Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox (32 page)

FURTHER READING

Bowden, Jonny, and Stephen Sinatra.
The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease—And the Statin-Free Plan That Will.
Beverly, MA: Fair Winds Press, 2012.

If you desire further discussion on why “cholesterol testing” is a deeply flawed practice and why there are better ways to evaluate heart disease risk, Mr. Bowden and Dr. Sinatra provide a thorough and readable resource.

Davis, William.
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2011.

This is the original book that turned the nutritional world topsy-turvy with revelations about modern wheat and its health effects.

Davis, William.
Wheat Belly Total Health: The Ultimate Grain-Free Health and Weight-Loss Life Plan.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2014.

The follow-up to the original book, this book details how many health conditions can be reversed with efforts that go beyond wheat elimination.

Perlmutter, David.
Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain
–
For Life.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

This is among the best resources for discussions about bowel health and bowel flora that I have come across.

Perlmutter, David.
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain's Silent Killers.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013.

Dr.
Perlmutter's now-classic book provides extensive rationale explaining how grains and carbohydrates underlie dementia and other brain conditions.

Taubes, Gary.
Why We Get Fat and What to Do about It.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Journalist Gary Taubes has proven to be one of the champions of clear thinking, thoroughly exposing the flawed science behind the cut-your-fat and cut-your-saturated-fat advice.

Teicholz, Nina.
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2014.

Nina Teicholz painstakingly dissects the bad science behind conventional advice to curtail fat to reduce heart disease risk.

Grain-Free Cookbooks

Davis, William.
Wheat Belly Cookbook: 150 Recipes to Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2013.

Davis, William.
Wheat Belly 30-Minute (or Less!) Cookbook: 200 Quick and Simple Recipes to Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2013.

Emmerich, Maria.
The Art of Healthy Eating—Savory: Grain Free Low Carb Reinvented.
Amazon Digital Services, 2012.

Mason, Hayley, and Bill Staley.
Gather: The Art of Paleo Entertaining.
Las Vegas: Victory Belt Publishing, 2013.

Walker, Danielle.
Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great.
Las Vegas: Victory Belt Publishing, 2013.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Since the original
Wheat Belly
book was released in August 2011, the Wheat Belly movement has continued to grow. It is now an international phenomenon, with the book now published in 33 countries.

Despite that growth, I still regard the several million people following these concepts to be “early adopters,” those people first in line who are brave enough to buck conventional dietary “wisdom” and who have come to recognize just how powerful this lifestyle can be in regaining control over health and weight. These bold individuals are the force that is expanding the reach of this message. It is time to take this message to the broader public, the same people who lament their size 28 dresses, 40-inch waists, and scales registering north of 200 pounds, and who are growing increasingly unhealthy and weighed down by the drugs used to “treat” a diet gone wrong—yet blame it on personal weakness or a bad draw of the genetic cards. This most recent addition to the Wheat Belly series is designed to make the process as digestible as possible.

The inspiration for this 10-day grain detox concept came from my team at Rodale, namely Editorial Director Jennifer Levesque, Deputy Publisher Kristin Kiser, and Publisher Mary Ann Naples. I therefore owe a big thank-you to all involved who helped make this detox project a mainstream-focused effort.

I also owe a big thank-you to Michele Stanten, author and vocal advocate of walking as exercise, who took time from her busy schedule to help organize the detox panelists' experiences chronicled in this book. Michele enlisted the panelists from the
start,
helped educate them on how to conduct this lifestyle, and supported them through the process. She played a crucial and indispensable role from start to finish. Thanks, Michele.

And thank you to the panelists, women who traveled to my publisher's offices in New York from as far away as Texas and Georgia to participate in this detox process. Your participation helped make this program better, helped refine several of the recipes, and reminded me of the real challenges that readers face when they take this program into their homes and families.

My agent, Rick Broadhead, has been my advocate from the start of the Wheat Belly journey. Rick has been more than a literary agent: He has been objective observer, champion of the cause, and friend. As with every other book in the Wheat Belly series, I owe Rick another big thank-you.

I'd like to also acknowledge the countless individuals who have participated in online conversations on Wheat Belly social media, especially the Wheat Belly Facebook page, as they have engaged in this journey with me—all the people who have shared their wonderful “before” and “after” photos, their health successes, and their challenges, helping all of us learn new lessons that make this program more and more effective and less and less disruptive to daily routines. I am a big believer in the power of the wisdom of crowds, and this is, to a large degree, what we are creating with the Wheat Belly movement: a level of insight and wisdom that exceeds what any single expert could provide, but emerging with strategies for health and weight that are more powerful than anything ever conceived. It is a powerful force that I believe we have distilled and encapsulated in this book, the most recent addition to the Wheat Belly library. Thank you to all of you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

William Davis, MD, is a
New York Times
bestselling author and cardiologist who advocates unique, insightful, cutting-edge strategies to help individuals discover the health hidden within them. His blog,
wheatbellyblog.com
, has been visited by millions of people. Dr. Davis has also shared his passion for wheat-free living on national television shows including
The Dr. Oz Show
and
CBS This Morning
. He is the author of
Wheat Belly
,
Wheat Belly Cookbook
,
Wheat Belly 30-Minute (or Less!) Cookbook
, and
Wheat Belly Total Health
. His
Wheat Belly Total Health
program has become a nationwide public television special, and he is now launching a
Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox
online course. He lives in Wisconsin. Learn more about Dr. Davis and the Wheat Belly program on
Facebook.com/OfficialWheatBelly
and
@WilliamDavisMD
on Twitter.

The information in this book is meant to supplement, not replace, proper exercise training. All forms of exercise pose some inherent risks. The editors and publisher advise readers to take full responsibility for their safety and know their limits. The dietary programs in this book are not intended as a substitute for any exercise routine or dietary regimen that may have been prescribed by your doctor. As with all dietary programs, you should get your doctor's approval before beginning.

Mention of specific companies, organizations, or authorities in this book does not imply endorsement by the author or publisher, nor does mention of specific companies, organizations, or authorities imply that they endorse this book, its author, or the publisher.

Internet addresses and telephone numbers given in this book were accurate at the time it went to press.