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No Wheat. No Problem
Dr. William Davis, author of the bestselling
book, "Wheat Belly' says cut out the wheat, feel
better. Here's why
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— Health and Wellness - January 2013
BY NICKY NICHOLSON-KLINGERMAN
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L © ore thana vear ago, Dr. William Davis
4 f{: published “Wheat Belly,” (Rodale
© " Books, 2011) a book on the health
risks of wheat he discovered while working as
a cardiologist. The wheat he studied was
genencally altered in the 1970 s and was sold in
stores durnng the mid-to-late 80s, with
unintended effects, according to Davis.
It vou introduce all kinds of changes into
the plant, vou potentially change many other
charactensnics in the plant. When they sold it,
they started to see all kinds of weird effects,”
Davis says. The new wheat produced an
opiate-like effect on people and increased their
appetite. Davis also found that wheat
antagonizes psychological disorders like
ADHD, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Wheat also causes high blood sugar since it
has a glycemic index of 72 cc mpared to table
sugar at 55. It can also increase nsk of heart
discase and diabetes, according to Davis.
“It’s not really intended to be a diet so
much. When [ first wrote the book it was
really an arnculation of what has been done to
wheat,”” Davis says of his research. His editor
had suggested putting suggestions for a wheat
free dier. Other people also asked for
suggestons on how to make meals without
wheat. So on Christmas Eve 2012, he released
a cookbook with 150 delicious wheat-free
recipes to help people make easy, healthy
meals.
Davis stresses that while people lose weight
by taking his advice, it comes from cutting
wheat not calories,
“This is an ‘cat more’ if you want to
approach,” Davis says. “You'll never hear from
me, push your plate away, cut your portion
size, cut your fat. Fat all you want of good
foods. Eat more eggs, eat more meat and keep
the fat on your.pork and beef. Have more
butter, have more cheese, have more
vegetables, have more nuts.”
In his cookbook, many of his recipes are
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for dessert or for things that are consid
junk food, like pizza
Here are a few of Davis’ favornite whe
recipes: Pecan Streusel Cotfee Cake and
Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake.,
PECAN STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE
Ingredients
2% cups almond flour
"2 cup garbanzo bean flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
Sweetener equivalent to 4 cup sugar
Dash sea salt
3 eggs, separated
3/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 ounces butter, melted
Juice of V 2 lemon
Topping
Y 2 cup almond flour
V 4 cup pecans, finely chopped
I tablespoon ground cinnamon
V 2 cup xylitol
1 tablespoon molasses
6 ounces butter, cut into Yz-inch widths, at
room temperature
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F Grease bread
pan.
In bowl, combine almond flour, garbanz,