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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 Track Your Plaque program. He lives in Wisconsin.
Nothing here should be construed as medical advice,
but only topics for further discussion with your doctor. I practice cardiology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A lecture from the Evening Lecture Series at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Ocala, Florida, November, 2012.
Part 1 of a presentation at Dominican High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in January, 2012 to benefit the Dominican High School Athletic Fund. Part 2.
We have a question about withdraw. We have had foggy head, low energy and moodiness many time during the first few week of using the wheat belly program. How long will it last? What can we do to feel better?
Hello there Dr. Davis
I’m writing on behalf of a company that is creating a powerful health conference. We love your message about wheat and we feel like this is exactly what we should have! Having you speak at our conference would benefit those who attend in such a dynamic way-I truely feel that your message is exactly what those in our region need to hear!
Please let me know if you’re interested in more details about our conference (Revitalize). As well the dates would be at the end of Sept this year.
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the kind invitation, Nicole!
I have emailed you to discuss further.
Hi Dr. Davis,
I am the Wellness Program Coordinator for our County, and am curious if you do speaking engagements for wellness programs, and if so how much it would cost. I read Wheat Belly last summer, and am so on board, just haven’t found the willpower yet. I just purchased the cookbook as well.
Thanks,
Lisa Schumann
Hi, Lisa–
I will email you with details!
Hello!
My husband and I have gone wheat free. With all of my health issues and no docs that can figure anything out a friend of mine gave us your book….it is changing our lives. My husband played in the NFL for many years and has tried all kinds of diets and “health foods” which many haven’t had to opportunity to try…..your book IS IT!! Our 16 son, with stomach issues, has elected on his own to follow in step with us; he too can tell an amazing difference. Our 10 yo daughter, on the other hand, loves her wheat… she is hearing us and is wanting to slowly try. However, her grandmother is insistent that wheat is only bad for people with “wheat allergies”. I told our daughter that someday when she reads your book then she will understand truly how bad wheat is for her. She said that she wishes she could now….We would love, if you haven’t already, to write a “child’s version” of “Wheat Belly”.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Please let us know about other books!
Amy
Dear Dr. Davis,
I am a fan of these blogs but not putting personal information out on the web about my self and my family. I am overweight and just recently became serious about my health. I read your book and it opened my eyes completely. I have 2 boys and one happens to be an extremely high level athlete. My concern is not only personal because I have an extremely isolated problem with the so called “belly fat” but also because I have a child that is dominated with coaches telling him to eat an obscene amount of carbs such as pasta and bread to be able to compete. How do I compete with that? I realize you are an extremely busy Doctor and I don’t expect to get individualized attention but any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated. I feel the need to personally organize and lead a group of parents of these child athletes into better health for their children. HELP!
Nicole
Short of removing your child from the experience, I know of no other solution than to educate your child: explain the why and the how so that he/she is “armed” with information that helps them understand that, while the coaches are well meaning, they are committing an outdated nutritional crime that will impair performance and health.
I’m new to this and have read through the new cookbook- I’m a little intimidated and was wondering if there is any practical advise as to where to start? How to shop? what can be frozen and defrosted for convenience? Maybe a sample of a weeks menu?
I’m of the boxed cereal world and the coffee shop bagel and shmeer are an institution…
Thanks
Hey Dr. Davis,
I am a registered and listened dietitian, and I hate the lie that is “healthy whole grains.” My partner has had chronic pain and fibromyalgia for over 2 years. We are both 29, so it’s been so awful to see her go from being able to do long hikes and Kayak trips with me to struggling to walk our dog around the block. I am a long distance runner, and a former NCAA D1 athlete and current Boston Marathon Qualifier with the goal to get to the Olympic trials. Let me just say, I really dislike the American Dietetic Association, and I refuse to be a member. There whole grain agenda is only making Americans fatter, sicker and more insulin dependent. I am lucky in that my current job, I do training and oversight and do not have to comply with our hospitals teaching standards (since I do not council patients). Even as someone who runs 70+ miles a week, I am able to do so without wheat. My girlfriend was a bread addict, and I am ELATED to report that 3 weeks of no wheat, she is already feeling relief in her symptoms. This is something no amount of oxycodone, massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, MRIs, XRays, pain specialists, physical therapy has been able to help her with. I truly believe you have a powerful message, but you are going against a VERY POWERFUL industry. Did you know that the American Dietetic Association’s top three Corporate Sponsors” are Coca Cola, Pepsi Co, and Hersheys, followed very closely by General Mills. I would be elated to know how I can help you spread this message. It might be good to have a dietitian who is passionate about your message on board. I am an excellent public speaker, and I believe in your message. Well this email is all over the board, but you have a great message, and I want to contribute anyway I can. Please email me back at your convenience and I would love to know if there is any way I can help. Thank you for your fearless book. Please don’t let anyone or any corporation scare you from preaching your message!
