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This book will open your eyes. Once you learn what Dr Davis has to say you will never look at the world of breads and grains the same way again. Much of his research just makes sense!
2659677
I had often wondered why I was addicted to bread, doughnuts, cereal, etc.  NowI know.  It was very informative and answered many of my questions. I have started not eating as much wheat and feel better..the cravings are starting to disappear.
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I use Xanthan gum when I make bread with different flours, such as chick pea flour, millet, and  rolled oats. I finally discovered that I am sensitive to American wheat. I always baked our own wholewheat bread but over the years I developed hiated hernia, Gerd etc.till our daughter told me that modern American wheat is no longer the same as the old time wheat. It has a higher glucose index and some different enzymes. Yes, I was on one of those purple pills, only to find that after a long time of use I would pull a muscle when reaching for something. So now I make these different breads and the Xanthan gum helps the bread stick together. It arrived in time and nicely packaged.
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This is a great book, and it is easily understood.  It emphasizes reading food labels.  Wheat is, in some form, in nearly everything pre-cooked or pre-mixed.  Once I started eliminating wheat in my diet, the stubborn pounds began melting off.  You don't have to eliminate every tiny bit of wheat in your diet, just the major sources.  It may just be my personal metabolism, and I would suggest that anyone contemplating the elimination of wheat in their diet check it out with a physician first.  But it did work for me.  My skin cleared up, I had more energy and slept better, and as I stated, I lost weight.  I believe the wheat we eat today barely resembles the wheat our grandparents eat.  The farmers may get more bushels of wheat per acre today, but I believe that the chemicals used and the genetic engineering is affecting our health in a negative way.  My unscientific theory:  > bushels of wheat per acre = > # of people fed @ the cost of < human & farm animal health.  And no, I don't work for or even know the author or publisher of this book.
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Since removing wheat from my diet, I no longer experience acid reflux. My complexion improved, and I just felt happier most days. I didn't miss wheat, which surprised me, and the only time I eat it anymore is if I am a guest at someone's home and they serve foods with wheat. It has been over six weeks since I eliminated it from my life and I plan to stay the course. Thank you Dr. Davis for your research and insight.
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Why for almost all of us we need to be aware what wheat consumption is doing to us in a negative way to our health and the health of our children.  Read this book and change your diet, you will feel better for it.
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Most people's first reaction to Wheat Belly is to think that this is part of some sort of fad diet without any basis in reality. After all, how can one food group (Carbs) and one food in particular (Wheat) really cause so many of the problems our society faces such as Obesity and Diabetes. Skepticism is a good thing, but so are results. All I can say is that my health and appearance dramatically improved after buying this book and applying its recommendations.

I had been eating relatively "healthy" according to conventional wisdom and working out 5 times a week. I wasn't in horrible health, but I didn't feel that great and couldn't get that chiseled physique I wanted. After reading the book and following the diet it lays out, I have lost about 15 pounds and my waist has grown significantly smaller all after just 2 months. I have more energy, don't have carb crashes, don't get hungry all the time, and generally feel like I am in much better health. Best of all, I am getting in the best shape of my life and am getting the toned body I couldn't before.

This isn't some expensive diet program and the only money I spent was to buy the book which details the problems with wheat and suggests an alternative diet. Frankly if you just eliminate wheat and limit carbs, you don't have to even buy the book but you might as well learn the science behind it for less than 20 bucks.

Obviously under a new wheat-free diet, you cannot eat old favorites like pizza, hamburgers, cookies, and the rest, but that does not mean you cannot eat great food. I rediscovered the wonders of nuts and cheese which you can eat unlimited in this diet and still lose weight. If you want to indulge, order a juicy hamburger and don't eat the bun or got out for a nice steak.

If you don't know if you can live without all those carbs, then ask yourself if they are worth being overweight and in poor health. Once you give up wheat and limit other carbs, you cravings for these things go away. I have gone to parties with warm Chocolate Chip Cookies and I genuinely had no desire to eat them. That is just one example of the amazing benefits you will see and learn after reading this book.

