A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from
our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and
reverse myriad health problems.
Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products
made of wheat. As a result, over 100
million of them experience some form of adverse health effect,
ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive
stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls
"wheat bellies." According to Davis, that excess fat has nothing to
do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter: It's due to the whole
grain wraps we eat for lunch.
After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after
giving up wheat, Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat
is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity
epidemic-
and its elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal
health. In Wheat Belly, Davis exposes the harmful effects
of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering and agribusiness
being sold to the
American public as "wheat"-and provides readers with a
user-friendly, step-by-step plan to navigate a new, wheat-free
lifestyle.
Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, along with
case studies from men and women who
have experienced life-changing transformations in their health
after waving goodbye to wheat, Wheat
Belly is an illuminating look at what is truly making
Americans sick and an action plan to clear our plates of this
seemingly benign ingredient.
