DeClaude

Well I just spent a week with my brother, who has similar joint and pain issues and is over 300lbs. I am totally convinced wheat was the cause of my annoying, persistent, sometimes agonizing knee and ankle pain. One look at him and I'm never going back. The long and the short of it is that we did a lot of walking and kid…

Well thank you all for replying! I am a college prof. and as I say on the first day of class, spirited debate is good as long as it is respectful. the other thing I say is that assertions need to be backed up with references. That said, I love the discussion. I re-entered my original numbers (shown below). The protein…

Thanks for the replies. Please keep the ideas coming..

So I am not on an anti-wheat campaign, but it does seem to work for me. If you are interested in what made me give it up, check out the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition run by the University of Florida. They have a great lecture series. One of the guest lecturers was Dr. William Davis. Find your way there…

So it's the end of the second week and still no annoying background pain. Still have arthritis, still a little stiff and achey after a long day of activity (there's a word I haven't seen in a while!). Still focused on no wheat. The food cravings are gone. Didn't have one chip, bun, roll or beer during a very large family…

Will Do!