I wouldn't be recommending this book if it didn't truly change my life. Our collective health is too important to ignore this book and you will not regret reading Wheat Belly and following its wheat-free lifestyle.
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After four weeks on this diet, my entire outlook on eating is changing.  Take it from a cookie nibbler, this diet works.  His writing is humorous and still to the point.  When needed he has the facts to back up a point or method to achieve your goal.  What do you have to lose but the wheat belly?
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Pretty decent for bread to slice and toast, and acceptable for rolls. No one should expect non-wheat/gluten subtitutes for bread to taste like regular bread: it's liike comparing pears to cantalope. I've tried about a dozen low carb products and recipes for bread, all fall short to some degree, but I thought this was not far off a whole grain type bread. Sometimes you do want toast or a roll-(not great for burger bun as too dense),  and this worked for us. The main thing for anyone who stays on a low carb plan is to accept that the old breads and sweets caused our problems, and best to forget trying to find substitutes.  I'll buy this product again.
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I love the perspective that Dr. Douillard takes in Eat Wheat. The advice is practical and it incorporates things that one can do at home, with food, to heal digestive issues. I really do miss bread and with Eat Wheat I can slowly start introducing it into my diet again.
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I liked the historical background of how ancient wheat became our "wheat" of the 20th  Century.
The many maladies of our American, industrialized diet can be linked to wheat, and the highly processed carbohydrates we consume blindly.
Davis lays out the consequences of such poor choices and offers a healthier way of eating to bring about optimum health.
An eye opener to say the least.
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Very Interesting and a lot of good information.  Trying to cut out the wheat, not difficult with the bread, cookies, cakes, and such are another thing.  My sister has high praise for this type of eating and since we have some of the same issues, I'm giving it a try.
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This book was purchased at the recommendation of a friend who, like me, has changed her way of eating.  Reading it will open your eyes to the problems we have that are the results of eating things like whole wheat bread that we have been taught to think is good for us.  I am striving to be gluten free in every day meals and follow the guidelines shown in this book.  I now eat what I want (within limitations) and also have lost the twenty pounds that have been challenging me for about forty years!  I no longer consume white stuff, dairy or sugar (some exceptions, of course) and am perfectly satisfied consuming the "right" foods.  That sounds difficult, but it really is very easy!!!
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Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat was as advertised. A very in depth study of the role that wheat has played in Americas obese problem. It is written in laymans language and understandable. All of the statements are backed up by references. The author adds some humor to break up  the dryness of the subject.  He convinced me to start on the diet.
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This book made me really think about what I eat.  I found it to be very interesting and thought provoking.  I consider myself to be a "healthy eater" but realized that whole wheat isn't so healthy after all.  I may not got "wheat free"  but I am definitely "wheat reduced".
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OK.  I can honestly tell you that this is a great diet because, Lord knows, I've tried them all so I'm able to compare and contrast.  Your desire and appetite for delicious starches and sugars does subside a little with this diet, and I initially did lose weight, but just like ALL other diets I've tried I now want BREAD!!!  Maybe I have some genetic flaw, but I just can't make myself stick to any diet.  Give me a breadstick or give me death!
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It's no wonder Wheat Belly made #1 on the NY Times bestseller list. Well researched and documented studies should convince the greatest of skeptics to see merit in this book.  Dr. Davis' patient stories are further evidence that eating wheat-free might be worth the effort.  Give it a try for 3 weeks as he often suggests to his patients.  What do you have to lose?!  I decided to do just that and, while I don't need to lose weight, found I quickly lost inches in the midsection.  More importantly to me, I feel better.  Most of the aches and pains of osteoarthritis are gone.  Like many other reviewers, I don't have as great a need to snack.  Not eating my "go to" wheat snacks I've learning to be more thoughtful about what I eat between meals.

I found Dr. Davis' explanation about what has happened to wheat since the 1950s interesting reading too.  To think what geneticists have done by developing new strains of wheat is alarming. Now I read and research on line articles about how so many of our foods come from GMO grown seeds.  I am more carefully reading labels and buying more organic foods plus making more from scratch as did everyone before all the canned and processed foods beginning in the middle of the 20th century.  I'd been interested the alkaline-acidic balance for some time.  Dr. Davis explains in his book how alkaline our diets are if we eat wheat plus meat and dairy and how bad this is for our health.