Every day gullable people are being pulled in various directions believing there's a quick easy magical fix thanks in great part to the efforts of slick marketers of fraudulent and potentially dangerous diets. The hype is so powerful Americans are getting sucked in by the millions.

Feasts of bacon and eggs, cheeseburgers, and lobster dripping with melted butter. They explain that "fat doesn't make you fat, carbs make you fat." They've all somehow done the impossible.

Fat loss is a two-step process. First adipose material has to be released from an adipose cell, and then the fatty acids have to be shuttled into the mitochondria of a muscle cell where they can be burned as fuel.

In these low-carb "fad" diets no mention is made of water. No mention is made of caloric consumption. No mention is made of the thermic effect of food. No mention is made of exercise. The illusion is, "just cut carbs and you'll love life and have the body of your dreams."

Here is the secret of fitness and weight loss:

EAT LESS - MOVE MORE  

...end of story.

bill67 wrote on 10/23/11 at 14:50:29:


Yup,.. that is historically the line the government and mega-money agribusiness and food manufacturers want you to believe.

You even believe you are doing yourself some good with the whole-grain fraud.  

Study the issue a bit and you might change your mind.  or, keep believing the same old hype and continue damaging yourself.

I eat wheat bread, pizza. candy, cheeseburgers, donuts.lot of coffee, biscuits and gravy. Now I'm at 150# at 5 6   I do need to cut down on eating and do more. Gyro you know those books you read people make money on them.

bill67 wrote on 10/23/11 at 19:04:16:


I'm 145-150lbs @ 5'7... maybe you should cut back on the wheat

The wheat is the healthiest part,I would never do that .

I haven't read anything by the FDA.. and I don't trust those guys either...

Serowbot wrote on 10/24/11 at 09:38:53:



Don't put words in my mouth.  You have no way of knowing if this is nutritional seafoam or not.  All the others chiming in here with their feelings/opinions based on government hype don't either.  No one can make credible statements on the issue if they don't understand both sides of the issue.

I'm as smart as the next guy.  When I first read the book, my bias was that it was "nutritional seafoam."  As I got further into it, and started checking out his claims from robust studies and research, I started becoming a little more neutral.

Then, after I did some internet research of my own, I realized that he is on to something here.  The main concept is,... wheat is bad.  He's right.

The book is not a fad diet book.  
 -- If you ever do read it, it won't be an exciting read because he presents each point as something learned from real facts learned from smart people.  This thing won't be a best seller by keeping you on the edge of your seat.  
 -- The first portion of the book is mostly science-ish, with very little in the way of assertions.  He simply presents findings of responsible people.  
 -- The middle part of the book relates mainly to "here's how you can be wheat-free" techniques.  
 -- The aft fourth of the book is recipes and references.  Approx the last 1/8" of the book is just references to legitimate research.

Again, I don't blame you or anyone else here for your prejudice. I felt the same way.  We all have lived through the better part of a century of the governnment (and big business) lying to us about wheat.  As Goebbles said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."

You are as smart as the next guy too.  Investigate this thing and tell me what you think.