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Yes: It’s the same person . . . but now she eats NO wheat nor grains

Here is Samantha’s Wheat Belly transformation, a breathtaking change in health and appearance:

“I was battling severe brain fog, major break outs, migraines, loose stools, exhaustion, stomach pains, gas, bloating, unexplained weight gain, vision problems, depression, anxiety, insomnia, joint pain, hypothyroidism, racing heart. I literally thought I was dying.

“That [left] was my body before Wheat Belly. I am almost feeling back to myself again. I have energy. I can play with my son. Almost all my symptoms have vanished. I’m no longer depressed. My hair is no longer falling out. I reversed thyroid issues, blood in my stools, adrenal fatigue, severe digestive issues, gallbladder problems, IBS, migraines, eczema, reacting to all foods, bloated, gassy, backaches, joint pains, arthritis in my ankle, fast heart rate, dizzy spells, sugar problems, brain fog, dry skin, dry hair, severe exhaustion, anger issues, depression, headaches. I’ve lost 60 lbs in a year by choosing the Wheat Belly life. I feel and look so much healthier. I have reversed almost every problem I listed.

“It’s just amazing how I feel compared to what I did. I have confidence and better self esteem. I’m so thrilled that I took control of my health in my own hands.”

Samantha’s facial rash before the Wheat Belly lifestyle change:

Go out in public and take a look at the people around you: How many look like Samantha’s “before,” overweight, bloated, swollen face and eyes, and untold misery hiding behind the smile? The changes that she underwent cannot be experienced by simply following a low-carb diet, nor cutting calories, counting points, or extreme exercise. They develop because she has eliminated the dietary poisons in wheat and grains.

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Wheat and grains make you sick

Jennifer shared her “before” and “after” photos after just 3 weeks of following the Wheat Belly lifestyle:

“I am 30. I have been dealing with health issues my whole life. About a month ago, I had to go to the ER for severe abdominal pain and nausea. I still don’t know all that is going on, but I do know the Wheat Belly diet is helping me to get better (docs haven’t been helpful thus far).

“This is a pic of me before Wheat Belly on the left and 3 weeks after starting the diet. I have followed your Facebook and seen all the ‘before’ and ‘afters’ and wanted to share.”

Jennifer’s experience reminds us that wheat and grains make you sick: Contrary to conventional wisdom that they only cause celiac disease, those of us following these discussions understand that celiac disease is just the tip of the iceberg. There are hundreds of other conditions caused by the worst grain of all–modern wheat–and its closely related brethren, other seeds of grasses, AKA “grains.”

Immune system diseases that have nothing to do with celiac disease (or are worsened by wheat/grains) include cerebellar ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, ADHD, autism, temporal lobe seizures, Lou Gehrig’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, gluten encephalopathy/dementia, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, seborrhea, psoriasis, rosacea, autoimmune hepatitis and pancreatitis, and many others.

Direct gastrointestinal toxic effects (due to wheat germ agglutinin and gliadin-derived peptides) include acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, and dysbiosis. Nutritional deficiencies caused by wheat and grains (due to phytates) include vitamin B12 deficiency, iron deficiency, zinc deficiency, magnesium and calcium deficiencies. High blood sugars (from the amylopectin A of wheat/grains) lead to high blood insulin that leads to insulin resistance, accumulation of visceral fat, inflammation, water/salt retention, endocrine disruption, diabetes, and, over time, risk for cancer, coronary heart disease, and dementia. Allergic effects (due to many wheat/grain proteins, many changed by agribusiness) include skin rash, gastrointestinal distress, and asthma.

I could go on, but you get the idea. Wheat and grains are an astoundingly common cause for many, many human illnesses. The cure: Don’t eat them–just that simple. No drugs required, no expensive testing required, no doctor’s misguided misdiagnoses, prescription drugs, and procedures required. As Jennifer is learning, an enormous quantity of human misery, both acute and chronic, are solved by simply removing this dietary poison from your lifestyle–yes, the one you are told you should consume every day, every meal, else you will become constipated, fat, and suffer from many diseases of grain deficiency.

Are you getting a sense for the enormity of this dietary blunder and its implications for human health? And did you notice how different Jennifer looks, just 3 weeks into her new lifestyle?

