Wheat Belly Cookbook: 150 Recipes to Help You Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

I have been using this cookbook A LOT! Also appreciate his explanations which tell WHY our modern wheat is so hard on us (and if it is hard on us, it is hard on our pets as well). 48 chromosomes in diploid order (3 strands). Shoot, our bodies only have two strands of chromosomes. Three is practically a monster. The big list of massive immune disorders surprised even me. Spinal stenosis, stuttering, and many more are discussed, and "Franken-wheat's" role in them is exposed. Turns out even Spelt isn't all that old, in the scheme of things, at 24 chromosomes. Emmer and einkorn are more like the original wheat, however wheat STILL can inflame joints, cause asthma, and a list of other troubles. If you think the old-time wheat of the Egyptians did them any good, Google what they found when they scanned many old Egyptian mummies. (What they rarely found was cancer by the way.) This cookbook has been especially helpful to me, as I have had to eat the "Paleo Diet" way and will be doing that for the rest of my life. Grains and sugars are no longer my friend (sigh). But it turns out that our modern wheat is no one's friend either! No one wants to give up pancakes, waffles, bread, pie, etc. for the rest of their lives! Well, I surely do not. This cookbook gave me a good bread recipe, as well as recipes for other "traditionally floury" things. Pie crust, pancakes, waffles, cookies, etc. I like these recipes better than those which utilize coconut flour or the "gluten free" rice flour mixes because this has far less simple carbs and frankly, I got really, REALLY tired of the taste of coconut after a while. It was EVERYWHERE when you try baking with it. This is my #1 "go-to" book for day-to-day eating. It tells you what you will want to avoid and why. It tells you what to substitute in its place so you are not going without. The benefits? Well, I cook from it, on the Paleo Diet, but do minimize fruit, and eat half an avocado with my daily salads (avocado seems to cause the body to burn fat, once you have rebuilt the cells which make your body able to utilize protein, as carbohydrates are the fuel of choice). I have been burning fat day and night--however it took my body about 2-3 weeks to organize itself to be able to burn the fat in the first place. This is the one cookbook that I wanted a paper copy of, and the only one I keep on the kitchen counter.

The Wheat Belly cookbook consists of a brief overview of the book Wheat Belly, plus 150 recipes to help you on your way to a wheat free diet. In 2011 I was diagnosed with a slow moving form of incurable leukemia. One of the first things I did was to eliminate all gluten and wheat from my diet, along with all processed foods. I immediately felt better, lighter, more energetic...as if the lights were coming back on inside my body. Within just a couple of months I had lost the 30 extra pounds I had been carrying around with me for the past several years, my brain fog disappeared, my skin started to glow, my hair responded by trading in its dull texture for shine and health. The transition was nearly miraculous. I still have leukemia, but I am living now, instead of barely surviving. And while it has not gone into spontaneous remission, it has stalled instead of continuing to move forward in severity as it should have done. I would say that this book could easily work as a stand alone. All of the important information from Wheat Belly can be found here, plus the recipes to get you going. If you are tired of feeling sick and tired but cannot find the reason, tired of paying for physician visits when they continue to tell you there is nothing wrong, or tired of living unwell with a chronic illness, weight gain, or autoimmune disease, this book is for you. Prepare to be outraged by the facts. We are being fed a line of bull when it comes to what we should be putting into our bodies. The food pyramid is backwards, inside out, and upside down. The author contends that wheat, which he terms a "Frankengrain" due to the fact that it has been modified beyond recognition, is not the wholesome food it is portrayed to be. On the contrary, the protein found in this wheat has properties that are addictive, keeping us coming back for more..and more...and more...to an excess that shows up on our waistlines and in our bodies overall health, and worse it is found in nearly every food on the grocery store shelves. The author explains how our expensive medical maladies such as "...hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, arthritis, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, depression, diabetes, various forms of neurological impairment, and on and on..." is caused by wheat consumption. Better than all of the information though are the recipes. Even a bakery section which provides instruction for creating things like brownies and chocolate chip cookies that are wheat free, sugar free and are really really tasty! The Wheat Belly Cookbook is really all you need to understand the why and the how of living wheat free.

