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Weight loss is just the start!
Dogman quoted:
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/0...ust-the-start/ "In the month since I started, I’ve lost twelve pounds so far. The most remarkable thing for me, though–-and I wasn’t really expecting it–-is that after the first week of being completely grain-free, I have not had a single headache of any kind, and I have been a migraine sufferer since my teens. For the first time in years, I did not refill my prescription for Imitrex. I started Atkins in 1999 using the yellow cover 1993 edition just before the blue cover 1999 edition came out. In it I read his claims that low carbing stops migraines. At the time I'd been getting a debilitating migraine every few months much of my adult life. Many had them far more often so I'd considered myself lucky on that count. I also dismissed his claims as marketing hype. But sure enough since the day I started I've had exactly one debilitating migraine and that was a month of high stress work living out of junk food vending machines. These days my adherence to low carb is very poor so most of my weight is back but the lessons I learned have resulted in several other health improvements that appear permanent. Not getting migraines is one of those improvements. "If stopping wheat had done nothing for me but get rid of the migraines, it would be worth it for that alone. The one migraine I've had since 1999 was during a month I probably managed to stay wheat free even though I ate mostly junk food. Low wheat at least. For me at least the trigger was something other than wheat specifically. I ate a ton of potato chips and fritos that month. Ugh. But my chronic annoying post-nasal drip and constant allergy symptoms have also disappeared; I’ve stopped needing a nap in the middle of the day; I’ve stopped having any food cravings. I have also been able to stop taking omeprazole for GERD–-no digestion problems whatsoever now. My energy levels are much higher throughout the day, and a lot of small daily aches and pains–-especially arthritis in my hands and fingers–-have disappeared." For me the allergy symptoms were mostly related to wheat. So specific my symptoms are triggered by kanut and spelt but not by rye, barly or oats. The cravings for me were a mix of binge being one of my wheat symptoms and lack of cravings from low carb but it took a lot of self experimentation to figure that out. The best known way to reduce arthritis pains is paleo that combines wheat free with mildly low carb. "I’ve read some criticisms from various sources of Dr. Davis’s book, but I am not a scientist and for me, the proof is, as they say, in the milk-free pudding: I’ve never tried any eating plan or diet that has truly made the kind of remarkable improvement in my health and well-being that this one has, and it was reading Wheat Belly that inspired me to give it a try. "To any skeptics I would simply say, it’s a simple enough experiment. Try it for a couple of weeks. See what happens." It does work, but I do note that for me different details worked for different reasons. Atkins has two widely different aspects - using carbs as a tool and an eliminate-and-challenge system. Few follow the instructions to that level so simpler shotgun methods work for more people. |
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