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My Wheat Belly turning point

Many of you know that the Wheat Belly concepts got their start when I was trying to help patients in my cardiology practice obtain better control over risk for coronary disease. An exceptionally common combination of abnormalities in people with heart attacks, survivors of sudden cardiac death, those who have undergone stent implantation or bypass surgery, or have high coronary calcium scores (an early quantifier of coronary atherosclerotic plaque): large quantities of small LDL particles and high blood sugars (high fasting glucose and/or hemoglobin A1c, HbA1c, reflecting long-term blood sugar fluctuations).

Because wheat is the most dominant grain in the modern diet as well as the most offensive, being a major contributor to formation of small LDL particles and raising blood sugar, I asked my patients to remove all wheat products from their diet. As seasoned Wheat Belliers know, this can be a tall order, as it means eliminating all bread, pasta, breakfast cereals, bagels, pretzels, breaded meats, breadcrumbs, rolls, and other popular foods. I also asked people to not seek replacements in the form of gluten-free products, as they also extravagantly trigger small LDL particles and rises in blood sugar.

Everyone here now knows what happens next: Yes, small LDL particles plummeted, HDL cholesterol levels increased, triglycerides dropped dramatically, blood pressure dropped, c-reactive protein dropped to zero, visceral fat shrunk, postprandial (after-meal) lipoproteins normalized–all adding up to dramatic reductions in the factors that cause coronary disease. Indeed, many people obtained reversal of coronary disease by this route, including reduction in coronary calcium scores and putting a stop to the need for repeated heart procedures (when combined with other strategies including vitamin D and fish oil supplementation, normalization of thyroid status, and some others). I did this in nearly everybody coming through my office at the time, anyone who was willing and able to follow such a dietary change.

As time passed, I also witnessed other changes outside of coronary disease that people reported to me. In addition to the often astounding quantities of weight loss, people asked me why their migraine headaches disappeared, why their seborrhea and psoriasis went away, why acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome were gone within the first week, why their joint pain was gone . . . This prompted me to ask questions to understand why such health changes developed, questions such as “How has wheat changed?” and “What is in modern wheat that, upon removal, could account for such health changes?” answered by conversations with agricultural scientists in universities and the USDA. As I came to understand these issues better–that agribusiness and geneticists had introduced extensive changes into modern wheat, that the genetics of wheat overlapped considerably with other grains, that current dietary advice overlooked an amazing body of clinical data documenting the adverse health effects of wheat and grains–I urged more and more people to engage in this lifestyle. And I continued to see extravagant, life-changing results.

But it was one woman who persuaded me that delivering this message through my cardiology practice and my then modest online presence was not enough, that it was time to broadcast these issues to a larger audience and raise questions about the wisdom of modern dietary advice. It was the same woman I talked about at the start of the Wheat Belly Total Health Public Television Special. This woman was a 38-year old schoolteacher and mother of two children who was referred to me for evaluation of palpitations, a flip-flop feeling of her heart that was annoying and frightening. EKGs and Holter monitors (24-hour recordings of heart rhythm) and other basic assessments only revealed a benign heart irregularity in the form of premature atrial complexes, benign extra beats that can be annoying but are harmless. Because part of any cardiac evaluation is a full medical history, she also told me about her ulcerative colitis. She’d been struggling with this condition for 12 years, suffering daily around-the-clock abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, diarrhea, and bleeding in her bowel movements. The bleeding was bad enough that she required blood transfusions every 2 to 3 months. She was being treated with two oral medications and a (toxic and expensive) intravenous drug, but without improvement. Her gastroenterologist therefore recommended a total colectomy (complete removal of the colon) with creation of an ileostomy, i.e., a surface orifice cut into the abdominal wall to pass stool, rather than the colon and rectum, the usual route. It meant having to affix an adhesive bag to the abdominal skin, tolerating the noises that come from such a device (recall that she was a schoolteacher), risking infection of the artificial stoma (orifice), as well as the nutritional and health implications of no longer having a colon. The change in the self-perception of her body would also be irretrievably changed. In short, an awful path for a young woman.

I had not discussed diet with her up to this point, as I had viewed her consultation as limited only to an opinion about her benign palpitations, case closed. But when she told me all this about her colitis and her anticipated colectomy/ileostomy, I said to her,”I know you’re not here for your colitis, nor for nutritional consultation, but let me tell you about the diet approach I use for people with coronary disease but provides benefits in other areas of health. We start with elimination of all wheat.”

She looked at me, puzzled, and declared “My doctor tested me for celiac disease, did two biopsies and ran the blood tests. I don’t have celiac disease!”

