Wheat Belly

[Lady's Human]

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

[wombat2u2004]

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

Baaaaaaaa....baaaaaaaaaaa

[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.

[IRescue452]

You know something I don't understand... why do people confuse grains/wheat with carbohydrates in general? Carbohydrates are just an organic compound containing hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon. They're found in tons of stuff, even meat. Musle meat doesn't store carbs for very long and in high numbers so its often called "carb-free" but yes, there are carbohydrates in it. Fruit too. There's 24 grams of carbs in a banana. There's 13 grams in half a cup of grapes. There's 15 grams in a slice of white bread. So you're better off eating the bread in a low-carb diet than a banana, assuming the carbs are all you're concerned about. I hate when people refer to carbohydrates for grains and starches exclusively.

[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.

[IRescue452]

Ah but I'm on my feet all day at work doing physical work and putting on the miles. I don't even like to eat and when I do I can't keep up with half the people around me. I eat like a rabbit. I can go all day doing other things besides eating and I only stop to eat when I feel I'm going to pass out. I literally HATE food with a passion. I hate having to spend money on food. I hate having to eat to live. I've been like this since I was a teenager. Some friends suggest my body is trying to keep everything I eat so it has something in it, but that only makes sense short-term. I was down to like 138sometime last year but I'm over 150lbs now and its driving me nuts. Its not like I'm eating any more or exercising any less than last year. I just hate hearing everybody say your weight = your food intake and exercise and nothing else. The health issues I'm concerned about is polycystic ovarian syndrome. I fit the bill and my older sister has it but I have no health care to find out.