Hmm! This book indeed provides "food for thought." So, is the premise that Wheat is the root of all evil," at least worth investigating or at most be discarded as scaremongering? Well, Dr. Davis has convinced me enough to take a shot, adopt a wheat free diet briefly and examine the consequences. Somehow I feel I may be in for a surprise.

I have been on a carb free diet for years and have not been able to lose any weight, thinking that I was not working the diet right. After 1 week of cutting the wheat, I'm starting to drop in the lbs. 5 in the last week even going to Tim Hortons for lunch yesterday and having the chili combo, with the bun and donut. My last fix, because I felt terrible after a couple hours. Edab

William Davis, MD is a "whistle blower" about the genetically altered wheat that we eat today that is very unhealthy for humans. This book is really about: We are what we eat. Losing some pounds it great, but I'm even more concerned about feeding my family healthy wheats that don't cause diseases. Written inside front book jacket: Today's wheat has been genetically altered to provide processed-food manufacturers the "greatest yield at the lowest cost". Also, read on page 24: University of Minnesota-trained geneticst Norman Borlaug, working at IMWIC, is credited with developing the exceptionally high-yielding dwarf wheat that was shorter and stockier... dwarf and semi-dwarf wheat now comprise more than 99 percent of all wheat grown worldwide. Dwarf wheat is not good for our health. See page 21, and read up on The Real Wheat. My goal now: find and eat organic ancient wheats such as einkorn and emmer wheats and bake breads. I thank William Davis, MD, for being a "whistle blower" on today's wheat industry.

This book reads like a third year medical text book. While the subject matter interested me, I found myself glazing over as I read realizing I didn't understand what I was reading. Example of text: "Triglyceride-enriched LDL particles are then processed through another reaction (via hepatic lipase) that removes triglycerides provided by VLDL."

i am the last person on this planet who needs to lose weight. I am sold on this book because of all the other side effects of gluten. If you can't finish the book, skip to the end and read the warnings about buying gluten free and wheat free labelled foods loaded with starches. These will make you fat and give you diabetes claims the author. I like his suggestion to just eat foods with no label and or packaged. K.I.S.S. The wife eliminated wheat and lost some inches. Enough for me to chase her around like I did in high school.

In "Wheat Belly," preventive cardiologist William Davis asserts that the elimination of wheat products in one's diet leads to weight loss and improved health. Contrarily, eating wheat results in everything from dermatitis to colitis to diabetes. Davis breaks his book into three sections: the history and evolution of wheat, the negative effects of eating wheat and a 7-day, wheat-free meal plan including recipes. He also adds a useful and comprehensive list of wheat containing products and ingredients, including envelope glue and lipstick! The author's explanation of how wheat has changed over the years certainly provokes thought. Scientists have genetically altered the crop to make it resistant to environmental conditions and to increase yield. Such genetic manipulation has likely increased wheat's glycemic index. Davis also provides a competent discussion of blood sugar stability, noting that swings in blood sugar have a negative impact on weight control. But, overall, "Wheat Belly" reads like propaganda, blaming every imaginable health condition on a single grain. It promises that going wheat free will result in weight loss of 10 lbs in the first 14 days, a rate impossible to maintain. While it seems sensible to cut down on white bread, cake and cookies, Davis' diet also severely restricts healthy foods including oats, quinoa, legumes and fruit while allowing unlimited quantities of meat, full-fat cheese and nuts. Like other extremely low carb-diets, this one eschew's an entire branch of Canada's Food Guide. Finally, Davis maintains that one can lose the weight and remain healthy without exercise. Countless studies and expert opinion have shown the benefits, indeed the necessity, of exercise in maintaining overall health and to ignore this research is to come up with a deeply flawed regimen.

I found this to be an extremey poor book. Davis is clearly in over his head. In fairness he was trained as a cardiologist not as a nuritional,chemist, neurophsiologist or plant biologist. The book addresses a number of important issues and some correct information but this ia ll been publish before by other and expained much better. Davis weavers good information he has obtained from other authors to try and support his own theories which, infact, are not as well supported in the literature as he would have us believe. Perhaps most daming about this book is that some of the scintific papaer he site donot demonstate what he say and the researcher do not make those claims. He has misread the papers or does not understand the research. I would hope he is not trying to mislead. There are much better sources of information out there if you look. If you read the book, take the time to do a bit of reaserch ito glycemic load vs. glyceming index, factor moderating glycemic responce and the metabloism of glucose vs fructose in the body and their differnt effects on satiation responces in the brain. You will quickly come away with a different perception of Davis's book.

Wheat Belly --- by William Davis, MD. --- The good doctor, a preventative cardiologist writes a convincing book linking wheat and a whole raft of disease and disability. Weight gain and obesity; diabetes and prediabetes; celiac disease; osteoporosis to name just a few. A large proportion of our diet is based on the carbohydrates of wheat. And it makes no difference if the wheat is whole wheat, seven grain wheat or cracked wheat. The result is the same: a rush in blood sugars followed by a crash. Davis posits that for some, wheat is actually addictive. Undoubtedly, much of what Davis has to say is contentious, particularly in view of the fact that it flies in the face of the medical-dietetic mantra: eat more whole grains. The link between the wheat belly and wheat consumption seems logical enough. And the case for a connection between diabetes and wheat diet is also compelling. The book is very readable. His contention is one that has to be tested for oneself. As for me, what have I got to lose except a few pounds of excess around the middle.,

If you want to stay healthy after 40 you better read this book. Dr Davis was on the dr Oz show, and at long last dr Oz - a long "healthy wholewheat" supporter saw the light on why so many people are turning their backs on wheat.

I am very sceptical about most things yet this book made sense.