"Wheat Belly"......

....how many of you have read this book and what do  you think about it?  My DH and I are doing the gluten free eating and I think it is making a difference...epecially in him.

Hi Marti....I haven't read the book but my daughter is on a gluten free diet. She has Barrett"s Esophagus (Celiac Disease) and can't have even a smidgen of wheat. When I lived there this last year we all ate pretty much gluten free. I could tell a difference. I didn't have any stomach problems and other then being tired from running after a 5 year old all day I felt pretty good. My Irritable Bowel Syndrome didn't bother me at all.
I am pretty much following the gluten free diet now that I have returned to MN. It is healthier for sure!! I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Good luck!! 

HUGS....connie d

Connie:

I have Barrett's and that doesn't necessarily mean Celiac Disease. Barrett's has to do with the acid from your stomach coming back up into your esophagus and changing the cells to precancerous; celiac is a gluten intolerant condition. That may have helped your IBS not having any gluten.

Have you tried the Quest bars? They are gluten free and very good.

You are r ight Eileen, but he says only about 1% of the population has celiac , but there are two other conditions that affect many more people, IBS and Acid reflux [or reflux esophigitis]
 
He calls these two conditions, Celiac disease "lite". He says while it has not been documented well, he believes that he has seen many of his patients with complete or partial relief from symptoms of IBS and acid reflux with gluten removal.
M

Eileen....yes I know.... she has both....guess I should have written it differently.
Yes it definitely helped my IBS!!


HUGS....connie d

I think youae very smart to go GF especially with your IBS [see my note to Eileen]

My Mother ended up losing the majority of her bowel and lived with a colostomy for 15 years. I could not convince her to remember not to eat whole wheat bread and salads, she still kept eating a high fiber diet....she eventually died and on her Death Certificate cause of death was listed as "Failure to Thrive"  ..which was amazing as my Mother had been a very health conscious person all her life. Old habits die hard.
M

Marti...I know what you mean about the "fog has lifted". It has been easier for me to remain on this diet of no wheat as I do feel healthier and not so bogged down.
I still eat salads sometimes but gluten free dressings. There are some really good ones out there.

I sure am glad you are back!!

Have a great day...HUGS....connie d

My husband and I go as wheat free as we can or at least cut down the processed wheat.  I can tell the difference in my energy.

I know that after about 10 days of gluten free eating, I had the fog lift around my brain.

This doctor that wrote this book says that our bodis cannot digest wheat, it has no idea what to do with it. There hae beebn research studies that have shown DNA changes in our bodies when we a Wheat.

The wheat we eat today is absolutely nothing like the wheat of even 50 years ago. It has been manipulated so much by the big corporations growing it. They have genectically changed the seeds to produce more wheat. I read somewhere that there are not really any amber waves of gain anymore, the wheat is stick straight and about 18 inches high. I don't know if this is true, do any of you. There are no wheat fields around Madison that I have seen.

The other amazing thing is that the wheat stimulates the production of glucose. He feels that most of the diabetes running rampat today is from Wheat....and he tells us "it is not our fault."

Very interesting, I think as I was a SEVERE diabetic on 1500 calories a day and working out 5 days a week, I was gaining 2 pounds a wek and on over 200 units of insulin a day....talk about a mess. My GBP surgery cured me inthe hospital.

take care, M
 

Hi Marti,

   I am absolutely clueless about this GF stuff. I grew up on whole wheat. Mom baked everything from scratch back then. I never heard of GF until this past year. My surgeon wants me to eat only whole wheat pastas and breads.  No white flour. It all sounds too confusing to me.   Mag