I didn't equate the alleviation of dry eye with going wheat free for almost 3 months. The lack of dry eye snuck up on me. A few nights ago, I awoke with dry eye and the realization hit me that it hadn't happened in months. I think the dry eye then was caused by dry air; it was the first time this year that I had the air conditioner on at night.

Sjogren's can progress to a daily nightmare; the constant sandy eye/dry mouth can drive one crazy. And yet, officially, the only thing medical science offers is immune suppression drugs like steroids; which is not a long term solution, and is a pretty poor short term one, too.

It's something that drives me nuts, because auto-immune disorders are on the rise, and yet very little, besides symptom suppression, is offered.

And so much of it is probably a gluten reaction.

Put dry eye in the www.wheatbellyblog.com search box, it comes up with the Success Stories post, so others have had this improvement too. Dr. Davis would likely enjoy reading of other successes. My skin improved after going wheat-free, lifelong eczema disappeared within weeks, and about five months later, I realized that the bumps on my upper arms (KP or keratosis pilaris) were also gone.

In an email newsletter I received from Dr Davis this morning:



It is also featured at Amazon.com, though it does not appear to be available until late December:



BTW, for any UK readers, it's also available at Amazon. co.uk.

I've inadvertently given myself a wake-up call about wheat. My knees are starting to ache and my eyes have gotten very dry at night. I haven't had joint pain or severe dry eyes since I stopped eating wheat in February 2012. But, I've let too much wheat slip back into my diet. In the past two weeks, I've had about a dozen pieces of fried chicken lightly breaded with flour and 1 serving of gravy thickened with flour, plus 1 hushpuppy and 1 small corn muffin, both of which probably were made with some wheat flour. That's more wheat than I've had in all of the previous 5 months.

Maybe this inadvertent experiment is for the best because it now tells me with certainty that as tasty as wheat can be, I have a better life without it!

I happily made Davis' mock granola a couple of times before admitting that I couldn't exercise any restraint in portion control. If the other recipes in his book are as good, he should have a runaway best seller.

I'm curious....does he substitute other starches for wheat? If he does, there is no point in me buying the book because all starches make me starving hungry. Quitting them was the best thing I ever did for my sanity.

No, he doesn't and specifically addresses that in his book, advising people not to just go "gluten free" and substitute tapioca flour and such for wheat flour but to go grain free.

Perhaps this is the granola recipe?



http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2011/...almond-granola/

Ah, thanks for the heads-up. In that case I'm interested, and that granola recipe looks delicious and non-craving-making.

Yup, that's the recipe. The fat in the coconut and cashews plus the taste render me powerless to eat just a single serving.

I have come to believe wheat is not tasty at all; for instance, sandwiches made with bread will mask the intense flavorings of the filling, blanding down the whole thing.

Our brains think it's "tasty" because it likes the chemical rush we get from it. Having stayed away from it for a year and a half now, I find the smell of the bread aisle kind of nauseating.

I'll admit when people toast something that smells kind of good; but I regard it as a pleasing scent, as I do scented candles or apple blossoms. Doesn't mean I want to chow down on some.

Bill O'Reilly agains mentions all his health improvements since giving up wheat...Factor Tip is Don't eat wheat.
How un-American is that?

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreil...d=1740294866001

Dr. Davis has posted on his blog that this Monday, July 30, he will be on Live! With Kelly talking about the book. Good to see mainstream media open to the health issues with wheat.

Add: Wow, I just checked Amazon. His book had been holding at #1 in Nutrition for the almost year since publication. Amazon has now moved it to the Diet & Weight Loss list, where it is still #1 & 2. But even more stunning, it is #7 for ALL books! Right behind multiple editions of Fifty Shades of Gray is a book about the problems with eating modern WHEAT.

"Right behind multiple editions of Fifty Shades of Gray is a book about the problems with eating modern WHEAT."

I almost read that as 50 SoG being about eating modern wheat; had a bit of a giggle.

Dr Davis was just on Kelly!...maybe his wheat message will now actually overtake the sexy novels on Amazon's bestseller list. Kelly ended with "Get the Book..it will Change your life". Wow.
I thought he was excellent in the short amount of time they gave him. Stayed on message, compared alternate foods, brought some of his good recipes for bread and remained focused and calm.
Only problem was I had to watch the whole hour, he was last on the show. The rest was mindless drivel, but hey, his message seemed well-received...or is everyone forced to clap wildly?