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Comment on Let your stomach do the talking by Terri

Terri — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:06:02 +0000

Lab results. Can Dr. Davis comment?
Total Cholesterol 222, HDL 76, Trigycerides 77, LDL 131, Ratio 2.9, Non HDL Cholestrol 146, Glucose fasting 95, TSH 1.52, T4 free 1.2, T3 Free 2.8

Comment on I lost the wheat, but didn’t lose weight: 2 by Boundless

Boundless — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:12 +0000

> … maybe there is something to not just low carbs, but really low carbs…

Yep. It’s called nutritional ketosis (NK). Below 100 net grams of carbs per day, your body periodically runs out of carbs to convert to glucose, so for part of the time (usually at night), it switches to converting fat to ketone bodies.

Just guessing, I suspect that stored fat is metabolized in preference to dietary fat, and results in weight loss. Below 50 grams net carbs daily (the WB target), you are in NK more of the time. Below 20, you are in NK almost all of the time. Don’t go below 20 without a deeper understanding of NK.

Healthy cells can run just fine on either glucose or ketone bodies. Significantly, cancer cells cannot run on ketone bodies. Going very low carb may confer all sort of benefits.

Comment on Wheat Belly Buster: Coconut Almond Granola by unterderlaterne

unterderlaterne — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:33:47 +0000

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Comment on Wheat Belly Buster: Coconut Almond Granola by unterderlaterne

unterderlaterne — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:46 +0000

I also noticed that the liquid Stevia in the 2 ounce bottle has a *plastic stem* that sits in the liquid, should be made of *G L A S S *. Even the Serums of my skincare that I use have *glass-stems*. I am so disappointed!

Comment on Wheat headache by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:45 +0000

I came here because it’s more “private” than Facebook. I shared on that site recently my progress with W.B. after being on it 3 months! It was just this past few days (since Friday actually) that it occurred to me that I may not have the brain-fog I’d been experiencing since my diagnosis with R.A. and Fibromyalgia–then the subsequent drugs for them. Today I cleaned our house and it’s the middle of the day—I’m feeling great! The “jury” is still out on if this is affecting the pain I sometimes experience with the R.A. and fibro. I’m keeping track now to determine all this.
I hear my friends and family complaining about “this and that”—it pains me that they’re not open to trying W.B. Sometimes I’ll get the response from them after they hear what I’m doing—they’ll say “I could NEVER do that!” I understand that but would they rather suffer their “whatever” or feel good??!!
I’m so thankful to have come upon the W.B. book—for me it was a process to come on board but once I did I plunged in feet-first and haven’t looked back.
We’ll be traveling this next week to our former home (approx. 1200 miles). This trip will definitely test me at so many levels. Hoping I can stay true to the W.B. plan!!!!!

Comment on I lost the wheat, but didn’t lose weight: 2 by EA

EA — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:21 +0000

Really been watching the carb grams and keeping them low…scale has gone down by almost 3 lbs in a little over a week, which historically is absolutely unheard of. Hate to say this cause tomorrow I could gain 5 lbs, but maybe there is something to not just low carbs, but really low carbs…..

Comment on Hungry, naked, and desperate by Uncle Roscoe

Uncle Roscoe — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:59:51 +0000

I think the answer lies in which people’s bloodlines expanded, versus which people’s ancestors attempted to continue persisting as they always had. Families who gathered into agrarian communities expanded exponentially as individual lives shortened. Hunter gatherers were overwhelmed. Although hunter gatherers were stronger, they were overwhelmed by sheer numbers and by technology-produced war machines. Agrarians are dumber, but communication produces smarter weapons. Agrarians build on the knowledge of people who came before them, and the people around them. The dumbest agrarians survive by the wits of the smartest agrarians.

A couple of ancillary observations…..
1. Even though the West is largely peopled by ancestors of agrarians look at our distribution. Hugely we congregate within 100 miles of saltwater …….a reflection of our affinity for water, and a vestige of when we lived in, and ate from, the surf zone.

2. We maintain an inherent attachment to small carnivores ……a vestige of when we followed their trail of kills, harvesting the brains and bone marrow ……a vestige of when we domesticated carnivores to hunt for us.

Comment on Hungry, naked, and desperate by Noel

Noel — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:57 +0000

My general rule of thumb is: If it has a “Nutrition Facts” label, it’s most likely processed, therefore not good for you. This works for most foods, although there are some exceptions (packaged foods like nuts, seeds and oils, for example), so my second rule is to read the list of ingredients – if it is a single ingredient food, it’s fine, if not, it’s suspect.

Comment on Hungry, naked, and desperate by Linda

Linda — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:41:24 +0000

You summed it up beautifully.

I have simply adopted this idea…………………..
If it is advertised on TV, radio or in a magazine, I don’t buy it or eat it.
Makes those “what to eat” decisions very simple and a lot less time consuming.

Get back to the kitchen America!

Comment on Hungry, naked, and desperate by Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:48:30 +0000

Keep in mind that we allowed ourselves to be seduced by the purveyors of all the foods that are doing so much harm. Did anyone ever think that a Cheese Doodle, puffed or crunchy, even made with REAL CHEESE might be a healthy option for you to eat? How about a Twinkie? Cool Whip? All those in-store bakery departments that have an endless variety of goods to buy, all made with wheat, chemicals and high fructose corn syrup, expanded greatly because the baked goods sold quickly and inexpensively. Who bought them?

As a culture, we forgot how to eat and prepare real food and then let advertisers tell us what to do and how to do it. Along the way we bought all the ready made, frozen, processed and prepared foods which manufacturers delightedly provided. Company chemists made sure the products tasted good to us. We even bought stock in their profitable companies!

That our government sold out to big business and their endless lobbying is nothing new either. Only when we stop buying the garbage being sold as food and demand that our government be accountable will things change. This is happening one person/family/election at a time. As the government tries to cope with the explosion of diabetics with heart conditions etc. that are straining our medical and disability insurance resources, thanks to Dr. Davis and people like him, there will be even more people taking responsibilty for what they put in their mouths. We have met the enemy and he is us.