-Michelle Hurn
Hi there,
Fear not for our good Dr Davis, the number of people going off wheat and experiencing great relief in disabling symptoms are preaching x 1000. It starts to go exponential and is in sync (not so surprisingly) with a growing collective awareness or more spiritual sense of being / living. We are entering a phase reversal of something so huge that led us downward for thousands of years (the Hindus knew very well what this was about – “kaliyuga” (read this for fun: http://bibhudev.blogspot.dk/2012/07/end-of-kali-yuga-in-2025-unraveling.html?showComment=1356254756593#c4960817463177443335 )
It is remarkable that the advent of grain and sugar based cultures fits with this broad spiritual evolution … the article I just linked here gives one hope that the downward trend is about to reverse … very uplifting! And it starts with the diet … who would have guessed
J.
Hi Michelle,
I posted an article that was in our paper by a local dietitian about all her negative comments about Wheat Belly. I so wish she knew the real facts as you do. I am in the process of composing a rebuttal letter which I hope the paper will publish. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Sharon
Hello Dr. Davis,
My name is Paige Allison Mingus, I am the Assistant Program Manager with the Celiac Awareness Tour.
Since you may not be familiar with the tour please let me tell you a little about our events. The Celiac Awareness Tour is a popular series of health expos that promote celiac disease awareness. In 2013 the Celiac Awareness Tour will visit nine cities, including Pittsburgh, San Diego, Philadelphia, Houston, Detroit, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Cleveland. Each stop on the tour features presentations by celiac disease experts, yoga classes, chef demonstrations and dozens of gluten-free food and beverage exhibits.
I would like to discuss having you join the tour as one of our featured presenters. I look forward to hearing from you.
Spread the awareness!
Sincerely,
Paige Allison Mingus
Assistant Program Manager
Celiac Awareness Tour
http://www.celiacawarenesstour.com
216.767.5971
Hi, Paige–
Thank you for the kind invitation!
I will have Dawn from my office contact you.
Dear Dr. Davis;
My husband has changed his eating habits since reading your book “Wheat Belly”. He lost 20 lbs in 6 months. My daughter has gluten issues and when she follows your diet her belly does not hurt. I have started your diet as well and I have a question: In the section “Appendix A” you have a list of foods that have an unexpected source of wheat and gluten. I took it that we should not be eating the foods from the list. But some recipes in the book have food from the list. What should I follow?
Also I have been playing around with the Flaxseed Wrap. I used coco powder in stead of the onion, paprika and sea salt. It is pretty good.
Thank you so much for helping my family learn to eat right.
Adrienne Reilly
Hi, Adrienne–
Very nice!
The point with the list in the appendix was to alert you to the possibility that SOME brands will contain wheat/gluten ingredients, but not necessarily all of them. So look for those without wheat or gluten.
Dr. Davis,
Is there a schedule of your future speaking engagements posted somewhere?
Hi, Jan–
I will try to do a better job of announcing all the speaking engagements ahead of time! There will indeed be some engagements in Florida in the fall (though not in Key West).
Then if we can’t find a way to get you to the “southern most spot”, I’ll have to dust off my broom and fly up!
Hello Dr. Davis;
I am the coordinator of a food program unique to a daily newspaper called The Hamilton Spectator in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. We are currently in our 9th year of operation and we began by offering a Chef’s Table experience to our readers by inviting in our fine dining chefs to provide a food demonstration along with wine pairings to our guests who sign up to attend using our e-store marketing tool. Over the years we have expanded our programs to reflect the ever changing landscape of the culinary trends and in particular we are featuring our 2nd Gluten Free Symposium. We are currently researching potential speakers to our event and would like to know if you would be available to speak at our event and provide a book signing as well.
If you could provide me with any contact information that would inform me of costs and availability we would appreciate it. We are thinking of late October or early November.
Thank you for your time.
Regards
Karen Aquino
Go Cooking Coordinator – The Hamilton Specator
http://www.thespec.com – kaquino@thespec.com | 1-800-263-6902
Hi, Karen–
Sounds like an interesting event!
I will pass your info onto Dawn, who arranges all of my speaking engagements.
Dr.Davis, I am a manager of a school food service site. I have been very interested in your articles about the wheat and how it effects children with certain conditions. My children at my school are made up of mostly ADHD or Autism I have spoken to my supervisor about what I have read and she is a hard nut to crack. She thinks I am just over reacting. Since the usda has remove just about everything and replaced it with wheat my children at my school do not want to eat the same foods they use to eat. Is there any information on just the dangers of wheat and school age children i can give to her to get her to see that the wheat today is not the wheat of our grandmothers and how it effect children, I read at one time an article that said we are poisoning our children with wheat but i can not find it now. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much. it just breaks my heart to put foods made of wheat on their plates knowing their bodies are already compromised.
BIG problem, Judy, but one I fear that you will frustrate you beyond belief to fix. This is because the USDA condones the food that causes worsening of these conditions–WORSENING! And schools are obliged legally and for funding purposes to follow the dictates of the USDA, you know: the advocacy group for agribusiness.
You will find the studies documented in the Wheat Belly book under the appropriate section. There are more studies than those listed, but that will give you a good start.