Wheat Belly

[cool4catz2]

Geezy peezy...

[Lady's Human]

Snake oil, coming from a salesman of the aforementioned product.

[wombat2u2004]

Snake oil, coming from a salesman of the aforementioned product.

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[Karen]

Seems like the old "pick something everyone eats and convince them it's the cause of all their troubles" tactic of charlatans.

The science is clear and well proven. No particular food causes weight gain - the number of calories a person ingests as compared to the number of calories they burn does. The reason people always used to say "beer belly" is folks would drink a lot and forget that beer has calories - or not care, and therefore gain weight! Hence the advent of "light" beer, though I do not and have not drunk either kind, so you need not lecture me on the demerits of "lite beer."

[dab_20]

Carbohydrates should take up about 50-60% of a persons diet. (This does include fruits and veggies) 30% should be from fats and 12% should be proteins. I agree you should limit, even eliminate, foods such as pretzles, donuts, white breads- anything that is a simple sugar. Whole wheats are a very important part of our diet! They do NOT increase your risk for any diseases. They prevent them! Carbohydrates are your body's preferred source of fuel to power everyday activities... Complex carbs REDUCE risk of diabetes and diseases of the digestive tract. Goes to show how people can believe things that a well spoken person tells you.

[IRescue452]

Too bad I can't stand most grain products at all and I rarely buy them. Just going down the cookie or cracker aisle in the grocery store makes me sick. I don't like bread and I don't like cereal and I can't cook pasta well to save my life. I mostly subsist on baked chicken, fruits, and veggies. Yet I'm gaining weight! I totally suspect I have a certain health problem but have no insurance to get it diagnosed. There's the problem with weight in America, nobody can afford to get their health checked out.

[K9soul]

Sounds like it is more to do with increased simple carbohydrate consumption or overall overconsuming carbohydrates while not expending them with exercise and activity. Pretty much the same thing Atkin's wrote about.

Of course cutting out all products with flour (especially bleached/white flour) would cause weight reduction, but a person can keep those things in their diet with moderation if it is properly balanced with fruits, vegetables, meat or soy. Cutting out sugary softdrinks will do a lot of good in itself.

It seems misleading to put the "bad" label on wheat.

[Karen]

Too bad I can't stand most grain products at all and I rarely buy them. Just going down the cookie or cracker aisle in the grocery store makes me sick. I don't like bread and I don't like cereal and I can't cook pasta well to save my life. I mostly subsist on baked chicken, fruits, and veggies. Yet I'm gaining weight! I totally suspect I have a certain health problem but have no insurance to get it diagnosed. There's the problem with weight in America, nobody can afford to get their health checked out.

You may have Celiac - so avoiding wheat is a good thing. If you are still gaining weight what you need to do is control your portion size, to cut the number of calories you are taking in. As I stated before, the number of calories put in compared to the number of calories expended in a day are what causes weight gain or loss.