[ShepherdsDog]

I've gone back to a lower carb approach. Eggs, cheese, fruit and vegetables(onions, peppers) for breakfast. A monster salad at lunch with eggs, meat(usually chicken), apples, peppers, cukes, radishes, tomatoes cheese, nuts, a few dried cranberries and assorted greens. Supper usually has some meat, some root vegetables(carrots, yams, turnips) or cauliflower/broccoli mix, greens and fruit for dessert. Once or twice a week, for breakfast I do have a slice of multi grain bread or a bowl of steel cut oats. Soups are also a big part of our meals now.....just not any pasta in it.

[sandorski]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

It's actually been suggested that most who claim to be gluten intolerant aren't. It seems it's not the protein in wheat that causes problems, but the carb. All this being said, the wheat we are eating today is radically different than the wheat consumed in the 1960s. Genetic modification has radically altered its nutritional value

Except it's not. The Nutritional value of wheat hasn't changed much at all in well over 100 years.

[andyt]

$1:

Yoni Freedhoff, a family doctor and diet expert who runs a nutrition clinic in Ottawa, says the eating guidelines touted in Wheat Belly are similar to other carb-free diets that get results by dramatically reducing the carbohydrates and calories people eat.

And people have a hard time staying on low carb diets and become miserable doing it.

$1:

A natural mood regulator, serotonin makes you feel emotionally stable, less anxious, more tranquil and even more focused and energetic.

Serotonin can be made only after sweet or starchy carbohydrates are eaten.

'splains a lot.

[PluggyRug]

Just watched that program on CBC (The War Against Wheat). Basically debunks all the info spewed out by Davis, some of his claims are based on info from the 60's, he belongs in the same club as Al Gore.

Just eat anything in moderation.

[OnTheIce]

sandorski sandorski:

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

It's actually been suggested that most who claim to be gluten intolerant aren't. It seems it's not the protein in wheat that causes problems, but the carb. All this being said, the wheat we are eating today is radically different than the wheat consumed in the 1960s. Genetic modification has radically altered its nutritional value

Except it's not. The Nutritional value of wheat hasn't changed much at all in well over 100 years.

Point being, wheat today isn't the same as the wheat 50+ years ago due to genetic modification.

Our bodies are designed to process certain types of food, in their natural format, a certain way. When you chemically or genetically alter food, your body reacts to that.

Just the same was as our body reacts differently to animal meat from animals fed certain diets or given certain drugs/hormones.

[sandorski]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

sandorski sandorski:

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

It's actually been suggested that most who claim to be gluten intolerant aren't. It seems it's not the protein in wheat that causes problems, but the carb. All this being said, the wheat we are eating today is radically different than the wheat consumed in the 1960s. Genetic modification has radically altered its nutritional value

Except it's not. The Nutritional value of wheat hasn't changed much at all in well over 100 years.

Point being, wheat today isn't the same as the wheat 50+ years ago due to genetic modification.

Our bodies are designed to process certain types of food, in their natural format, a certain way. When you chemically or genetically alter food, your body reacts to that.

Just the same was as our body reacts differently to animal meat from animals fed certain diets or given certain drugs/hormones.

It is the same. It hasn't changed in over 100 years(since we've been tracking it).

[Regina]

[bootlegga]

I'll say the same thing about this fad as I said about Atkins a decade ago - the best diet is a balanced one, coupled with a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise every day.

It's hard to achieve for a lot of people (myself included), but anything of value usually is.

[Regina]

bootlegga bootlegga:

I'll say the same thing about this fad as I said about Atkins a decade ago - the best diet is a balanced one, coupled with a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise every day.

It's hard to achieve for a lot of people (myself included), but anything of value usually is.

[Baddragon]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

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208lbs to 184lbs. No change in activity. No change in job. I wasn't even on the ice at the time coaching. It was August-October 2013.

You can see an even more dramatic weight loss by switching to ANIMAL protein, low carb vegetables and low glycemic fruits.

$1:

I finally went to a naturopath doctor

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I had to do something, I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes, just by eliminating sugar and wheat and no extra exercise, I've lost 85 lbs over the past 2 years. The doctors were no help to me, they thought I was a fat slob, and told me to lose the weight, and no help apart from that. Sugar levels are back to normal, if I want to be sure to stay healthy I have another 20 lbs to go. Now what motivated me was the death of my mother, 2 uncles, several cousins to type 2 diabetes. It was horrible for my mother, the weight gain, caused her to get type 2, which led to glandular problems, and finally a brain tumor. I'm not preaching here, but this real, there is something wrong with the wheat in North America.

[sandorski]

Baddragon Baddragon:

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

$1:

208lbs to 184lbs. No change in activity. No change in job. I wasn't even on the ice at the time coaching. It was August-October 2013.

You can see an even more dramatic weight loss by switching to ANIMAL protein, low carb vegetables and low glycemic fruits.

$1:

I finally went to a naturopath doctor

* edited for grazers

I had to do something, I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes, just by eliminating sugar and wheat and no extra exercise, I've lost 85 lbs over the past 2 years. The doctors were no help to me, they thought I was a fat slob, and told me to lose the weight, and no help apart from that. Sugar levels are back to normal, if I want to be sure to stay healthy I have another 20 lbs to go. Now what motivated me was the death of my mother, 2 uncles, several cousins to type 2 diabetes. It was horrible for my mother, the weight gain, caused her to get type 2, which led to glandular problems, and finally a brain tumor. I'm not preaching here, but this real, there is something wrong with the wheat in North America.

No, it's not the wheat.

[OnTheIce]

sandorski sandorski:

It is the same. It hasn't changed in over 100 years(since we've been tracking it).

Regardless of how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true.

[andyt]

It doesn't make it false either, and there's no science to say it is the wheat. As the article pointed out, cutting out wheat makes it likely that the person is on a low carb diet. I once cut out wheat in an allergy test - made it very hard to find substitutes for bread for instance, you wind up eating a lot less carbs.

And all of you who mentioned cutting out wheat also cut out sugar, which is a completely different animal and probably had a lot to do with the success of the diet.

It's very unlikely to be the wheat. Where's the science?

[OnTheIce]

andyt andyt:

It doesn't make it false either, and there's no science to say it is the wheat. As the article pointed out, cutting out wheat makes it likely that the person is on a low carb diet. I once cut out wheat in an allergy test - made it very hard to find substitutes for bread for instance, you wind up eating a lot less carbs.

And all of you who mentioned cutting out wheat also cut out sugar, which is a completely different animal and probably had a lot to do with the success of the diet.

It's very unlikely to be the wheat. Where's the science?

I don't need science to tell me that my experience was my experience. I'm not the first guy to remove gluten from his diet to see these results.

Moving away from gluten doesn't always mean a low carb diet. I ate tons of carbs in the forms of rice chips and rice pasta.

I don't recall anyone besides me talking about cutting out sugar and that was after the weight loss and going away from gluten.

[PJB]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

sandorski sandorski:

It is the same. It hasn't changed in over 100 years(since we've been tracking it).

Regardless of how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true.

There is research going on at the University of Saskatchewan that has determined that todays wheat is no different that ancient wheat in terms of nutrition. This is just another fad that appeals to the mindless followers.