A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our dietscan prevent fat storage,
shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriadhealth problems.
Everyday, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As aresult, over 100
million of them experience some form ofadverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to theunattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls“wheat bellies.” According to Davis, that excess fat has nothing to do withgluttony, sloth, or too much butter: It’s due to the whole grain wraps we eatfor lunch.

After witnessing over 2,000 patients regaintheir health after giving up wheat, Davis reached the
disturbing conclusion that wheat is thesingle largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic—and itselimination is key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health. In Wheat Belly,Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetictinkering and agribusiness being sold to the
American public as “wheat”—and providesreaders with a user-friendly, step-by-step plan to navigate a new, wheat-freelifestyle.
Informed by cutting-edge science andnutrition, along with case studies from men and women who
have experienced life-changing transformationsin their health after waving goodbye to wheat, Wheat
Belly is an illuminating look at what istruly making Americans sick and an action plan to clear our plates of thisseemingly benign ingredient.
EditorialReviews
Review
Fascinating, compelling, and more than alittle entertaining, Wheat Belly may be the most important health book of theyear. --Dana Carpender, author of 500 Low-Carb Recipes

Dr Davis' comprehensive, readable and wittybook reveals that wheat, far from being the staff of life, is in fact the stuffof nightmares. Take his advice to lose wheat from your diet and you'll likelybe paid back many times over in the form of a slimmer, healthier body and abetter functioning brain. --Dr. John Briffa BSc MB BS nutritional physician andauthor of Waist Disposal

"Davis makes a compelling case"--Fort Worth Star Telegram
Aboutthe Author
William Davis, MD, is a preventivecardiologist whose unique approach to diet allows him to advocate reversal, notjust prevention, of heart disease. He is the founder of the TrackYourPlaque.comprogram. He lives in Wisconsin.
Product Details
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (August30, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1609611543
ISBN-13: 978-1609611545
Product Dimensions: 1 x 6.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
MoreAbout the Author
Biography
Dr. William Davis is responsible forexposing the incredible nutritional blunder being made by "official"health agencies: Eat more "healthy whole grains." The wheat of todayis different from the wheat of 1960, thanks to extensive genetics manipulationsintroduced to increase yield-per-acre. Founder of the international onlineprogram for heart health, Track Your Plaque, his experience in thousands ofparticipants uncovered how foods made of wheat actually CAUSED heart diseaseand heart attack. Eliminating wheat yielded results beyond everyone'sexpectations: substantial weight loss, correction of cholesterol abnormalities,relief from inflammatory diseases like arthritis, better mood--benefits thatled to prevention of heart disease but a lot more benefits in other areas ofhealth.

Dr. Davis now advocates a lifestyle inwhich all foods made from wheat are removed. He articulates this approach inhis book, Wheat Belly: Lose the wheat, lose the weight and find your path backto health, as well as his online program, Track Your Plaque(www.trackyourplaque.com). He lives what he preaches, not having indulged in awheat-containing bagel, ciabatta, or pretzel in many years. Dr. Davis practicespreventive cardiology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.