Book Review: Wheat Belly

Wheat Belly (31 October, 2012)
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Have you ever wondered by some people say they don't drink beer, and yet they have a beer belly? Apart from that belly, the rest of them is skinny. Why is that so?

Well, this book argues that it is not just beer, or sugar, that makes a person deposit fat in the belly. It is - and my goodness gracious me - that innocent staple called wheat. This book goes on to claim that it doesn't matter in what form you consume wheat, whether as white bread or high-grain bread. It even claims that the wheat we consume today is not the same as the wheat our forefathers a hundred years ago ate. Needless to say, it claims that our present variety is not as healthy.

Chapter after chapter of this New York Times No. 1 Bestseller tells us why we should not be consuming our daily bread. At times, I felt like telling it, "All right, I got the picture." It does make a lot of persuasive arguments, but I shall not make judgment. If you're conscious about your health, put aside your judgment and read this book, and then weigh whether what it says is worth listening to.

Details

Title: Wheat Belly
Author: William Davis, MD
ISBN: 978-1-60961-154-5
Publisher: Rodale
Year of First Publication: 2011

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