Wheat Free Breakfast?

A renowned cardiologist Dr Davis explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly belly fat, and reverse myriad health problems.

After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after giving up wheat, Dr Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic—and its elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health. Wheat causes you to release insulin, which is a fat storage hormone.

Dr Davis book is called Wheat Belly The title, of course, refers to the belly that so many people today are carrying around in front of them these days.

"Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls "wheat bellies".

"There are no commercially produced breakfast cereals that I am aware of that are actually healthy"

" Wheat products such as two slices of whole wheat bread raise your blood sugar higher than almost other known foods"

While much of the Wheat Belly story is about overweight and following a wheat free diet plan, it is also about the complex and not fully understood range of diseases that have resulted from it – from celiac disease, the devastating intestinal disease that develops from exposure to wheat gluten, to an assortment of neurological disorders, curious rashes, and the paralyzing effects of schizophrenia.

Bread and other foods made from wheat have sustained humans for centuries, but the wheat of our ancestors is not the same as modern commercial wheat that reaches your breakfast, lunch and dinner table. From the original strains of wild grass harvested by early humans, wheat has exploded to more than 25,000 varieties, virtually all of them the result of human intervention.

Other References:

DR Mercola - "Insulin, stimulated by the excess carbohydrates in our overabundant consumption of grains, starches and sweets, is responsible for all those bulging stomachs and fat rolls in thighs and chins."

Newspaper Article  - Are we getting the wrong advice about what to eat. This 'spare tyre' of abdominal fat is an accurate indicator of future health problems, such as Type 2 diabetes. If you constantly produce too much insulin, your body goes into a permanent fat-storage mode. This means people who are overweight get into a cycle of weight gain.