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.