In this #1 New York Times bestseller, a renowned cardiologist
explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage,
shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems.
Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of
wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of
adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to
the unattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William
Davis calls wheat bellies. According to Davis, that excess fat has
nothing to do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter: It's due to the
whole grain wraps we eat for lunch.
After witnessing over 2,000 patients regain their health after giving up
wheat, Davis reached the disturbing conclusion that wheat is the single
largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic--and its
elimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health. In Wheat
Belly, Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product
of genetic tinkering and agribusiness being sold to the American public
as wheat--and provides readers with a user-friendly, step-by-step plan
to navigate a new, wheat-free lifestyle.
Informed by cutting-edge science and nutrition, along with case studies
from men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in
their health after waving goodbye to wheat, Wheat Belly is an
illuminating look at what is truly making Americans sick and an action
plan to clear our plates of this seemingly benign ingredient.
