Neither Predator Nor Prey.. Just Got Delivered.

 "JohnnyReb" had recommended this book to me in a comment on an earlier post.


It just got delivered by the good ole USPS.  I am in the middle of "UP COUNTRY" by 

Nelson Demille and plan on reading "NPNP" next.


Have any of you read either one of these?

"Wheat Belly" Book Review......

Daddy Bear asked me to do a review of “Wheat Belly” when he saw that I bought it from Amazon. I would have to say that it is a worthwhile read if you are interested in different perspective as to some of the issues that affect us today.

As I get older I am seeing more and more friends  and their friends that are having issues with heart disease ,cancer, arthritis, gout ,stomach issues, diabetes etc.  There are also people’s pets that I know that are dying of cancer. What the hell is going on?  I have been reading more and more about Paleo and Low-carb eating and I am starting to realize that the processed food that we consume has got to be a culprit in our sicknesses.  The low fat craze turned out to be a bust as well as the work out craze that followed. We are getting fatter and sicker. It HAS to be in part the foods we are eating.

Wheat Belly is written by a preventative cardiologist who believes that the highly modified wheat we are subjected to, in hundreds of food products, is a major player in our sicknesses. The wheat that was around thousands of years ago isn’t the same wheat we have today, he even adds whole grain, that we are told to eat, to the problem. The big food companies have genetically engineered wheat ( and other foods) into things that are bodies don’t recognize. We have had thousand s and thousands of years of evolution base on a certain diet and in the past few hundred years ( a blink of an eye in time) our food has changed. 

If you are not allergic to wheat (celiac being one disease)  I would still recommend this book  as it seems that some of the issues that we are seeing are still do to the gluten proteins and glucose load that wheat and the products that are made from it can cause.  

Wheat Belly is along the lines of low-carb and Paleo eating. It stands to reason if you cut the wheat and all the products you will be in a lower carbohydrate category as you fill your plate with meats and veggies and some fruits and nuts etc.

I have struggled with my weight and I know that I have metabolic syndrome and its going to take a very positive struggle for me to stick to this.  I have cut all wheat and its products. I am eating grassfed beef when I can( it has a much better fat profile than grain fed beef ( they use wheat to fatten cattle)) I am eating more veggies, free range chicken and eggs and I use olive oil and butter from grass fed cattle.

It’s not easy and sometimes you fall off the wagon ( last week’s vacation was tough)  but I am back at it this week and have lost 5-6 lbs and do feel better. My exercise, for now consists of walking at least once and sometimes twice a day.  I hope you find this helpful and I do recommend the book to read.

PISSED

I am no way connected to this book or author and only recommend it as a book that I enjoyed.

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Thanks Amazon.....!!!

More books to keep me busy. I have been adding books that some of you have recommended
and or mentioned on your blogs...Thank you!!