“Yes, I understand. But there is more to this lifestyle than celiac disease. I don’t think you’ve got anything to lose. They are going to take your colon out, after all.”

So she reluctantly acquiesced, accepting the simple two-page handout that I had written detailing how to go about this process of wheat elimination.

She returned 3 months later, no ileostomy in sight nor any such sounds audible, with a big smile on her face. I asked her what happened. “Within a week, the bloating and pain stopped. Then the bleeding stopped. Every day I felt better and better. I’ve already stopped two of the drugs. And I lost 38 pounds and I wasn’t even trying!”

Indeed, she looked far healthier, alive, and vibrant than she had before, as well as thinner, now clearly at normal weight, no longer intermittently clutching her abdomen in pain. She returned to her gastroenterologist and said “Look at me: I’m essentially cured, off my medications, lost weight, and feel better than I have in years!”

Her gastroenterologist, the one who had prescribed the drugs and performed the biopsies, shrugged his shoulders and responded, “It’s just a coincidence. Go back to what you were doing.” In other words, confronted with an impressive remission of a dangerous and debilitating condition, rather than probing her experience with questions to understand the why and how, he dismissed it, even telling her that her efforts were pointless. I knew this gastroenterologist. He wasn’t a bad person, wasn’t stupid, and was honest. But he was afflicted with a disease that plagues many of my colleagues: If it doesn’t involve prescription drugs or procedures, or if it did not involve his/her advice (since many doctors are control freaks), then it must not be of any consequence–even if apparent cure is witnessed.

This pi—- me off so much, nagging at me for weeks, that I wanted to confront and shame this gastroenterologist into recognizing his enormous blunder. But I also understood that this disease-of-the-mind, this narrow-mindedness and indifference to genuine health, plagued most of my colleagues, not just this one gastroenterologist. And confronting him would make an enemy for life, not an enlightened convert.

So this was when it became clear that these issues needed to be discussed publicly, not just in my cardiology practice. More science required? The science already existed. All I did was put it all together and ask,”If we already have a substantial body of clinical evidence that associates wheat consumption with a multitude of diseases, if we know that the changes introduced into modern wheat amplified the problems they create for humans who consume it, now coupled with repeated, large scale anecdotal evidence that reverses hundreds of health conditions, why not broadcast these concerns?” This is what led me to write Wheat Belly, first a blog post on my old Heart Scan Blog (back then, I used to write extensively for people in my program showing them how heart scans to obtain coronary calcium scores could be used to track, even reverse, coronary atherosclerotic plaque), followed by Wheat Belly, the original book.

For me, the extraordinary experience of that one woman who had suffered from ulcerative colitis without relief for 12 years, who experienced cure of her disease (now off all medications, by the way), yet encountered the yawn of indifference of a conventionally-thinking gastroenterologist more interested in revenue-generating endoscopies rather than the welfare of his patients, the frustration and disappointment I felt towards conventional healthcare and notions of healthy eating–that’s what set me on this course of discussing this contrary lifestyle, but continuing to see thousands and thousands of other people also experiencing impressive turnarounds in health and weight.

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Carter Ann’s wheat/grain-free lifestyle shows on the face

On the far left is Carter Ann’s original starting photo from late May, 2015. The center photo is 4 days later. The far right is her most recent photo, 5 weeks into her Wheat Belly lifestyle.

Carter Ann shared her photos with us a few weeks ago, a demonstration of the dramatic changes she experienced within the first four days, having lost 7 days in that short time:

For contrast, here is Carter Ann’s most recent update on the right with the original starting photo from 5 weeks ago on the left:

Do you see the changes? Specifically, the swelling in her cheeks is dramatically reduced, the puffiness around her eyes is less, and her eyes are dramatically larger–changes that we see day in, day out in people following this anti-inflammatory wheat/grain-free lifestyle.

I’d say it’s a pretty darned astounding transformation—in just 5 weeks! Great job, Carter Ann!

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Muffin tops, man boobs, and bagel bumps

Muffin tops, man boobs, and bagel bumps: These are among the varied and perverse ways that the hormonal distortions inflicted on unwitting humans who consume the seeds of grasses, i.e., grains, show themselves.

In our modern world filled with thousands of processed foods, there are plenty of landmines for health. Gummy bears and gumdrops will rot teeth, for instance. Indulge in a handful of dried prunes and you’ll have to schedule a substantial portion of your day on the toilet due to bowel irritants.

