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Old September 28th, 2011, 06:21 AM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
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Default On the evils of wheat

On 28/09/2011 2:33 PM, Dogman wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:31:19 +1000,
wrote:

[...]
"Wheat Belly" is a stunt to make it sound like it's not Atkins. The
book could have been "French Fry Belly" and had much the same result.

You're wrong, Doug. Read the book. Plus, it's actually pretty silly of
you to argue against the book without having read it.


You can easily argue against a book without reading it, though your
argument might be more convincing if you can quote specific areas of
dispute. Anyone can argue against a the précis of a book without reading
the book itself. Look at how many argue against the Bible without
reading it.


Well, one can argue against anything, I suppose (No, the earth is
flat!), but it's pretty silly (and futile) to argue against what's in
a book without actually reading it first.

As far as those who argue against what's in the Bible goes, again,
it's usually the ones who have never read it.


I have read it from cover to cover and I'll take great delight in
arguing against it. Having read it and have an eidetic memory I can have
more fun with chapter and verse demolition.


That aside, without reading any books, a decade or two back, after
initially changing to a low carb diet (NOT ATKINS) just cutting empty
carbs (those that offer little other nutritional value) I have slowly
evolved into a wheat avoider. I discovered by accident that when what
few remaining wheat containing items in my diet were eliminated my
general health improved noticeably.

[...]

That's pretty much Dr. Davis' point, in a nutshell.


That is fine, I am not arguing against it, but if he had been claiming
that wheat was vital to good health I would argue against his claim but
have no interest at all in reading his book. I read several books per
day and I don't need to include patently obvious junk in the mix.