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#109: Wheat Belly

Guest: Dr. William Davis

Dr. William Davis, author of Wheat Belly, stops by UW Radio to discuss how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems. Topics include why excess fat has nothing to do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter, the harmful effects of wheat, and why eliminating wheat is the key to dramatic weight loss and optimal health.

Learn more about Dr. Davis and Wheat Belly at www.wheatbellyblog.com.

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Dr. Davis’ book is available in the UW Store!

Wheat Belly

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Is Whole Wheat Worse Than a Candy Bar?

gluten free bread 024 by Sean Croxton

A tablespoon of pure white sugar.

A Snickers bar.

A banana.

And a slice of whole wheat bread.

If I were to ask you which of the edible items above causes the greatest surge in blood sugar, which would you choose?

My guess is that most people would pick the Snickers bar.

It’s a candy bar, and candy bars are sugar bombs that lead to diabetes, right?

Yup, but…

The answer is actually the one you likely least expected — the slice of whole wheat bread.

I kid you not. If you take a look at the glycemic index (GI) — which measures how quickly blood sugar rises after eating particular foods — you’ll find that whole wheat bread has a GI of 71.

Sugar – 68. Snickers – 55. A banana – 54.

Whole wheat wins!

Or loses…

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How Wheat Makes You Fat!

by Sean Croxton

So, last night I burned through the first half of Wheat Belly while half-watching the Philadelphia Eagles blow yet another game.

While reading, I figured that I should probably make a video about how wheat makes us fat and is actually worse (from a blood sugar perspective) than consuming sugar.

Kinda ironic when we’ve been told to ditch the simple sugars (table sugar, for example) for more complex carbohydrates (wheat!).

This ridiculous dietary recommendation has only served to create more obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and more.

Check out the video below, as I drop truth bombs about how wheat makes you fat!

To learn more, pick up the book Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis.

While you’re at it, listen to my podcast with Dr Davis HERE.

See you tomorrow!

Sean Croxton
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

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My 2011 Reading List

by Sean Croxton

Vacation is nice.

I’ve been lying in bed the last couple hours, adding books to my Amazon wish list and thought I’d share with you the books I read in 2011.

It’s a trip. You can kinda see the phase I am going through in life by looking at the books I read.

Right now — since the radio show and YouTube channel are on holiday hiatus — I’ve been reading a lot about marketing and success.

Next week, I’ll get back to reading about more health-related topics.

So here’s my 2011 Reading List. Most are available in my Amazon Store. These are just the books I actually finished. There are a bunch more that I got about halfway through. Next year, I’d like to have a list of 75. I learned some speed reading tactics from Jim Kwik a few weeks ago. Working like a charm!

Please leave your book recommendations in the comments below! Always looking for a good read. Thx!

Deep Nutrition by Dr. Catherine Shanahan
Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
Additiction: The Hidden Epidemic by Pam Killeen
Lights Out by T.S. Wiley
The Five Love Languages by Gary D. Chapman
Primal Body—Primal Mind by Nora Gedgaudas
The Obesity Epidemic by Zoe Harcombe
The New Metabolic Effect Diet by Drs. Jade & Keoni Teta
The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf
The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson
The New Evolution Diet by Art De Vany
The Book of EST by Luke Rhinehard
Earthing by Clint Ober
Inflammation Nation by Floyd Chilton
The Emotion Code by Bradley Nelson
The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
Spontaneous Evolution by Bruce Lipton
The Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife ND
The Palm Oil Miracle by Bruce Fife ND
Eating for Energy by Yuri Elkaim
Forever Young by Dr. Nicholas Perricone
The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
Disconnect by Dr. Devra Davis
The Simple Success Solution by Deb Cheslow and Angie Flynn
Organic Manifesto by Maria Rodale
The Potbelly Syndrome by Russell Farris
The Gabriel Method by John Gabriel
Wheat Belly by Dr. William Davis
Life Unlocked by Dr. Srini Pillay
Devil in the Milk by Keith Woodford
UNmarketing by Scott Stratten
The Baby Boomer Diet by Donna Gates
The 50th Law by Robert Greene
Money Success & You by John Kehoe
Delivering Happiness by Tony Shieh
Drive: The Shocking Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz
Rework by Jason Fried
The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy

Happy Almost New Year!

Sean

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These Ain’t the Same Grains! – video version

by Sean Croxton

Here I go hating on grains again!

Last month, I posted the written version of this one. You can read it HERE.

Today, as I flipped through Dr. William Davis’ ridiculously awesome (and funny) book Wheat Belly for the 80 billionth time, I got the itch to post this video version.

Be sure to send this to all of your friends who swear by the virtues of whole wheat, and those who assume that the grains we eat today are the same ones consumed during Biblical times.

Oh, how things have changed.

By the way, thanks for the birthday love yesterday. You guys rock!

Later.