William Davis MD - Wheat belly 10-day grain detox : reprogram your body for rapid weight loss and amazing health

This book is intended as a reference volume only, not as a medical manual. The information given here is designed to help you make informed decisions about your health. It is not intended as a substitute for any treatment that may have been prescribed by your doctor. If you suspect that you have a medical problem, we urge you to seek competent medical help.

The information in this book is meant to supplement, not replace, proper exercise training. All forms of exercise pose some inherent risks. The editors and publisher advise readers to take full responsibility for their safety and know their limits. The dietary programs in this book are not intended as a substitute for any exercise routine or dietary regimen that may have been prescribed by your doctor. As with all dietary programs, you should get your doctors approval before beginning.

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Since the original Wheat Belly book was released in August 2011, the Wheat Belly movement has continued to grow. It is now an international phenomenon, with the book now published in 33 countries.

Despite that growth, I still regard the several million people following these concepts to be early adopters, those people first in line who are brave enough to buck conventional dietary wisdom and who have come to recognize just how powerful this lifestyle can be in regaining control over health and weight. These bold individuals are the force that is expanding the reach of this message. It is time to take this message to the broader public, the same people who lament their size 28 dresses, 40-inch waists, and scales registering north of 200 pounds, and who are growing increasingly unhealthy and weighed down by the drugs used to treat a diet gone wrongyet blame it on personal weakness or a bad draw of the genetic cards. This most recent addition to the Wheat Belly series is designed to make the process as digestible as possible.

The inspiration for this 10-day grain detox concept came from my team at Rodale, namely Editorial Director Jennifer Levesque, Deputy Publisher Kristin Kiser, and Publisher Mary Ann Naples. I therefore owe a big thank-you to all involved who helped make this detox project a mainstream-focused effort.

I also owe a big thank-you to Michele Stanten, author and vocal advocate of walking as exercise, who took time from her busy schedule to help organize the detox panelists experiences chronicled in this book. Michele enlisted the panelists from the start, helped educate them on how to conduct this lifestyle, and supported them through the process. She played a crucial and indispensable role from start to finish. Thanks, Michele.

And thank you to the panelists, women who traveled to my publishers offices in New York from as far away as Texas and Georgia to participate in this detox process. Your participation helped make this program better, helped refine several of the recipes, and reminded me of the real challenges that readers face when they take this program into their homes and families.

My agent, Rick Broadhead, has been my advocate from the start of the Wheat Belly journey. Rick has been more than a literary agent: He has been objective observer, champion of the cause, and friend. As with every other book in the Wheat Belly series, I owe Rick another big thank-you.

Id like to also acknowledge the countless individuals who have participated in online conversations on Wheat Belly social media, especially the Wheat Belly Facebook page, as they have engaged in this journey with meall the people who have shared their wonderful before and after photos, their health successes, and their challenges, helping all of us learn new lessons that make this program more and more effective and less and less disruptive to daily routines. I am a big believer in the power of the wisdom of crowds, and this is, to a large degree, what we are creating with the Wheat Belly movement: a level of insight and wisdom that exceeds what any single expert could provide, but emerging with strategies for health and weight that are more powerful than anything ever conceived. It is a powerful force that I believe we have distilled and encapsulated in this book, the most recent addition to the Wheat Belly library. Thank you to all of you.

INTRODUCTION

What if I could provide you with a miraculous pill that caused dramatic weight loss without limiting calories or requiring exercise? What if this pill reduced appetite, shrunk belly fat, dropped your dress size into the single digits, and accomplished all this while sparing you from a Biggest Loser sobfest? What if that same pill freed you from acid reflux, heartburn, bowel urgency, and diarrhea, but also improved mood, increased energy, deepened sleep, and reduced or eliminated joint pain? What if this pill also reversed skin conditions such as seborrhea, eczema, psoriasis, acne, and dandruff and earned you compliments on the smoothness of your skin? What if chronic sinus congestion, sinus infections, and asthma were brought to a halt and you were freed from the repeated need for antibiotics and inhalers? What if that same little pill, taken every day, reversed serious inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohns disease, and ulcerative colitis, while causing your teenage children to put down their cell phones, be respectful, bathe without asking every day, and pick up their own clothes?

Okay, forget the part about teenagers. But what if this single pill could also replace cholesterol drugs, blood pressure drugs, diabetes drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, antidepressants, and acid reflux drugs while reducing cholesterol values, blood sugars, and inflammationpacking the power of dozens of prescription medications into one pill but with none of the side effects? And what if this same powerful pill not only made you feel better than you have in years but also had the potential to achieve a physical makeover that made you look 10, even 20, years younger without Botox, filler injections, or marriage to Kanye West, without unwanted health consequences but still the unmitigated envy at your 20-, 30-, or 40-year high school reunion?

And, unlike a fistful of daily pills costing hundreds of dollars every month, often adding up to more than your grocery bill, this one pill is inexpensive, even yielding cost savingsmoney you can put toward a new wardrobe.