But only wheat and grains are associated with a wide swath of health problems that range from autoimmune disease to mental illness. Among the most striking outward manifestations of wheat/grain consumption are the hormonal distortions they inflict, disruptions of hormones such as testosterone, estrogen, insulin-like growth factor, and insulin.

Among the most striking outward signs of wheat/grain-induced hormonal distortions are:

Muffin tops–The ring of body fat that encircles the abdomen is not just a challenge to find properly fitting blouses, but also a confident sign that there is also excess visceral fat surrounding the abdominal organs, the inflammatory fat that increases risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and dementia. You don’t even have to be overweight or have a high body mass index, BMI, to have a muffin top. I saw plenty of people with this pattern of muffin tops on otherwise slender people in Paris, France, for example, the so-called “skinny fat people.” (There are plenty of obviously overweight people there, too, contrary to popular opinion.)

Man boobs–More properly called “gynecomastia,” or what I’ve previously called “the Dolly Parton Effect,” enlarged breasts on males is the product of the A5 pentapeptide, a specific 5 amino acid peptide breakdown product from the gliadin protein of wheat, that is a potent stimulant for pituitary release of the hormone prolactin. Pro + lactin = encouraging lactation, including growth of breast tissue in anticipation of breastfeeding. Prolactin activity is therefore natural and normal in a pregnant mother–but not in a male. Prolactin levels in grain-consuming males can be twice as high as non-grain consuming males.

Breast enlargement is also encouraged by the abnormal increased expression of the aromatase enzyme in the visceral fat of the wheat belly that converts testosterone to estrogen, resulting in low testosterone and high estrogen in males. This can also be responsible for reduced libido, weight gain, and emotionality.

Bagel bumps–In some people, the accumulation of visceral belly fat is not accompanied by an outwardly visible muffin top, but shows as the abdominal protuberance that looks just like an 8- or 9-month pregnancy, what I call a “bagel bump.” It’s not clear why some people have this form of weight accumulation versus a muffin top, but bagel bumps appear to be every bit as inflammatory and insulin-blocking as the muffin top pattern.

There are several other ways that the hormonal disruptions of wheat and grains show themselves, such as increased period pain in menstruating females, increased male-pattern hair growth in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility for women, acne, skin tags, impaired erectile ability in males, reduced libido in both men and women.

My point in all this? Go to your next state fair, shopping mall, or nearest Walmart and you are going to be witness to the astounding commonality of these perversions of human physiology. While “official” sources of health information blame the individual for eating too much and moving too little, such simplistic advice completely dodges the issue of hormonal distortions that plague the public, much of it developing due to their advice to “eat more healthy whole grains,” an unnatural, inflammation-provoking, hormonally-disruptive way to eat.

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The resurrection of taste

Portrait of a man with his tongue out

“Candy now tastes sickeningly sweet.” “Almonds are sweet.” “Foods taste better.” “My daughter now loves asparagus.”

I’ve heard these comments from Wheat Belly lifestyle followers numerous times over the years, observations that reflect the change in taste perception that develops with wheat and grain elimination from the diet.

Unlike many other aspects of this lifestyle, you’ll find no formal clinical studies of this effect, given the low priority taste perception rates in health considerations. But it is such a consistent effect observed by so many people that I believe it is safe to conclude that it is a genuine phenomenon: the perception of taste changes with elimination of wheat and grains. I say “resurrection” because I believe it is a restoration of taste perception that returns to the way it was supposed to have been, an effect that reflects the healing of the gastrointestinal tract (since the tongue is one of the entry points of the gastrointestinal system, a useful safety, as well as gastronomic, device) alongside relief from acid reflux, restoration of gallbladder sensitivity to fat digestion, restoration of pancreatic sensitivity when prompted to release pancreatic enzymes, relief from the bowel urgency of irritable bowel syndrome, and others. Precisely which component of grains is responsible for this effect–the direct toxic effects of wheat germ agglutinin, the direct and indirect effects of gliadin-derived peptides, or an allergic phenomenon due to alpha or omega gliadins, serpins, thioredoxins, alpha amylase inhibitors, and others–is not known.

 

“I can actually taste my food now. Chicken tastes juicier, my veggies have more texture and sweetness, and I crave water.”

Ashley V.

