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January 28, 2021
Sarah’s Wheat Belly health and life transformation
Sarah’s story reminds us how the simple matter of diet can shape our lives for decades, affecting energy, body weight, emotional health–just about every aspect of our physical and social lives before we finally stumble on the right answers. After many years of struggling with poor health, relying on prescription medications that never addressed underlying causes, it therefore came as a surprise to Sarah that she could indeed achieve magnificent health without the drugs by simply following the diet programmed into human genetic code and supplementing nutrients that are deficient in modern life.
“I was only 14 when my weight doubled over the span of several months as puberty took its course. I wasn’t just fat, slow, always sad, but also plagued with acne, clumsiness, and heavy menses. My brothers would call me ‘swollen potato’ and my mother kept nagging me to ‘start to pay attention.’ I was unlikeable at school probably because of constant sadness, social withdrawal, and because I couldn’t even keep up with my colleagues walking from school – being so slow, tired and always stumbling.
“From being trained for the olympiad in mathematics, I began to fall asleep in classes, then to skip classes altogether, focusing instead on diet and exercise. I learned early on that fats have double the amount of calories than carbs, and I would avoid them like the plague. I would mainly eat carbs (‘healthy whole grains,’ salads, vegetables), and the more I tried, the more I failed. My father beat me a couples of times (yes, with the belt!) to straighten me out, at school I was punished for not showing up and for bad attitude. I hated myself so badly that one night I took all of my mother’s sleeping pills hoping to put an end to my misery. When all of that failed, she took me to the doctor who diagnosed me with hypothyroidism and started me on levothyroxine. The endocrinologist explained that I ate too much and the thyroid couldn’t keep up with my weight gain. Not long after starting the levothyroxine, I developed immense hunger, (even worse than before), panic attacks, bulimia. As my acne and facial hair have worsened with time, the endocrinologist started me on Cyproteron for policystic ovary syndrome, which made me feel so depressed that he send me to the psychiatrist. Because psychotherapy didn’t work, I was diagnosed with “atypical depression” and went through several unsuccessful trials of anti-depressive medication until Prozac became available.
“I lived on levothyroxine, Prozac, Mediteranean low-fat, plant-based diet, yes with ‘healthy whole grains’ in moderation and a disciplined exercise routine. Which worked, but I was still very tired and always with joint pains, (from having to work out so often, or so I thought). I decided not to have children out of the fear they might take after me. Because I was feeling old myself, I found it only natural to marry a much older man and be a housewife.
“I always thought of myself as being ‘out-of sync’ and suffering from an unknown genetic disease because I couldn’t live without the medications and unable to maintain a normal weight without meds, diet and exercise. I thought I had the misfortune to inherit bad genes from my mother (whose weight, just like mine, skyrocketed at puberty, and just like me always suffered from gallbladder pains) and from my father who, besides his own osteoarthritis, mood, hypertension problems, had several family members with thyroid disease, depression, joint pains, heart disease, stroke, anemia.
“When I moved to America, I dreamed I might figure out what was wrong with me and other members of my family. During my health-searching odyssey, I have been to 4 endocrinologists, 3 psychiatrists, 3 dermatologists, but the bottom line was the same: it is constitutional and, for the rest of my life, I need to take these medications.
“Two years ago, I went on the ketogenic diet and my long-standing formula didn’t work any more. I gained 35 pounds, developed diverticulitis, tremendous back pains, more depressed than ever. It was now obvious that food was more powerful than I had ever thought. For the first time it dawned on me that the problem might be food itself, not just in my head, nor in my thyroid, nor in my genes. Because of SIBO, I paid closer attention to Dr. William Davis, whose book Wheat Belly I had partially read but never quite believed, just as I never believed my grandmother who noticed my weight skyrocketed when the new bakery opened in the neighborhood. Besides, I never even considered I might have nutrients deficiencies because I was already eating too much!
“As I started the Wheat Belly program, I replaced the levothyroxine with Armour Thyroid, I supplemented D3 ( 5000 IU daily), magnesium, iodine, iron, fish oil. And off course, I removed ALL GRAINS. Within days I was able to drop Prozac (and live without it!), that immense hunger which was labeled as ‘bulimia’ never hit me again. The postprandial gallbladder pains and joint pains have vanished completely. I don’t get the afternoon crash. And the best part of it is that I don’t feel awkward, out-of sync, despite not taking Prozac and levothyroxine. And I don’t think of myself as an embarassed ‘sick person.’
“I reached out to my family in Eastern Europe and told them all ‘It’s the grains! It’s the grains!’ I must have been quite enthused because my father, one brother, aunt and cousin dropped the grains and reported they feel better, with recurrence of the symptoms when they consumed grains. My mother couldn’t live without her daily bread despite having triglycerides 255: ‘I’m not satiated if I don’t eat bread.’
“As I researched who in my extended family had issues with thyroid, joint pains, iron deficiency anemia, cardiovascular disease, the trail lead me to my paternal grandmother’s lineage whose last name was “Miller” (the man who mills grains) ! Coincidence or not, she died of breast cancer after long suffering from diabetes, hypothyroidism, depression, hypertension, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and osteoarthritis.
“My home country? ROMANIA: Europe’s Breadbasket! It is heresy to tell them grains are actually bad for their health, well-being and life overall.
“Dr. Davis, THANK YOU so much from the bottom of my heart for the work you are doing. It truly is extraordinarily to take on such deeply ingrained beliefs but, as far as I am concerned, you‘ve been right on everything you said: changing the thyroid medication, supplementing minerals, omega-3s, limit carbs, allow healthy fats with every meal.”
