Wheat Belly Fat Diet Quotes

“There are many good wheat-free, gluten-free versions of many of these foods, but you need to be careful about which ones you use. Many gluten-free products still contain wheat, and many wheat-free products still contain gluten. Also, many gluten-free flours are made of starches such as potato starch that are just as hard on your blood sugar as white flour. For condiments, sauces, and the like, read the labels carefully. For baked goods, snacks, and treats, it’s much better to make your own.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“You can basically enjoy any meat or seafood on the wheat-free diet, with the exception of cured and processed meats, such as some bacon, hot dogs, cold cuts, sausage, and smoked fish. These almost always contain added sugar, and often contain wheat-based fillers and stabilizers.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“Because some aged cheeses are fermented with wheat, you want to eliminate them from your diet. These include bleu, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, and some cottage cheese. Cheeses such as mozzarella, Swiss, and goat cheese are fine.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“These vegetables all have a glycemic index of less than 20 and should be your go-to veggies: Asparagus Bean sprouts Beet greens Broccoli Cabbages Cauliflowers Celery Cucumbers Endive Lettuces Mustard greens Radishes Spinach Swiss chard Watercress These vegetables have a glycemic index of 60 or less and can also be eaten frequently: Beets Brussels sprouts Chives Collards Dandelion leaves Eggplants Kale Kohlrabi Leeks Okra Onions Parsley Peas Peppers Pimento peppers Pumpkins Rutabagas String beans Turnips”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“These fruits all have a glycemic index of 60 or below and should be the mainstays of your fruit supplies: Apples Apricots Avocadoes Bananas Blackberries Cantaloupe Cherries Cranberries Grapefruit Guavas Kiwis Lemons Limes Oranges Papayas Peaches Plums Raspberries Rhubarb Strawberries Tangerines Tomatoes These fruits have a glycemic index of over 60 and should be enjoyed less frequently or eliminated from your diet: Any dried fruit Blueberries Figs Grapes Kumquats Loganberries Mangoes Mulberries Pears Pineapples Pomegranates”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“Researchers are just beginning to understand the effects of wheat and gluten on the body’s immune system. While we’ve known for some time now that gluten triggers serious inflammation in the body of a person with celiac disease, we are just now learning that the immune systems of people without celiac are also affected.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“According to the American Heart Association, people with type 2 diabetes are two- to four-times more likely to have a stroke and two- to four-times more likely to die of heart disease. Type 2 diabetes can also lead to kidney damage or kidney failure, diseases of the eye and loss of vision, and nerve damage.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“How does this affect your body? Several hormones are known to be disrupted, including leptin, ghrelin, insulin, and cortisol. Leptin and ghrelin tell you when you’re hungry and when you’re full. Insulin, of course, moves glucose into the cells or stores it as fat. Cortisol is a stress hormone that stimulates the storage of fat around the abdomen. The effects on insulin, however, are extremely troubling to the medical community because they have far-reaching consequences.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“There are several significant dangers of excess visceral fat. Aside from the added strain that it puts on your heart, visceral fat disrupts normal hormone balance and function so much that it has been labeled as an actual endocrine gland.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“The carbohydrates in wheat are digested very quickly and turned into glucose. When there is glucose present in your bloodstream, your body responds by secreting insulin. Insulin’s job is to get that glucose out of your bloodstream and into your cells, where it can be used as energy. The more glucose in your blood, the more insulin is secreted. However, if your body doesn’t require all of the glucose present, it stores the excess as visceral fat, which is a layer of fat surrounding your organs. This is different from subcutaneous fat, which is the fat just below your skin.”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes

“DID YOU KNOW? Many people committed to lowering their sugar intake are still eating “healthful” wheat products such as whole-wheat bread even though one teaspoon of table sugar has a glycemic index of 59, while a slice of whole-wheat bread has a glycemic index of 72!”
― John Chatham, Wheat Belly Fat Diet: Lose Weight, Lose Belly Fat, Improve Health, Including 50 Wheat Free Recipes