Category Archives: Weight loss

Earth to Jillian: It’s NOT about gluten!

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Dr. Davis

Jillian Michaels made a major nutritional boo boo with this recent piece of hers: MYTH: If You Want To Slim Down, Go Gluten-Free. “Only about one percent of the American population needs to be gluten-free because of an autoimmune disorder … Continue reading →

Posted in Gluten-free, Weight loss | 135 Comments

Am I too skinny?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Dr. Davis

LM posted this interesting dilemma: I wonder if anyone has experienced TOO MUCH weight loss with the wheat free diet? I have been eliminating obvious sources of wheat for roughly 4 months and have been steadily losing weight. By obvious, … Continue reading →

Posted in Weight loss | 106 Comments

Bariatric Whistleblower: Fake Nails and Lap-Band

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Dr. Davis

This is priceless: A doctor involved in the bariatric surgery process who speaks out against it. He/she recognizes the pointlessness of advising people to cut their fat and eat more “healthy whole grains,” then blame them for their obesity . … Continue reading →

Posted in Weight loss, Weight loss surgery | 95 Comments

Am I too skinny?

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Dr. Davis

“Everybody says I’m too skinny!” At 5 ft 3 inches and 116 pounds, BMI 20.5, Jean was indeed slender. “People ask if I’m sick. ‘Do you have cancer?’ they ask. I think I’ve lost too much weight. And I think … Continue reading →

Posted in Weight loss | 95 Comments

An Iodine Primer

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Allow me to go off topic for a post. While this has nothing to do with wheat and its destructive effects on human health, the issue of thyroid dysfunction and failed weight loss come up often enough that I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Iodine, Thyroid disease, Weight loss | 177 Comments

I lost weight and my cholesterol . . . went up!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dr. Davis

This is a fairly common observation around these parts: “I eliminated wheat from my diet and have limited my consumption of junk carbohydrates like corn and sugars. I lost 38 pounds over three months and I feel great. I initially … Continue reading →

Posted in Weight loss | 93 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

Why athletes are overweight

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Dr. Davis

Jogging mile after mile, swimming hour after hour, elliptical machine for 90 minutes, Zumba 5 days a week . . . I see these hard-working athletes and serious exercisers struggling to lose weight, or to stop continual weight gain. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Weight loss, Wheat-elimination success stories | 20 Comments

Calories in, calories . . . ooops! Where'd they go?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Dr. Davis

Michael left this interesting personal experience as a comment on the Wheat Belly Blog. It is a tale of weight gained with wheat and carbohydrate intake, weight lost with elimination . . . far out of proportion to calories. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Weight loss | 54 Comments

Thyroid Tune-up Checklist

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dr. Davis

Imagine that all the cars in your neighborhood run poorly because nobody bothers to tune-up their autos. I show you how to tune your car and, lo and behold, 80% of the cars now run great. But 20% of cars … Continue reading →

Posted in Thyroid disease, Weight loss | 218 Comments