..... Now I breath through my nose and take deep breaths - all happened without my even noticing until one day Eureka I realized I was!

I have not completely eliminated wheat but I try to avoid any obvious sources and do read lables very carefully. I am not particuarly intolerant - I can have some wheat and not experience the severe digestive issues some people do.

However, I have noticed that when I do choose to or inadvertanly eat wheat these symptoms reappear almost immediately:
joint pain
increased cravings for more carbs
stuffy head

To each their own but reducing wheat has been good for me.

Acg67

RCT finds no evidence of non-celiac gluten sensitivity
download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0016-5085/PIIS0016508513007026.pdf

BluejayNY

Its been pretty well debunked (see http://noglutennoproblem.blogspot.com/2012/03/wheat-belly-busted.html; http://www.thebestgrains.com/the-truth-about-wheat-belly-and-fad-diets; and many others).

Unless you have a specific intolerance or allergy to wheat and gluten, are diabetic, or have some other disorder, there isn't a real reason to cut out wheat, gluten, or carbs.

If you are doing it for weight loss only, its best to instead follow a plan you know you can stick to forever.

This.

smp0723

I have just started reading the book this weekend but after advice from a nutritionist with her Masters in Functional Nutrition, I cut wheat and gluten out a week ago after trying to do a eating plan through my Personal Trainer that was supposed to be a well balanced diet. It contained only wheat/whole grain breads which I never used to eat a lot of, I always ate white

I have terrible, diagnosed, tendonitus in my thumb/wrist of my right hand which have not really bothered my in many years unless I do something specific to aggravate it (gardening, sewing etc.). After 2 weeks of being on the new eating plan, my wrist/thumb hurt so bad I had to wear a brace 24/7 and would wake up in the middle of the night due to the pain. It hadn't hurt like that in YEARS! I mentioned to someone at work and he suggested gluten being a cause of inflamation which causes pain and then someone else suggested Wheat Belly.

Well, I am living proof-I stopped the wheat and within 3-4 days was able to take off my brace and have had no pain for over a week. Yesterday, I cheated, had macaroni salad & a hot dog roll along with a few other picnic foods and again-thumb/wrist are throbbing.

I have my answer and will be wheat free going forward. The people they say it has been "debunked"....how do you know those people know what they are talking about either? We never know who REALLY knows the truth but Dr. Davis makes sense, we all know foods are not made/grown the way they were when our parents and grandparents were kids--buy organic & grass fed meat & do a taste test--that alone proved to me that we need to eat whole foods and buy organic, chemical free, grassfed as much as possible. My 9 yr old son has been able to stop taking acid reflux meds he has been on since he was 4 months old thanks to our switch to organic--proof enough for me.

PaulHalicki

I think cutting wheat out of your diet even if you're not gluten intolerant can have benefits. Since so many of our bad carbs come from refined flour, cutting those carbs out essentially puts you on a low carb diet, which is very effective for *some* people, particularly those who store their fat in their bellies. (Low carb doesn't work so well if you store fat in your hips.)

PaulHalicki

Well, I am living proof-I stopped the wheat and within 3-4 days was able to take off my brace and have had no pain for over a week. Yesterday, I cheated, had macaroni salad & a hot dog roll along with a few other picnic foods and again-thumb/wrist are throbbing.

My wife has fibromyalgia and there are several food triggers that, if she eats those foods, aggravate various aches and pains. She cut out red meat, then poultry, then she found that cutting eggplant and tomatoes helped, and most recently she's found that broccoli is a trigger. It may be that you are gluten intolerant, but it may also be one of several things that might aggravate your system. If the pain comes back, you may try cutting other foods to see what happens.

maillemaker

My husband lost 30 lbs when he went gluten free..not cause he has a gluten intolerance, but because so many of the foods containing gluten are processed, fiber poor and higher calorie.

This!

For most people, there is no health reason to not eat bread, in so far that there is nothing in the chemical composition of bread that is going to hurt you.

You can lose weight eating bread just like you can lose weight eating Twinkies, so long as you maintain a calorie deficit.

The trick is, bread is yummy and calorie-dense. So you are going to have to have the willpower to eat it in moderation. On top of this, you will get a blood sugar spike and crash from eating it, which can lead to feelings of hunger which you will have to fight.

If you've got the willpower to eat bread and maintain a calorie deficit, go for it!

If not, cutting out the calorie-dense tempting foods can make it easier to stick to a calorie deficit.