Sat, Apr-25-15, 06:20
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Senior Member
Posts: 14,550
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Plan: EpiPaleo/Primal/LowOx
Stats: 220/125/150
BF:
Progress: 136%
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by Benay
Jey, I have been impressed with the books by Westman, Volek and Phinney as they document every step/recommendation with clinical trials. I don't get the same impression from Wheat Belly. I get the sense that he is more like the original PP describing 'the thousands of patients" who improved under their care but no actual substantiation based on those "thousands." Instead it is an extrapolation from other research and not research on the elimination of wheat from the diet. Did I miss it?
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While he extensively documents his research in previously published papers, and some of it impressed me a lot, I don't think there ARE many studies about "elimination of wheat from the diet" that don't involve celiacs, who have usually suffered from malnutrition by the time they are diagnosed, and thus complicate any health conclusions.
Ironically, it was studies that led Atkins to his low carb approach, while Dr. Davis had some patients talk about how wheat upset their digestion, and he suggested dropping that element. The dramatic difference in ALL of their illnesses led him to, essentially, "creating it as a treatment."
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