Grain Brain?

[Daryl]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/031623480X/ref=mw_dp_mpd?pd=1

First I've of this, or the author.

[bike2work]

Sounds good. I was surprised to see that he has Oz, William Davis and many other well-known doctors behind him. Those people don't usually endorse the same books. Maybe Oz is making a u-turn.

BTW, your link didn't work for me. This is where I found it:
http://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-Surprising-Sugar--Your-Killers/dp/031623480X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370052596&sr=8-1&keywords=grain+brain

[Daryl]

Oz doing that would be good, in that he has the ear of an awful lot of people.

[Whofan]

I finally caught the interview Oz had with William Davis when they re-ran it recently. It surprised me that he was not only open to what Davis was saying but he flat out asked, humbly, if the advice he's been giving his audience all these years to "eat healthywholegrains" was wrong. When Davis confirmed that it was, Oz accepted that answer without protest. The entire interview was favorable to low carb without a hint of snark. So I'm not surprised he endorsed this book. As an MD and on a personal level, Oz definitely appears to be on board with the low/no grain movement, but in his lucrative profession as a TV host I'm sure he's been ordered to tread carefully so as not to alienate advertisers.

[ojoj]

I finally caught the interview Oz had with William Davis when they re-ran it recently. It surprised me that he was not only open to what Davis was saying but he flat out asked, humbly, if the advice he's been giving his audience all these years to "eat healthywholegrains" was wrong. When Davis confirmed that it was, Oz accepted that answer without protest. The entire interview was favorable to low carb without a hint of snark. So I'm not surprised he endorsed this book. As an MD and on a personal level, Oz definitely appears to be on board with the low/no grain movement, but in his lucrative profession as a TV host I'm sure he's been ordered to tread carefully so as not to alienate advertisers.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/sneak-peek-are-you-addicted-wheat - interesting

Jo xxx

[HappyLC]

Maybe Oz is making a u-turn.

Dr. Oz makes a u-turn every day of the week.

My husband Tivo's the show every day. He's a cardiologist with a lot of elderly patients who come to him saying "Dr. Oz says...". He feels it keeps him a step ahead and prepared to answer their questions. What we've learned from watching the show every day is that Dr. Oz treats every idea, every diet plan, every "expert" pretty much equally, and touts every one as amazing, ground-breaking and vitally important.

Basically, Oz needs to put out a show every day. If he's confrontational he'll have a harder time getting guests.

[Nancy LC]

I must say that I had "grain brain" in a bad way. I swear I was getting really absent minded, depressed... I felt my intelligence slipping away. It was a really horrible time.

I suppose there are several ways it can happen:

IGA reactions to gluten causing MS-like lesions on the brain.
Gluten interfering with digestion and causing malabsorption of B12, which in turn causes dementia, memory problems, de-myliniation and so on.
Or, probably, other things as well.

Sadly, lots of times these things can't be reversed completely.

[2thinchix]

Dr. Oz makes a u-turn every day of the week.

My husband Tivo's the show every day. He's a cardiologist with a lot of elderly patients who come to him saying "Dr. Oz says...". He feels it keeps him a step ahead and prepared to answer their questions. What we've learned from watching the show every day is that Dr. Oz treats every idea, every diet plan, every "expert" pretty much equally, and touts every one as amazing, ground-breaking and vitally important.

Basically, Oz needs to put out a show every day. If he's confrontational he'll have a harder time getting guests.
I suppose that's true enough - but too bad that medicine is becoming so 'consumer driven'. Years ago a doctor friend of mine said that he had a middle aged woman come in to ask about Viagra. She actually had NO idea what it was, but "all the people on the ads look so happy!" :lol:

[Whofan]

Dr. Oz makes a u-turn every day of the week.

My husband Tivo's the show every day. He's a cardiologist with a lot of elderly patients who come to him saying "Dr. Oz says...". He feels it keeps him a step ahead and prepared to answer their questions. What we've learned from watching the show every day is that Dr. Oz treats every idea, every diet plan, every "expert" pretty much equally, and touts every one as amazing, ground-breaking and vitally important.

Basically, Oz needs to put out a show every day. If he's confrontational he'll have a harder time getting guests.

I've never watched his show except that low carb one so I didn't know. How can he have so many fans? Don't they see what you and your husband see? If he endorses everything, do they believe him because they are morons?

[HappyLC]

I've never watched his show except that low carb one so I didn't know. How can he have so many fans? Don't they see what you and your husband see? If he endorses everything, do they believe him because they are morons?

That's a good question. I can't understand his popularity. He is actually quite silly, using lots of ridiculous props and graphics, waving his arms around and acting very animated when explaining bodily functions.

Maybe the tide is turning against him. In the last month two of my husband's patients told him that they noticed that Dr. Oz was contradicting himself.

[WereBear]

Maybe the tide is turning against him. In the last month two of my husband's patients told him that they noticed that Dr. Oz was contradicting himself.

It only took them twenty years.

[mariaelena]

My son was diagnosed with Asperger's about 6 years ago, at age 20. He has found that eliminating all grain has made a huge difference in his ability to socialize more normally. Whenever he happens to get a little wheat accidentally, he suddenly reverts to the stressed-out 15 year old who overreacted to everything too intensely and argued all the time.

Soy causes inflammation for him, so his diet is automatically a lot like Atkins.