William Davis, MD, is a preventive cardiologist whose unique approach to diet allows him to advocate reversal, not just prevention, of heart disease.
He is the founder of the 
You gotta be vigilant for the hidden sources of wheat in food!
While a minority of people need to avoid the immune consequences of gluten, the rest of us need to avoid gliadin, the wheat protein that acts like an opiate to stimulate appetite.
Unwitting humans who are exposed to the gliadin protein of wheat are stimulated to consume 440 calories more per day, every day. And the calories you are stimulated to eat are not from salmon or asparagus, but from carbohydrates–more cookies, muffins, pretzels, chips, candy, and other junk.
Guess what happens when you consume 440 more calories from junk carbohydrates per day? Yup: a great big, bulging Wheat Belly!
McCormick’s line of chili seasonings look benign enough. But don’t be fooled: “wheat flour” is the second ingredient:
CHILI PEPPER AND OTHER SPICES (INCLUDING CUMIN), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), ONION, SALT, AND GARLIC.
Beyond appetite stimulation, those of you who have been living wheat-free for more than a few weeks who experience an inadvertent wheat exposure are in for a night of high blood sugar, joint pain, headaches, and diarrhea, or whatever your variety of wheat re-exposure reaction might be. Sure, enjoy your chili with ground meat, tomato sauce, onions, green peppers, some beans . . . but just use chili pepper and other spices without the health-disrupting properties of wheat!
The last time my mom made chili, I convinced her not to use the McCormick seasoning junk so that I could eat the chili, too. I helped her cook and we used cayenne pepper, paprika, onion salt, minced garlic, dried basil, and parsley. It was even better than usual! She is allergic to MSG which she did not know McCormick seasoning contained. Even if I cannot get my parents off wheat completely, at least I can cut down their exposure.
I just remember how I felt when I had a wheat exposure this past weekend. I felt nauseous and my mom said I looked green. The next day, I had bowel urgency and just felt miserable. Wheat is poisonous even in small portions!