You don't need to have read the author's other books, including Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health or Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight! to get up to speed on the whole "lose the wheat" system. All the general info is here. It can be summed up, as the author does, very simply: "Wheat is not to be trusted" and in even more blunt terms, he calls it "the Enron of the food world." Dr. William Davis adds that whole grains (which are considered healthy by many ) can contribute to high blood pressure and cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome - even depression. Of course, the author goes far beyond this bare bones summary in the book. The Wheat Berry Cookbook is divided into two parts, along with a detailed introduction. Part I focuses on The Wheat Belly Way of eating. Part 2 centers on recipes as well as some very intriguing success stories, complete with photos of the people who share their experiences. I was fascinated by these personal accounts. Now for the recipes: Examples of breakfast choices include french toast, pancakes, frittatas, homemade turkey sausage, breakfast egg biscuits, etc. Main dish lunch and dinner selections favor plenty of traditional fare: Braised Pot Roast with Vegetables (using coconut flour as a thickener for the gravy), Pecan-breaded pork chops, Herbed Chicken, etc. Many are family-friendly but if you like to branch out from the usual fare you can try other choices such as the Feta Spinach Swordfish. The No-Macaroni and Cheese is a winner, with cauliflower serving as a stand-in for the pasta. No, it doesn't taste like "regular" Macaroni and Cheese but I like it better. If you're cautious about your fat intake, I should mention that even some of the lower calorie recipes can have high fat amounts in them. One example is a creamed spinach which has only 235 calories but a whopping 18 grams of fat. Spaghetti squash is a favorite of mine and the recipe for Spaghetti Squash with Brown Butter and Sage has 172 calories - of which 12 grams (more than half the total calories) are fat. Since we had squash on hand, I tried this recipe - for breakfast yet- and was easily able to lower the amount of butter from a whopping 4 tablespoons to far less. The taste was still excellent and the sage was a wonderful addition. Bonus material includes the individual success stories noted above as well as a list of not-so-obvious foods which may contain wheat. There is also an appendix of resources for products, websites, and more wheat-free recipes. This information should simplify things for those new to the Wheat Belly Diet. References provide further reading material if you are interested in knowing more about the studies and statistics behind the info in this book. Bottom line? You are either going to buy into the information presented here or you aren't. Here's where I"m coming from: I've cut my use of wheat significantly and have definitely felt better with the lab results (lower cholesterol) and weight loss to support my conclusions. However, I am not yet wheat free. But close. I'm still a work in progress - nearly 40 pounds lighter and without the aches and pains I had from that extra weight. Are all my improvements due to less wheat? I honestly don't know. But it is possible. A caveat for those of you allergic to nut products: a fair amount of the recipes suggest ground almond flour, including a basic bread recipe which is used for other recipes such as French Toast. However, I've found that coconut and other flours can be substituted although you may have to play around with the proportions. If you are allergic to coconuts as well as almonds, etc...then you'll have to tweak things significantly for the bread recipes - at least, a fair amount of the time. If you're new to wheat-free eating, the author has lists of resources and even brand names for wheat substitutes: garbonzo and coconut flours, and more. He also lists foods which may be assumed to be wheat free but are not. .

I just got this book today and I am super psyched to start cooking. The recipes look fabulous and filling. I tried the egg muffin - basically making an omelet in a muffin tin and baking in the oven to have on hand for easy breakfasts. I just started going wheat free and low carb 3 days ago. I also bought his book and am starting reading that too. The reason I have made this decision is because I had the roux-en-y gastric bypass weightloss surgery 10 years ago and am suffering from severe hypoglycemic reactions after eating barely any carbs. More and more information has been coming out about this problem for people who had this surgery. I have read where it has gotten so bad for some people that they have had their pancreas removed or even a feeding tube put in. I want to avoid that and so a willing to let go of my precious warm breads, cookies, and pastas. In 3 days I have noticed a huge difference in my blood sugars where they are so much mores stable. There really is no way I would stick to this eating style unless it really made a huge difference in my life. What excites me about his cookbook is that there are great recipes for bread, cookies, and even a no-macaroni n cheese. So I still get to enjoy the foods I love, just in a newer version. I am not trying this in order to loose weight, but am very hopeful that will be an added bonus. If you are trying out this eating style, get the cookbook. I have looked up recipes online, but his recipes seem to be even better.

I purchased the original Wheat Belly Diet book a couple of months ago and have been thrilled at the results. I've lost weight, my skin is much clearer and much of my joint pain is gone. The recipies in that book are quite good and, for people new to the wheat-free concepts, easy to follow. So I was looking forward to this supplemental cookbook for more dinner ideas. My family has been openly hostile to abandoning wheat and I wanted a bigger arsenal of tasty alternatives. This cookbook didn't deliver an arsenal. It's maybe a small cache. The "bakery" section is hands down the best part of the book. I have school-age kids and they liked the chocolate chip cookies and the gingerbread. The cheddar biscuits were quite good with chili. But some of the dinner and side dishes are just terrible. For example, I made the "fried" Parmesan chicken. After the first bite, my husband reached for his phone and ordered pizza for himself and the kids. I scraped off the coating and tried to just eat the meat. I couldn't finish it and made myself an omelette. And the" fried rice?" Awful. While shredded cauliflower makes a good rice substitute, this recipe was another "pizza order" night for the hubby and kids. So that's two dinners of wasted food and the cost of two pizzas on top. If you're doing Wheat Belly, Paleo, low-carb or gluten-free, this cookbook is great if you are missing quality baked goods. But if you are looking for main dishes, spend the cost of this book on grass-fed meat and fire up the grill instead.

