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A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems. Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of... read more
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In centuries past, a prominent belly was the domain of the privileged, a mark of wealth and success, a symbol of not having to clean your own stables or plow your own fields.
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Introduction
PART ONE: WHEAT: THE UNHEALTHY WHOLE GRAIN
Chapter 1: What Belly?
Chapter 2: Not Your Grandma's Muffins: The Creation of Modern Wheat
Chapter 3: Wheat Deconstructed
PART TWO: WHEAT AND ITS HEAD-TO-TOE DESTRUCTION OF HEALTH
Chapter 4: Hey, Man, Wanna Buy Some Exorphins? The Addictive Properties of Wheat
Chapter 5: Your Wheat Belly is Showing: The Wheat/Obesity Connection
Chapter 6: Hello, Intestine. It's Me, Wheat. Wheat and Celiac Disease
Chapter 7: Diabetes Nation: Wheat and Insulin Resistance
Chapter 8: Dropping Acid: Wheat as the Great pH Disrupter
Chapter 9: Cataracts, Wrinkles, and Dowager's Humps: Wheat and the Aging Process
Chapter 10: My Particles Are Bigger Than Yours: Wheat and Heart Disease
Chapter 11: It's All in Your Head: Wheat and the Brain
Chapter 12: Bagel Face: Wheat's Destructive Effect on the Skin
PART THREE: SAY GOODBYE TO WHEAT
Chapter 13: Goodbye, Wheat: Create a Healthy, Delicious, Wheat-Free Life
Epilogue
Appendix A: Looking for Wheat in All the Wrong Places
Appendix B: Healthy Wheat Belly-Shrinking Recipes
Acknowledgements
References
Index
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This is book 5 of 10 in New York Times Bestsellers - Hardcover Advice (Current). (authoritative list)
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- William Davis (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Publication Date: August, 2011
ISBN: 978-1609611545
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Rodale Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: August, 2011
ISBN: 978-1609611545
Page Count: 304
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- Dewey: 613
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