{"id":4055,"date":"2013-03-06T02:32:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2013-03-04T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:35:59","slug":"wheat-belly-by-william-davis-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4055","title":{"rendered":"Wheat Belly by William Davis, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title: <\/strong><em>Wheat Belly<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Author: <\/strong>William Davis, MD<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Rodale Books<br \/>\n<strong>Source: <\/strong>Publisher via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netgalley.com\">NetGalley<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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 &#8220;wheat bellies.&#8221; According to Davis, that excess fat has nothing to do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter: it&#8217;s due to the whole grain wraps we eat for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after giving up wheat, Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic\u00e2\u201d\u20acand its elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health.\u00c2\u00a0 In <em>Wheat Belly<\/em>, Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering and agribusiness being sold to the American public as &#8220;wheat&#8221;\u00e2\u201d\u20acand provides readers with a user-friendly, step-by-step plan to navigate a new, wheat-free lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, along with case studies from men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in their health after waving goodbye to wheat, <em>Wheat Belly<\/em> is an illuminating look at what is truly making Americans sick and an action plan to clear our plates of this seemingly benign ingredient.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The beginning of the book was difficult to get through because it&#8217;s all science. Yes, it&#8217;s good to know how Davis came to his conclusion that living without wheat will make a person healthier, but twelve chapters seemed long.<\/p>\n<p>He explains the best way to cut wheat out of your diet is cold turkey and goes on to give reasons why some people also cut out cornmeal, rice, nightshades and soda in order to feel healthier. He provides a list of things you should eat. The book\u00c2\u00a0 includes a one week meal plan.<\/p>\n<p>I do believe the wheat we eat now is different from what was available 50 years ago and no one knows the long-term effects of the genetically modified wheat we&#8217;re ingesting. One of my best friends feels better on a gluten free diet. I am ingesting more fruits and vegetables at meal time and eating less processed items but I&#8217;m not certain I&#8217;m ready to try a wheat free diet at this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About The Author<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>William Davis, MD is a preventive cardiologist whose unique approach to diet allows him to advocate reversal, not just prevention, of heart disease. He is founder of the TrackYourPlaque.com program. He lives in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Wheat Belly Author: William Davis, MD Publisher: Rodale Books Source: Publisher via NetGalley 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&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4055\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wheat Belly by William Davis, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[541,540],"class_list":["post-4055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-wheat-belly","tag-william-davis-md","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4404,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4055\/revisions\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}