Wheat Belly

Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

By: William David MD

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

A provocative look at how eliminating wheat from our diets can help us lose weight, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse a broad spectrum of health problems—from acne to diabetes to serious digestive disorders.

Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than 2,000 of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America’s obesity epidemic—it is wheat. How this once-benign grain—now genetically modified almost beyond recognition and found in virtually every course of every meal—has come to have such a profound and deleterious effect on our collective well-being is one of the great untold health stories of our generation.

In Wheat Belly, Dr. Davis exposes the truth about modern-day wheat, deconstructing its historical role in the human diet and the agricultural evolutions that have created a hybrid grain that has a greater impact on blood sugar levels than pure cane sugar and many of the addictive characteristics of a narcotic. He sheds light on wheat’s connection to weight gain as well as to a host of other adverse effects from diabetes to heart disease to immunologic and neurologic disorders like celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and dementia. Finally, to help listeners dependent on wheat products make the move to a wheat-free diet, he presents a clear-cut action plan packed with food and lifestyle tips, meal plans, and recipes.

Informed by decades of clinical research and backed by case studies of men and women who have experienced life-changing transformations in their health after waving good-bye to wheat, Wheat Belly is an illuminating look at a familiar food as well as an affirmative life plan for regaining health and losing unwanted pounds.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2011 William Davis, MD (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Courageous and Important Work

Thank goodness for doctors like this who have the courage to tell the truth about what our food is doing to us DESPITE what our government's "Dietary Guidelines"recommend. Very informative.

Scare tactics tiring, narration misplaced

I really enjoyed this book, and the subject matter is something everyone should know about, but there were two things that rubbed me the wrong way. The "scare tactics" tone of much of the book, and the voice of the narrator.

Since our government does it all the time, I have become a little sensitive to scare tactics. While the author's message is sound, and the science is good, he spends too much time trying to scare us away from wheat. This particular scare tactic may be well placed, and is certainly well intentioned, but by the time you are through listening to this book you feel that even being in the same room as wheat could be detrimental to your health. I would have enjoyed the book more had it had a less conspiratorial, less doom and gloom tone.

Also, the narrator's voice, while magnificent in tone, was totally wrong for this book, and hard to listen to. Tom Weider's voice would be great for museum tour audio, biblical stories, biographies, or maybe even fantasy adventure stories, but for this book, it was wrong. Too deep, too articulate, too monotone.

Overall a great book that everyone should read or listen to. The "evils" of wheat is definitely something everyone should be aware of, especially if you are overweight or having otherwise unexplainable health issues. For this particular book, though, I wonder if you might get more out of it by reading it yourself rather than listening to the audiobook.

Excellent Information

The information in this book could be a life saver for many people. It is well written and hopefully well researched. In any case, I am following the "wheatless" diet after reading the book.

Changed my life

This book was the start of a change in me. Even when I was 120lbs, I had a gut but never knew why. When I got to 174 lbs, I knew I needed to make a change and a friend gave me the paperback version of this book as a holiday gift. At first I did not believe it. Then I started Keto and decided to read this book again. I'm now down to 149 and still dropping. If you do your research, he isn't wrong. I plan on buying the longer book soon.

Wonderful!!

Thank you, this book will save my life. It's also made it very easy to make sense of the chaos of the diabetic "diet".

Insightful, one-sided, thought provoking, annoying

This book is packed full of interesting information, but I did find myself rolling my eyes at much of the preachy content. I would recommended this book to everyone, but caution that you take it with a grain of salt.

I believe the premise that Wheat may be very bad for us is sound. But the author then goes on to blame genetic modification of the Wheat for the badness. Isn't is far more likely that the problem is the amount of wheat that we consume because it's so inexpensive and plentiful?

There are a lot of little annoyance like this in the book. The author never really defends why he only advocates a wheat elimination diet, rather than a wheat reduction diet for the masses.

And as long as I`m pointing out annoying bits... I remember near the end, something like ``Is nuclear fission just another chemical reaction"? I don't know about your school, but in my school we leaded that nuclear fission was a nuclear reaction, not a chemical reaction :-)

Freedom from suffering!

Where does Wheat Belly rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In the very top.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Wheat Belly?

All of the health problems caused by wheat, especially bi-polar mental illness, I have dealt with this first and second hand!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Relief, my health problems were real, not in my head. Healing here I come!!!

Any additional comments?

This is the most helpful book I have ever read on health! I have read it 3 times so far. I will probably try to read it once a month!

Timely Information - Struggling With Weight Issues

What made the experience of listening to Wheat Belly the most enjoyable?

The information was well spoken and content well done.

What other book might you compare Wheat Belly to and why?

This is the first book of this type, that I have listened to.

What does Tom Weiner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The clarity of the subject matter I obtained while relaxing or exercising made the book much more valuable.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. I listened while relaxing or exercising.

Any additional comments?

Great information presented with excellence!

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If you could sum up Wheat Belly in three words, what would they be?

Life changing

Any additional comments?

I am now thinner, healthier and so much the better for no longer eating wheat.

Probably better in print form

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The premise behind the book is very interesting but after awhile it sort of feels like there should be an altar call.