Wheat belly : lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health / William Davis, M.D.

[New York?, N.Y.] : Rodale, [2011]

New York, N.Y.

xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Wheat: the unhealthy whole grain -- What belly? ; Not your grandma's muffins: the creation of modern wheat -- Wheat deconstructed -- part 2. Wheat and its head-to-toe destruction of health. Hey, man, wanna buy some exorphins? The addictive properties of wheat -- Your wheat belly is showing: the wheat/obesity connection -- Hello, intestine. It's me, wheat. Wheat and celiac disease -- Diabetes nation: wheat and insulin resistance -- Dropping acid: wheat as the great pH disrupter -- Cataracts, wrinkles, and dowager's humps: wheat and the aging process -- My particles are bigger than yours: wheat and heart disease -- It's all in your head: wheat and the brain -- Bagel face: wheat's destructive effect on the skin -- part 3. Say goodbuy to wheat. Goodbye, wheat: create a healthy, delicious, wheat-free life -- Appendix A: Looking for wheat in all the wrong places -- Appendix B: Healthy wheat belly: shrinking recipes.