I Don't Usually Buy Cookbooks. Usually, I Just Read the Recipes on the Web or Read a Kindle Book and I'm Developed Hundreds of My Own Gluten Free Recipes and Converted Recipes to Gluten Free. The Only Reason I Purchased This Book Was Because of All The Hype I'd Heard About the Author and His Books. I Pretty Much Thought I Was an Authority on Gluten, Celiac Disease and the Problems with Wheat and Grains in the Diets of People, Even Those Without Allergies and Intolerances. There Couldn't Possibly Be Anything I'd Learn in This Book. The Author Proved Me Wrong. Nearly 3 1/2 Years Ago, When I Went Totally Wheat Free and Lost 102 Pounds (I Also Cut Out Processed Foods and Ate No More Than 3 to 4 Ounces of Meat a Day) I Was Able To Go Off Narcotic Pain Meds, Cut Diabetic Medication over 80%, Arthritis Medication, 1600 mg Neurontin Daily and Medication for GERD . I Was Taking So Much Medication, I Had to Wean Off It and Still Had Withdrawal Side Effects That Were Terrible. I Still Have Allergies, Because I'm Allergic to So Many Foods & Substances. But, Going Wheat Free and Cutting Out Corn and Most Grains Helped All My Other Problems Tremendously and Even Improved Most of My Allergies and COPD. At the Time I Went Wheat Free, Doctors had me on 27 Meds. I'm Now on 6 and That's Mainly for Allergies & Asthma and Blood Pressure (the Allergy Meds Kick That Up) Some Days My Blood Sugar is So Low, I Have to Go Without Any Medication. DIET IS MEDICINE. When I Read This Book, There Were a Lot of Things I Learned that I Didn't Know and So Many Good Recipes, I've Dog Eared About a Quarter of the Book. I Come Back to it Again & Again. Of All the Great Recipes, Probably My Favorite is the TURKEY SAUSAGE Recipe. You Make it With Ground Turkey and It's Fantastic. That One Recipe is Worth the Price of the Book. I Make It Almost Weekly and When My Store Has a Manger's Special on Ground Turkey Cheap, I Make Up a Bunch Of The Patties and Freeze Them. Then, I Like To Crumble One Up Sometimes in a Few Egg Whites with a Little Nutritional Yeast. It's Much Better Than It Sounds. Of Course, You Could Use Cheddar Cheese, Instead of The Nutritional Yeast or Omit it Entirely. I've Even Played Around With the Ingredients and Made a Version of Italian Sausage Out of that I Love on My Cauliflower/Zucchini Pizza Crust.. The Book is Full of Recipes You'll Go Back To Again and Again. Several Years Ago, I Thought I Had No Problems With Wheat. My Grandmother Had Celiac Disease, But I'd Been Tested For "Wheat" as Part of My Allergy Testing and it was Negative. It Wasn't Until a Few Years Later That an Immunologist Told Me That You Can STILL Be Allergic, Because You're Only Tested For 3 Allergens and There are 27 Allergens in Modern Wheat. You Only Get Tested For the Three. So, Do Not Assume that Because Your Allergy Tests Showed You Weren't Allergic That You're Free and Clear. I Thought it Was Odd That I Was allergic to Just About Every Kind of Tree, Every Kind of Grass, Corn, Every Other Kind of Grain I Was Tested For, But Not Wheat. Once I Abstained From Wheat, My Entire System Changed. Plus, this Author Has Included Helpful Sections That Are REALLY Helpful. He Even Included a Section on Where to Go on the Internet to Find Out if Your Meds Have Wheat In Them and I Found Out TWO Of Mine Had Wheat And One Had Guar Gum In It as a Binder That I'm Extremely Allergic To. I've Asked My Pharmacist Over And Over and Was Told There Was No Way Of Knowing the ADDED ingredients in the Medications (Binders, Etc.) But Apparently There Is. If You Buy and Read Just ONE BOOK on Celiac Disease or Wheat Sensitivity, This Should Be It. ★Thank You For Reading My Review.

