WHEAT BELLY, My body experiment on myself

[Guest guest]

Now in my 10th week of " going against the grain " I can say that my worst fear is

proving to be true. When I first began reading Dr 's new assault on

commodity wheat products, the NYT's best-selling book " Wheat Belly " I thought,

" uh oh, if this guy is right, this is going to be one of the most powerful food

paradigm shifts ever... " . And now, 10 weeks later.... If the results of my own

body experiment are any indication, I believe, without doubt that... Dang it!

This dangerous book is 100% correct!

Go the supermarket with your " wheat goggles " on and what do you see? a bread

aisle over 100' long. Then the frozen breads, pies, cakes, biscuits, rolls, and

pizzas, then the pasta aisle, then all the flours, the crackers, chips,

pretzels, cookies, doughnuts, and snacks, and, of course, the BAKERY! And even

more wheat is hidden in many of the other foods! Yes, it's true, wheat

permeates virtually everything we put into our mouths. Sandwiches, burgers, hot

dogs, cookies, cakes, pies, you name it, it's everywhere! Cinnabun anyone?

Hot bread, fresh-baked and right out of the oven? How about a Krispy Kream

doughnut or three, the wheat equivalent of an IV injection of pure dope?

What Dr , a Milwaukee cardiologist by trade, says is that modern wheat has

morphed into a toxic substance. It's not only the glutens that have changed, and

they really have changed thanks to genetic " modernization " , but it's almost

everything about the grain. Sadly, the toxic effect works against virtually

EVERY CELL in the body. Read his deeply scientifically-annotated chapters such

as addiction, brain effects, the obesity epidemic, cardiovascular and cardiac

damage, accelerated aging, skin destruction, joint disease, celiac disease and

malabsorption, diabetes and pancreatic assault (whole wheat bread's glycemic

index of 74%, compared to 52% for table sugar!), pH damage such as osteoporosis

and dental decay, and much, much more. Scary.

My own journey began 1-2 days after removing all wheat from my diet. I was

changing. More clear-witted, lighter, faster, sleeker, and, I think, in a far

better mood. That continues. I also started losing weight. Perhaps not as much

as others I know that have lost 30-70 pounds from cutting all wheat, but an

initial 10#, all in the belly, and now about more one pound a week. I can feel

my body rearranging. I chose to just cut all wheat, not a bite. I am still

traveling, eating a lot, drinking wine, having dark chocolate and almost

everything else (so far I'm mostly eschewing " gluten-free " products but may go

more in that direction. Dr sez to be careful there though, many are still

high glycemic index and therefore almost as bad as wheat).

My experiment was mainly to understand the effects of the wheat on moi, and man,

was I eating it, from the first bite in the morning, to the last at night on

most days, with lots in between. I could eat almost anything if it was on a

slice of bread, bun, or cracker! Now, I am beginning to see the subtle, and

overt, ways that these choices are affecting me. And, interestingly, I now

believe that, compared to some, I am only mildly affected by wheat, whereas many

others will see even more dramatic results.

So, after such stunning results, and after finding that cutting all wheat isn't

really all that difficult, it would be crazy for me to quit now. The experiment

continues and I am seeing body changes every week. I encourage everyone to read

this book, furthermore, I challenge everyone to try it for just 30 days (what

have you got to lose?). And yes, I believe that my main fear about changing has

revealed a deep truth....the darn book is right!!! And you know what? If this

secret gets out, it will change the world!

Will Winter

Farmesota