Wheat Belly

Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

By: William David MD

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

A provocative look at how eliminating wheat from our diets can help us lose weight, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse a broad spectrum of health problems—from acne to diabetes to serious digestive disorders.

Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than 2,000 of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat. How this once-benign grain—now genetically modified almost beyond recognition and found in virtually every course of every meal—has come to have such a profound and deleterious effect on our collective well-being is one of the great untold health stories of our generation.

In Wheat Belly, Dr. Davis exposes the truth about modern-day wheat, deconstructing its historical role in the human diet and the agricultural evolutions that have created a hybrid grain that has a greater impact on blood sugar levels than pure cane sugar and many of the addictive characteristics of a narcotic. He sheds light on wheat’s connection to weight gain as well as to a host of other adverse effects from diabetes to heart disease to immunologic and neurologic disorders like celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and dementia. Finally, to help listeners dependent on wheat products make the move to a wheat-free diet, he presents a clear-cut action plan packed with food and lifestyle tips, meal plans, and recipes.

Informed by decades of clinical research and backed by case studies of men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in their health after waving good-bye to wheat, Wheat Belly is an illuminating look at a familiar food as well as an affirmative life plan for regaining health and losing unwanted pounds.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2011 William Davis, MD (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critically important read

Been gluten free for almost two years and glad for it. This book really helped with what else should also be replaced in our Sad (standard American diet) eating habits.

Everyone who eats needs to read this book.

What made the experience of listening to Wheat Belly the most enjoyable?

Learning information about wheat (so-called) that is new to me. I've removed wheat as much as possible from my diet to see what happens.

What did you like best about this story?

It opened my eyes about what is in our food...lots of "wheat"..... Parts of it cross the blood-brain barrier and head for the brain's morphine receptors? Wheat is addictive? Is this why when I follow a low carb/no carb diet I do not get hungry?

Have you listened to any of Tom Weiner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No. Except that I bought a hard copy for my daughter and mom-in-law.

Great book! Really changed my eating habits !

Would you listen to Wheat Belly again? Why?

Yes, and I've recommended it to others

Who was your favorite character and why?

non fiction

Which scene was your favorite?

non fiction

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I instantly started applying some of the principles

Very interesting info

Pretty well read book. Provides interesting and inspiring information that makes sense. Makes me want to quit eating all that wheat.

Very interesting and authoritiative.

What did you love best about Wheat Belly?

Provocative ideas on subject of wheat avoidance.

Have you listened to any of Tom Weiner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Mispronounced some words.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I want to go on the wheat avoidance diet. Already bought the book in hardcover and a cookbook/menu book to go with it.

Great Book

Any additional comments?

Interesting discussion of how bad wheat is for your health and how it has contributed to the obesity epidemic.

Changed my life!

Where does Wheat Belly rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I have the hard copy and the audio book. I found it much easier to listen to the information.

What did you like best about this story?

I love how he speaks in real life examples

Complicated topic made simple

I love studying nutrition and health and this book makes a complicated topic easy to understand.

Knowledge is Power

Incredibly eye opening and has given me a new outlook in my life. This information has changed my life it has given me tools that I did not have before in order to be healthy be happy be sane.. love the book love this doctor and the narrator was fantastic also. Sherrie

thank you!

I've already lost 4 lbs since starting to listen to this book on audio. Im convinced to remove wheat from my diet. His research is very compelling, not just for weight loss but for overall health and happiness.