 

“Now I can honestly say that, without the sneaky salt and sugar, my food has its own flavor and zing. I make sandwiches using large romaine or lettuce leafs in place of the bread. It lets the meat or vegetables shine thru instead of it being over powered by the bread.”

Mary Ann Z.

 

 

Of the various forms of taste, it is sensitivity to sweetness that stands out in the wheat/grain-free lifestyle. There is perhaps restored sensitivity to saltiness, as well (though I’ve not observed nor heard of any change in sensitivity to sourness, bitterness, or umami). It means that processed foods loaded with sweeteners, such as the intense sweetness of high-fructose corn syrup, or liberal use of sucrose, and heavily salted foods become unpalatable. Foods that people previously found irresistible are now perceived as overpoweringly sweet. Heavily salted fast foods are now perceived as heavily salted.

There’s an important observation in here: It becomes clearer and clearer that modern processed foods that now fill supermarket shelves have nearly all been oversweetened and oversalted to accommodate modern tastes distorted by wheat and grain consumption. The “sweet tooth” is really a “wheat tooth” or “grain tooth” initiated by some component of wheat and grains, with billions of dollars of products crafted to serve this taste distortion. We gain an obvious advantage with this effect: We no longer desire or tolerate such foods. Not only do most of us get sick with re-exposure to such foods–bloating, diarrhea, abdominal pain, mind “fog,” anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, joint pain, return of skin rashes, etc.–but they taste awful. Conversely, sticking to this lifestyle means that you enjoy the full dimensions of flavor in radishes, or walnuts, or salmon, even if these foods were previously tasteless to you.

It is yet another aspect of the peculiar and strained relationship that humans have experienced by trying to consume products that derive from the seeds of grasses.

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Donna sings the praises of her Wheat Belly lifestyle!

Here are Donna’s photos and Wheat Belly success story:

“I started the Wheat Belly eating plan February 2, 2015. I have lost 16 lbs, but that’s just a bonus. I know I’ll keep losing. What has been a huge plus is no more joint pain, sugar crashes, sinus issues, stomach cramping, brain fog, lethargy and I have so much more energy. At 57 and grandma to 5 grandchildren that’s important! The picture on the left was taken in January this year and the one on the right today.

“It’s also helped with my voice. I love to sing and before going grain-free the mucus and drainage in my throat really limited my singing. Now my voice is so much clearer. There are just too many benefits of being grain-free to ever go back to eating it.”

Ah, isn’t that wonderful? Thinner, freed of sinus and airway congestion, more energy, no more joint pain–this is what happens not when you just eliminate gluten, but eliminate all the destructive components of wheat and grains.

Had Donna not come to understand the Wheat Belly lifestyle and added gluten-free replacement foods made with cornstarch, rice flour, tapioca starch, and potato flour, she may have experienced partial relief from the sinus/airway congestion and brain fog, but she would still continue to experience the problems with blood sugar (since such gluten-free foods made with junk carbs raise blood sugar higher than wheat and grains, followed by exaggerated low blood sugar). She could continue to experience stomach cramping due to grain protein residues (e.g., zein from corn, wheat germ agglutinin from rice) in cornstarch and rice flour. And she would likely not lose weight, but gain weight, all around the abdomen in the form of inflammatory visceral fat: she would trade a “wheat belly” for a “gluten-free belly.”

Thankfully, Donna did not make this common blunder and embraced the fully enlightened wheat/grain-free lifestyle free of all their health-disabling effects. And just look at the wonderful things that happen.

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Look Catrina in the eye and you can tell she’s grain-free!

Catrina shared her photos before and after her Wheat Belly experience:

“This is me after two months grain-free. I have lost 10 pounds and 10 inches so far.

“After one month, I tried corn nachos and regretted it due to stomach pain and anxiety.”

Look at the change in Catina’s eyes: they’re bigger. While this might simply be due to facial expression, this effect is so common with the loss of facial edema in people following the Wheat Belly wheat- and grain-free lifestyle that I believe it is a genuine effect in Catrina. It is, of course, simply part of the body-wide reversal of inflammation and edema (water retention) that plagues grain-consumers. The weight difference is 10 pounds, but the loss 10 inches of Catrina’s measurements likewise signals the reversal of inflammation out of proportion to the weight loss.

Catrina’s experience also illustrates how grains–the seeds of grasses–cross-react, as grain elimination resulted in Catrina experiencing a toxic effect from consuming corn. Remember: corn may be “gluten-free” but has a protein called zein that is quite similar to wheat/rye/barley gliadin (within the gluten protein molecule), not to mention a collection of other proteins. This is why we are free of all grains in the Wheat Belly lifestyle.

