"The compounds found in wheat are responsible for appetite stimulation, exaggerated rises in blood sugar, and the release of endorphin-like chemicals that get the brain hooked on breads, pastas and crackers, while increased wheat consumption can also be linked to higher incidences of celiac disease, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and schizophrenia."
Here are 7 ways wheat might be impacting your health:
1) Removing wheat from one's diet almost guarantees weight loss. Dr. Davis sees an average of 27 lbs lost in 6 months among those who go GF.
2) Wheat contributes to belly fat, the result of increased insulin production needed to metabolize the sugars produced by ingesting a steady diet of gluten.
3) Carbs create cravings every 2 hours, as a result of surges and drops in glucose and insulin that follow eating foods containing gluten.
4) For women, wheat messes with estrogen; a surplus of estrogen caused by excess belly fat raises the risk for breast cancer.
5) Wheat eaters consume an extra 400 calories a day, generally. This can be the equivalent of 42 pounds per year. Ouch. A year or two of that and one is in serious trouble!
6) Other grains (rice, millet, flax, etc) don't have the addictive property of wheat, which Dr. Davis says binds "to the brain's morphine receptors, the same receptors to which opiate drugs bind, producing a sense of reward or mild euphoria."
7) GF foods are not the answer, because many of the starches used in GF foods (corn starch, potato starch, tapioca starch) can produce the same metabolic patterns as wheat-based foods, leaving one hungry every 2 hours. Replace flour-based foods with chicken, fish, fruits, and vegetables, nuts and eggs.