Sarah’s experience also illustrates that principle that I promote in my Undoctored program: Resist the idea of “treating” health conditions; instead, address the common factors that allow such health conditions to emerge in the first place, a far more powerful and effective strategy. Thankfully, the only irreversible health condition that Sarah developed with thyroid gland damage that leaves her reliant on exogenous thyroid hormones from Armour Thyroid. Follow the Wheat Belly/Undoctored strategies so that you, too, are left with minimal or no permanent organ impairment.
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January 27, 2021
Show Yourself Some Love, Join the Next Wheat Belly 10 Day Grain Detox Challenge
You take care of everyone else, now it’s time for you to make your health a priority! It’s time to show yourself some love and take back control over your weight and reclaim your health! Your self care starts by joining us in the next Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Challenge that starts on Wednesday, February 10th.
The Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox supplies you with carefully designed meal plans and delicious recipes to fully eliminate wheat and related grains in the shortest time possible. Perfect for those who may have fallen off the wagon or for newcomers who need a jump-start for weight loss, this program guides you through the complete 10-Day Detox experience. In addition to this quick-start program, I’ll show you:
How to recognize and reduce wheat-withdrawal symptoms,How to avoid common landmines that can sabotage successHow to use nutritional supplements to further advance weight loss and health benefitsHow to effectively navigate the grocery store and choose safe productsHow weight loss and magnificent health are achievable without cutting calories, without hungerTo join the Detox Challenge:
Step 1: Get the book. And read it (at least the first 5 chapters).
Detox Challenge participants should be informed and active in order to get the most out of the challenge and private Facebook group. READING THE WHEAT BELLY DETOX BOOK IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK or else the conversations will not make sense and you will not enjoy full benefit. It is a very bad idea to try and piece the program together just from our conversations. (Note that the Wheat Belly Detox program is NOT laid out in the original Wheat Belly book.)
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Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/wheatbelly10daygraindetox-bn
Indiebound: http://bit.ly/1KwcFTQ
Step 2: Join the Wheat Belly Blog community
Access the thousands of discussions that provide additional recipes, discussions about issues relevant to the Wheat Belly lifestyle, and access the newest ideas in the Wheat Belly Blog. By becoming a Wheat Belly Blog community member, you will have access to the huge number of resources available on the Wheat Belly Blog: nearly 2000 posts with recipes, tips, new concepts, avoiding pitfalls, etc. You are also supporting the cause and covering the costs of Wheat Belly staff and projects.
The cost is $15.99 for an annual subscription. Here is why we have converted to a subscription process. Please provide the name you registered with when requesting to join the private Facebook page:
Step 3: Join the Private Facebook Group. Be sure to check out the units section for chapter discussions and the files section of the page has some really helpful tools.
Step 4: Prepare for the Detox Challenge
Head to the Private Facebook Group for tips, strategies, recipes, videos and discussions to help you prepare for your upcoming detox challenge. Our goal: to help you succeed in restoring your health and achieving your health goals.
Dr. Davis and site administrator, April Duval, will be posting and answering your questions. April is herself an example of a fabulous Wheat Belly Detox success, she knows the ins and outs of this lifestyle like the back of her hand.
Step 5: Join the Detox page conversations from February 10th to February 19th. Dr. Davis will personally kick off Day 1 of the Detox Challenge with a LIVE Facebook session. It will be held on the Detox Facebook page Wednesday, February 10th, 12 pm EDT/11 am CDT/10 am MDT/9 am PDT. Find it here: Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Facebook page
Why the Detox Challenge?
Through the New York Times bestseller, Wheat Belly, millions of people learned how to reverse years of chronic health problems by removing wheat from their daily diets. But, after reading the original Wheat Belly or the Wheat Belly Total Health book, or even using the recipes from the Wheat Belly Cookbook and Wheat Belly 30-Minute Cookbook, people still said: “I’ve read the books, but I’m still not sure how to get started on this lifestyle.”
The Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Challenge helps readers navigate the core Wheat Belly lifestyle strategies. This is the quickest, most assured way to get started on regaining magnificent health and slenderness by adopting the Wheat Belly lifestyle.
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Make Your Health a Top Priority in 2021
How many New Years have you promised yourself that you were going to focus on getting healthy? This annual ritual typically results in lowering your self-esteem, not your weight. Are you ready to stop that cycle and actually restore your health?
Make 2021 the year you put your health as your top priority! You can feel good again, shop for smaller clothing sizes and achieve a physical makeover that makes you look 10, even 20 years younger. You can even eliminate the need for a multitude of prescription drugs. All of this can happen without counting calories, requiring exercise or depriving yourself.
Whether you are new to the Wheat Belly lifestyle or are in need of a reboot the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox is the answer you have been looking for! The Detox book distills all the wisdom of the original Wheat Belly books and the lessons learned by the millions of people who have adopted this approach. It incorporates the most effective strategies, and gets you on the path to weight and health success in 10 short days. The best part, you can connect to a community of people who understand what you are going through and are here to support you as you become the healthy person you desire to be.
The carefully-designed meal plans and delicious recipes will provide everything you need to fully eliminate wheat and related grains in the shortest time possible. The book packages everything you need to get up and running to regain control over weight and health as quickly, as smoothly, and as effectively as possible. If you want to feel and even look better than you have in 10 years, and want the ABCs to do so, then the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox will show you how. Who can benefit from a grain free lifestyle? Well, truthfully everyone can!
Your health is worth it; you are worth it! It all begins with committing to the 10-day challenge… just 10 days to start to change your life! Don’t you owe it to yourself? Make no excuses, NOW IS THE TIME! Make your health a priority and join the next Wheat Belly 10 Day Grain Detox Challenge on January 6th.
Learn more here: Next Wheat Belly 10 Day Grain Detox Challenge
Get the book here: Wheat Belly 10 Day Grain Detox Book
From Dr. William Davis and the Undoctored and Wheat Belly Team
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