Isn’t this wonderful? The Wheat Belly lifestyle is a powerful way to reverse inflammation in its many varied forms: skin rashes like rosacea and seborrhea, joint pain, autoimmune conditions, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s, and the unperceived forms of inflammation that lead to diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. And you can see it plain as day in the eyes.

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Wheat Belly works no matter what part of the world you’re in

Peter shared his photos and story of his Wheat Belly experience followed in Transylvania, Romania, (Yes: it’s a real place!):

“This is my Wheat Belly result after not even a year: 40 kg [88 lbs] blown away, type 2 diabetes reversed. No sleep apnea anymore! I am just fit and enjoy my life again with my family.”

One of the reasons I post Peter’s wonderful results, experienced in Romania in Eastern Europe, is to illustrate once again that the destructive health and weight effects of wheat and grains are a worldwide phenomenon, not confined to North America (as some have argued). At other times, we’ve heard stories like Peter’s from Brazil, Spain, the United Kingdom, Australia, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Croatia, and others. After all, the original Wheat Belly is published in 33 countries, raising awareness in just about every of the developed world where wheat and grains are consumed and people struggle with similar health issues.

It reflects the exaggerated health effects caused by consumption of the purported savior from world hunger, high-yield semidwarf wheat, the spawn of genetics manipulations by agricultural scientists in the 1960s and 1970s. A USDA spokesman told me that about 99% of all wheat grown throughout the world is one form of another of semidwarf wheat.

From Wikitravel

That number may change over time, as more and more farmers are just beginning to reject the tyranny of agribusiness, their genetics creations, branded seeds that need to be purchased every year (rather than harvesting seeds to plant at no cost), and grow heritage strains of wheat such as Red Fife, Russian wheat, spelt, and kamut. But, as readers of Wheat Belly Total Health understand, such “traditional” strains that predate modern genetics manipulations are not harmless, but just less bad. Traditional strains still have the potential to provoke autoimmune diseases, disrupt bowel flora, and cause weight gain–just not as bad as modern semidwarf wheat strains. Geneticists and agribusiness did not cause all the problems associated with wheat consumption; they inadvertently made them worse in their quest for greater yield-per-acre and other agricultural advantages.

So experience such as Peter’s, coming from a faraway part of the world, should come as no surprise. Peter is no longer diabetic, no longer has to rely on a device to breathe during sleep, and lost nearly 90 pounds by following this lifestyle. He likely added a decade to his expected lifespan and saved him and his family a ton of healthcare costs as well as misery. A “weight loss program”? Hardly. Wheat Belly is a revelation of a basic lesson of human adaptation: Humans are simply not equipped to consume the seeds of grasses. New York, Dallas, Madrid, Tehran, or Transylvania–the rejection of modern wheat and grains works for everyone because we are all human.

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Sarah: “Only” down 26 pounds

Sarah shared her Wheat Belly experience with us:

“I removed wheat 9/2014, all grains 11/2014. While I’m only down 26 lbs, I feel a lot better, migraines are next to nothing, and my clothes are getting looser and looser. I do notice some facial changes, too.

“I still have a ways to go weight-wise, but I’m happy so far.”

Doesn’t she look terrific? And freed of awful migraine headaches.

I am continually impressed and delighted at just how powerful the elimination of all wheat and grains can be. While the Wheat Belly strategy is indeed a form of reducing carbohydrates, it is so much MORE than that as the health benefits, such as relief from migraine headaches, demonstrate. Yes, by an outright rejection of all conventional dietary advice to include plenty of “healthy whole grains,” we take back control over hundreds of common, chronic, and often debilitating health conditions, including weight.

Think of what happens to people who remain unaware that wheat and grain consumption underlie their migraine headaches, hypertension, eczema, psoriasis, joint pains, leg edema, depression, obesity, irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux, esophagitis, rosacea, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, iron deficiency anemia, peripheral neuropathy, asthma, repeated sinus infections, infertility, etc.? It means a life of dependence on prescription drugs, the medical system, and misery. Even if wheat and grain elimination “only” yields a weight loss of 26 pounds over several months and relief from a few hundred medical conditions . . . well, how in the world do conventional sources of dietary advice justify such ridiculous guidelines?

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