Monthly Archives: March 2012

Your liver is fat

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Wheat Belly Blog reader, Denise, posted this question: My doctor has prescribed a low fat diet due to a barrage of tests that ended up showing I have a very fatty liver. I am overweight, have high blood pressure, IBS … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbohydrates, Metabolic markers | 99 Comments

Wheat Belly Focaccia Bread

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dr. Davis

This recipe provides an unusually sturdy focaccia bread suitable for a variety of dishes. I used it to make a Reuben sandwich, for instance: a thick layer of corned beef topped with sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing sandwiched between two … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | 150 Comments

Let’s get high

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Some things in life are best kept to a minimum: war, crime, debt, rap music, and . . . insulin. High levels of insulin–”hyperinsulinemia”–is among the fundamental steps that lead to so-called resistance to insulin that, in turn, leads to … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetite stimulation, Gliadin | 45 Comments

Jelly beans and ice cream

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Dr. Davis

What if I said: “Eliminate all wheat from your diet and replace it with all the jelly beans and ice cream you want.” That would be stupid, wouldn’t it? Eliminate one rotten thing in diet–modern high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat products that … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbohydrates, Gluten-free, Low-carb diets | 80 Comments

The Wheat Lobby Smokescreen

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dr. Davis

The Wheat Lobby has been busy. The Grain Foods Foundation, the Whole Grain Council, and other lobby/trade groups for the wheat industry are in panic mode. After all, a recent 4.5% reduction in bread sales for the year were just … Continue reading →

Posted in Wheat Belly counterattacks, Wheat industry | 58 Comments

Asparagus Tomato Frittata

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Celebrate your freedom from wheat with some good old eggs! Frittatas are essentially quiches without the crust. While they require a bit of preparation, they are wonderfully useful to prepare, say, on the weekend and eat slice by slice during … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | 43 Comments

Wheat is hebetudinous

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Darin posted this comment about his wheat-free experience in obtaining relief from depression: I’d never heard of celiac disease before reading your book. I”d always sort of rolled my eyes at the black helicopter hysteria about GMO in general and … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Wheat-elimination success stories | 85 Comments

Breaking bread and beating wheat

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Dr. Davis

An anonymous commenter left this post on Amazon: I wanted to post this review because I am absolutely shocked at how quickly and easily the no-wheat advice worked (which I just did as an experiment that I was SURE would … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotional effects, Weight loss, Wheat-elimination success stories | 59 Comments

April 23rd, 1979

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dr. Davis

“Hey, Stan: You’re not going to believe this!” “What”? “One of the food science guys, Finkel-something or other down in R&D, told me they had this funny thing happen in one of their taste tests.” “What’s that?” “So they get, … Continue reading →

Posted in Wheat industry | 60 Comments

Can gluten-free ever be . . . good?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Are there every situations where gluten-free foods can actually be healthy for us? Readers of Wheat Belly and of this blog know that conventional gluten-free foods: –Make you fat–They especially cause visceral fat accumulation, i.e, Gluten-Free Belly. –Spike blood sugar–Few … Continue reading →

Posted in Gluten-free | 113 Comments