I monitor local restaurants as part of my job. At least a third of them are now featuring gluten free items on their menus.
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Dr. Davis has a link to the show on his blog, for anyone who didn't have the foresight to tape it and wisely avoid the rest of the show :)
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/...e-with-kelly-2/ Wheat Belly is hanging on to #6 on Amazon bestsellers (and has been 278 days in the top 100 books) amazing for a nutrition book, but it still doesn't outsell sex. :lol: |
The FoodNetwork Health Blog dietician writes a negative review of Wheat Belly and asks for readers' experience with the "diet".
There are almost 300 comments now, mostly stating how easy it is to follow and listing numerous health improvements. I hope as commenters have suggested that The Food Network gets their head out of the sand and offer a gluten-free and sugar-free or Paleo show. http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthy...eat-belly-diet/ |
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I counted the number of comments that agree with the article: Zero. |
I'm not surprised that TFN is so adamant about wheat. Most of its shows feature the food, and they'd have to revamp those shows and probably get a new lineup of hosts if they changed their official position. What really surprised me was the criticism from Melissa McKewan.
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It sounds like Melissa doesn't acknowledge issues with gluten outside of the very narrow medically defined ones of celiac disease and gluten ataxia.
There may not be a ton of evidence for all the other stuff seemingly linked to wheat, but the anecdotal evidence is hard to ignore. |
So I finally read "Wheat Belly" - and am of a different opinion than most on this board. I have zero issues with wheat, in fact, they help my chrones. What I do have a problem with is green vegi's - they put me in a bad flare, spasms, bloating, cramps and it takes forever to get out of a flare.
I think diet is very individual - there is no one-size-fits-all. If you don't try it for yourself, then you really don't know what impact anything has on your body |
I was just browsing the best seller list on Amazon and was amazed to see Wheat Belly still way at the top well over a year after first published:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Gluten Free #2 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Nutrition #2 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Weight Loss The Kindle version is also on these lists. (Why it would be separate seems a bit weird to me.) The cookbook seems to be doing well too. I just recently read Dr. Lustig's book, Fat Chance, and couldn't help but think "if only he had read Dr. Davis's book too". I thought the first part of the book where he discusses the evilness of sugar and in general takes on "calories in, calories out" quite effectively, and even caustically, was quite impressive but then he totally wimped out with his diet recommendations. Quite disappointing really. |
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An earlier article referenced on this board indicated that Dr. Lustig has a "wheat problem" because he uses the fact he has a full time job and kids to justify half a bagel in the morning. That bagel turns to sugar, doc! |
For those who have an Audible.com membership, "Wheat Belly" is there Daily Deal today and is available as an audiobook download for $2.95.
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