Wheat Belly

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1. emaerckleinAug 2018
   There is book called The Wheat Belly that has a good explanation for the evolution and genetic mutation of gluten throughout history to make it easier to mass produce - resulting in a new genetic makeup that is entirely different and very hard for our digestive systems to process. Intolerance manifests itself differently in everyone so it goes widely unrecognized in many people. You have to go over a month without any gluten to really notice a difference and it seems most people quit after two weeks of "no results." Even if you love pizza/bread and can't imagine ever giving it up, its still an interesting read to understand the science behind the theory.
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2. chiefalchemistNov 2017
   I just finished reading "Grain Brain" (as a follow up to "Wheat Belly" a couple yrs ago. GF aside, both books are - or should be - a wake up call. We're eating ourselves ill. So much so we don't even realize it.
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3. sbenitojOct 2017
   Whole grains are one of the biggest sources of dietary inflammation. There isn’t something inherently wrong with grains, it’s that they’re not even close to the grains we evolved to eat anymore (at least, not in the U.S. — grains in mainland Europe are generally fine, unless you have an issue with gluten/grains such as celiacs, Crohns, or IBS).

   Source: Tons but the book Wheat Belly is one of the most succinct. Also, every trainer who is even half-way decent at transforming clients tells them to avoid grains, don’t discount what people are ACTUALLY doing to get results, even if a definitive study hasn’t been done on it (although many studies have been done, see Wheat Belly).

   Fruit falls under the category of “healthy, if you’re healthy.” If you’re overweight and inactive, and you want to lose weight, then you should not be eating fruit, or any high-sugar, high-carb food for that matter. Once you’re lean and physically active, it’s fine.

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4. sbenitojOct 2017
   Wheat Belly is not a diet book, it’s a summary of the science out there on grains with 100s of scientific citations. Yes it has diet recommendations at the end of it.
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5. netman21Jun 2014
   I have been grain free for 6 months. 25 pounds down and within 4 pounds of dropping below 25 BMI. (55 yr old male) I am convinced that the best way to "eat less" is eliminate all grains. Within three weeks I lost all cravings for carbs. I can walk into a Starbucks at the airport and not even look at the pastries. The breadbasket before dinner at the restaurant invokes a meh response. It takes about three weeks to get over what feels like a carb addiction. Read the first chapter of Wheat Belly for inspiration. Read Grain Brain next.
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6. penguindevAug 2013
   Sorry but this is just bullshit. More science will continue making overpopulation WORSE and EVEN LESS HEALTHY. The last great example of this, the Rockefeller foundation making the 'green revolution' of cheap, unhealthy, and unsustainable mass carbohydrate production[1]. Read 'Wheat Belly'.

   Why can't these billionaires ever use some right brain thinking? Stop _fucking_ with our food. The more 'efficient' you have to be, the more vulnerable the entire system is to shocks.

   You want to end animal cruelty, stop having more than two kids. Period.

   [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

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