Don't Cheat with Wheat!

[greeniz515]

Have some more

by Dr. William Davis on April 7, 2011 · 35 comments
in Wheat

Wheat, via exorphin effects, is an appetite stimulant. Eat a whole wheat bagel or bran muffin, you want another. You also want more of other foods. You also want something to eat every two hours due to widely-swinging insulin-glucose responses: blood sugar high followed by a sharp downturn that triggers a powerful impulse to eat (thus the cravings for a snack at 9 and 11 a.m. after a 7 a.m. breakfast).
If wheat is a stimulant of appetite, then removing it should yield reduced appetite and reduced calorie intake. That is precisely what happens.
When wheat products are removed from the diet–without calorie restriction, without counting fat or carbohydrate grams, no exercise program, no cleansing regimen, no skipping meals . . . nothing–calorie intake drops 350 to 400 calories per day. This calorie figure remains curiously consistent across multiple studies in which wheat was eliminated.
400 calories per day results in 21 lbs lost over 6 months, based just on calories. (3500 calories per pound lost.) That is what happens in wheat elimination diets: 21-26 lbs lost over 6 months.
Wheat is the processed food industry’s nicotine, a means of ensuring repeat food purchases. It’s also low-cost (subsidized by the U.S. government), high-yield, an ingredient that even has its very own withdrawal syndrome should you miss a “hit.”



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[Johan]

Interesting! Could explain why equally sized servings (from a kcal point of view) of pasta and rice or pasta and potatoes have such different effect on satiety.

[greeniz515]

I know that pasta NEVER keeps me full. I feel awful when I wake up the day after eating pasta for dinner. If I have it for a meal 3x a year that's a stretch. Of all the carbs I have chosen to eliminate, pasta and potatoes have by far been the easiest.

[Johan]

I stick almost exclusively to potatoes or beans as my carb sources nowdays. Pasta is a rare treat, I get ravenously hungry after pasta!

[t-gunz]

never a fan of pasta. it doesnt sit well for some reason.

but sweet potato and brown/white rice etc goes down well :)

greeny: you feel like shit the next day from it. i cant get to sleep from it

[StrawberrySun]

I've never been that big of a pasta fan. Can't live without a sweet potato though. :) :)

Thanks for posting this Greeny!

[Narkissos]

Good read.

BUMP!

[greeniz515]

I have tried to pass on most wheat-based products. I'm working on a new wheat free cookie recipe. I have to tell you though, I'm wasting a lot of food in the process because so many of them come out tasting terrible! Once I get it, I'll post here! :)

[Narkissos]

^^can't wait G!