Dr William Davis - The Wheat Belly 10-Day Detox: the effortless health and weight-loss solution

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 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 American 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.

IF YOU WERE to equip your kitchen with just about everything you needed to create the recipes in the Wheat Belly 10-Day Detox Menu Plan, as well as other dishes that fit into a Wheat Belly lifestyle, this is what it would contain. I would not advise you to use this as an actual shopping list, however, as not all ingredients are used in the 10-Day Menu Plan; they are included more as a reference to determine whether an ingredient fits into this lifestyle or not.

Your shopping list, the one you actually bring with you to the grocery store as you proceed through the detox, is best compiled on the day(s) when or immediately preceding the day you will actually make the dishes, to ensure freshness of your ingredients. The day-by-day shopping list follows this more comprehensive list.

Almond milk, unsweetened

Baking powder

Bicarbonate of soda

Cauliflower

Cheeses (preferably full-fat, organic)

Chia seeds

Chocolate100% chocolate, 85% cacao or greater

Chocolate chips, dark

Cocoa powder, unsweetened

Coconut, shredded and unsweetened; coconut flakes

Coconut flour

Coconut milkcanned for thickness; carton for drinking

Courgettes

Dried fruit, unsweetened

Extractsnatural almond, coconut, vanilla, and peppermint

Flaxseeds, preferably ground golden

Ground almonds/flour

Ground nutsground pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts

Inulin powder

Nut and seed buttersalmond butter, peanut butter, sunflower seed butter

Nutsraw almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts; chopped walnuts or pecans for baking

Oilsextra-virgin olive, coconut, organic butter, ghee, avocado, flaxseed, walnut, extra-light olive, nonhydrogenated lard or tallow

Seedsraw sunflower, raw pumpkin, sesame, and chia

Shirataki noodles (in the refrigerated section)

Spaghetti squash

Sweetenersliquid stevia, powdered stevia (pure or with inulin, not maltodextrin), monk fruit, powdered erythritol, xylitol

10-DAY MENU PLAN DAY-BY-DAY SHOPPING LIST

Here are the ingredients required if you adhere to the 10-Day Menu Plan as written. Obviously, to save time and effort, shop for several days at a time. The ingredients that are used repeatedly or in more than one recipe are listed at the top as Frequently Used Ingredients. Each days shopping list assumes that you have already purchased the frequently used ingredients and that your kitchen is already stocked with common items such as eggs and ground pepper.

Be prepared for greater up-front costs as you discard grain products and restock your kitchen with grain-free, healthy ingredients. Once you stock your shelves and refrigerator and accumulate all the tools you need, the costs will drop.

Frequently Used Ingredients

Ingredients for Detox Shakeswhite potatoes, green bananas, inulin powder, unsweetened coconut/almond/hemp milk, coconut oil, raw pumpkin seeds, stevia drops or your choice of safe sweetener, as well as the ingredients for each unique shake (e.g., unsweetened cocoa powder, unsweetened apple pure, unsweetened pineapple chunks)

Coconut oil

Extra-virgin olive oil

Butter, organic

Vinegarwhite, apple cider, balsamic

Hot-pepper sauce

Mayonnaise

Gluten-free soy sauce or tamari

Vanilla extract

Almond extract

Coconut milk, canned

Onions

Garlic cloves

Parmesan or Romano cheese, grated

Raw sunflower seeds

Raw pumpkin seeds

Raw almonds, sliced

Raw pecans, chopped or whole

Raw walnuts, chopped or whole

Shredded unsweetened coconut

Ground almonds/flour

Ground golden flaxseeds

Coconut flour

Curry powder

Ground ginger

Onion powder

Ground cinnamon

Ground cloves

Ground nutmeg

Dried rosemary

Dried basil

Dried oregano

Garlic powder

Sea salt

Sweeteneryour choice of liquid stevia, powdered stevia, monk fruit, erythritol, xylitol, inulin, Truva, Swerve, Wheat-Free Market Foods Sweetener

DAY 1

dried apricots (5), allspice

chicken stock (1 litre), broccoli (450 g/1 lb)

shredded mozzarella cheese (300 g/11 oz), Italian sausages (loose or in casing, 225g/8 oz), red pepper (1), green or yellow pepper (1), pizza sauce (1 cup), crushed red chillies

DAY 2

fresh or frozen mixed berries (55 g/2 oz)

shredded mozzarella cheese (150 g/5 oz), black or kalamata olives (80 g/3 oz), sun-dried tomatoes (40 g/1 oz, preferably in oil)