I read a book called “Wheat Belly” by Doctor William Davis, a cardiologist, several years ago. He said that if you gave up wheat, your LDL would go down.
I gave it up and my LDL went down 40 points in 2 months. My doc is happy and so am I. Never ever miss wheat. I eat potatoes for starch.
No drugs necessary. Go read the book—your library probably has it. If not, AMZ does: https://smile.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Revised-Updated-Weight/dp/1984824945/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1IBE62T2O4YKK&dchild=1&keywords=wheat+belly+revised+and+expanded+edition&qid=1631234783&sprefix=wheat+bell%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-2
Nor do I but I miss potatoes. Type 2 diabetic. Potatoes are verboten in anything but small amounts. I strive to keep them off the plate. Lots of protein and lots of veg. But man...I sure do miss a good pot of boneless country style rids with potatoes and sauerkraut...stewed in a Dutch oven for 4 hours.
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excellent resource. Thank you and appreciate you sharing your experience. Super helpful.
That’s very interesting!
I agree 100%
I gave up wheat when I started having an itching reaction to ‘SOMETHING’, and after suffering for almost a year I discovered it was wheat, or whatever they are putting in it these days.
So while I am more WHEAT-free rather than gluten-free I still gave it up and have substantial benefits:
1) my stomach deflated like a balloon. I can now wear pants 2 inches smaller.
2) My heartburn went away. ALL of it.
3) My joint pain went away - completely. I rarely do, but the few time I ‘cheated’ I could barely walk, my hip joints became so inflamed.
4) I lost weight. A lot.
5) I have more energy than I have had in years.
6) I AM NO LONGER HUNGRY ALL THE TIME!!! Some days I forget if I have eaten that day.
7) My skin looks and feels so much better.
8) my swollen fee went away (early sign of diabetes)
I was reading up on it and some reports say wheat causes inflammation, and clogs up your system so you don
t absorb nutrients. So you are constantly hungry trying to get nutrition. That certainly seemed to be true for me.
So if you want to try it, just eat meat and vegetables and eggs and dairy for a month. Don’t cheat even once because you have to start all over.
I also added a significant amount of vitamin D, Magnesium, Niacin, Melatonin, and drink a ton of OJ or Grapefruit juice, and sour cherry and pomegranite juice.
Do not buy ‘gluten free’ products- they are a huge waste of money and taste horrible. Except for the breakfast muffins at Denny’s (some of the cheese-based gluten-free bread mixes are good too)
Snack on slices of turkey, cheese and pepperoni, potato chips (I eat bags of them and still lose weight)