Wheat belly : lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health / William Davis, M.D.

  • Davis, William, 1957-
Date:
[2011]
  • Books

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Description

After witnessing over two thousand patients regain their health after giving up wheat, the author, a cardiologist, has concluded that wheat is the single largest contributor to the obesity epidemic. Here, he offers a step-by-step plan for a wheat-free lifestyle. He explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems.

Publication/Creation

[New York?, N.Y.] : Rodale, [2011]
New York, N.Y.

Physical description

xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Part 1. Wheat: the unhealthy whole grain -- What belly? ; Not your grandma's muffins: the creation of modern wheat -- Wheat deconstructed -- part 2. Wheat and its head-to-toe destruction of health. Hey, man, wanna buy some exorphins? The addictive properties of wheat -- Your wheat belly is showing: the wheat/obesity connection -- Hello, intestine. It's me, wheat. Wheat and celiac disease -- Diabetes nation: wheat and insulin resistance -- Dropping acid: wheat as the great pH disrupter -- Cataracts, wrinkles, and dowager's humps: wheat and the aging process -- My particles are bigger than yours: wheat and heart disease -- It's all in your head: wheat and the brain -- Bagel face: wheat's destructive effect on the skin -- part 3. Say goodbuy to wheat. Goodbye, wheat: create a healthy, delicious, wheat-free life -- Appendix A: Looking for wheat in all the wrong places -- Appendix B: Healthy wheat belly: shrinking recipes.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WB431 2011D26w
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1609611543
  • 9781609611545