Aside from the recipes, this book gives an excellent discussion of the history of wheat, why its desctructive to the human digestive system, and alternatives we can use when we eliminate it from our diet. Some people get so sick from consuming wheat that they must avoid it. Many of the rest of us have milder symptoms, but many people suffer from the effects of wheat. It's very interesting and not the same stuff as in his book Wheat Belly, which is also excellent. They're both great books. For anyone, it's a very healthful way of eating when you eliminate the wheat products; lots of sugar an processed food go away with it. If you have autoimmune issues or, really, any health issues (blood pressure, blood sugar, skin/joint problems, and others), check out this cookbook (more than just recipes!) and his other Wheat Belly books for info that will surprise (maybe scare??) you. His book Undoctored is also excellent--doctors can't fix everything, so it's really up to you to manage your health. Doctors manage sickness.

I also have Dr. Davis' original Wheat Belly book, but refer people to the Wheat Belly Cookbook when I'm encouraging them to learn about the pitfalls of eating wheat. The first part of the book has a great summary and case studies; it's a lot easier to read for most people than the original book. Then there are 150 recipes afterwards, too. The biggest help for me with the recipes was in terms of substitutes for baking (crusts, cakes, etc.). Otherwise, I'm very comfortable with creatively cooking vegetables, fish, etc. (I'm a foodie at heart). Does this way of eating work? Absolutely!!! I'm totally sold on it and it's really not hard to follow. Even eating out at restaurants. So many people are gluten-free and lots are jumping on the wheat belly bandwagon... that restaurants have gluten-free menus or don't think you're weird when you ask for substitutes. I have been following this way of eating for over a year and it is fabulous! My headaches have gone away, my skin has really improved, I've got tons of energy (I have a lot of energy any way, but this just added to it), and my last medical check up was terrific. I'm 63 years old and take no prescription meds .... unlike most everyone my age!

Tiene recetas buenísimas, aunque no comas siguiendo Wheat Belly, hay recetas que merecen la pena y sirven cuando vienen invitados, no defrauda. Eso sí, en alguna receta chirría la cantidad propuesta para comer (cada porción).... no te curras algo tan elaborado para luego comerte un pedacito. A pesar de todo, se puede perder peso aunque parezca que mucha comida tiene muchísimas calorías. Yo comí algo más de un año así y perdí peso.

I bought it for the recipes and was surprised to find a comprehensive explanation of wheats history. It only galvanized my resolve to never eat it again. The recipes are great, many offer good substitutes for our familiar wheat products if you so need to go there. It’s a good book for those who are still addicted to wheat and need to find a replacement while adjusting their diet. The withdrawal can actually be quite unpleasant, to mitigate the effects follow Dr. William Davis’ recipes for the L.reuteri yogurts in the Supergut book. It will change your life. It changed mine.

This cook book gives a summary of the wheat belly book. It has recipes for all meals of the day and testimonies of people who have lost weight and a fast variety of health issues. I found them very encouraging especially in the beginning when I did not have much energy, to keep going. It is American and some recipe names, utenils and ingredients I have had to google as I did not know what they were. I purchased some meassuring cups as the recipes are all done in cups. This was new to me but I now find it much easier than using scales in fact my scales are collecting dust in a cupboard. I am not sure if this book is good for a complete novice but having said that the recipes are very easy to follow and am using recipes and adapting them easily and successfully. I found it tricky to get my head round using alternatives to wheat flower but once you start it is far less complicated than when you first read the recipe. There are some pictures in the book but if you are looking for a glossy cookery book this is not for you. If however you want to loose weight, have health isues and or have food intollerances in your family this is a great book! I lost 12 kg in under a month and still loosing between 1-3 kg per week. ( I did not start out to loose weight but it was a very welcome bonus!) My sweet tooth has disappeared which makes it the easiest diet to stick to as I have never been able to stick to diets thinking I had no will power, now I know differently! I gained enough energy and more to match my 3 pre-schoolers and many other health and life styleimprovements. In fact last week when I took my brood to the park they asked me if we could go home yet! Cannot recommend this book enough!

Aus persönlichen als auch beruflichen Gründen beschäftige ich mich seit langer Zeit mit Ernährung und dachte, dass ich mich eigentlich sehr bewusst ernähre. Dennoch bekam ich mein Bauchfett nicht weg, egal, ob ich mich im Sommer vorallem von smoothies und Salaten ernährte ('raw food') oder den Zucker wegliess (dabei aber kräftig Vollkornprodukte gegessen habe!). Alles half ein wenig, aber das Bauchfett und auch Schmerzen im Körper sowie chronische Müdigkeit blieben. Nach dem Lesen dieses Buches habe ich mich dem Selbstexperiment unterzogen und mich strikt an die Vorschläge des Autors gehalten, und siehe da: nach zwei Wochen musste ich ein neues Loch in meinen Gürtel machen! :) Ich habe keine Schmerzen mehr im Körper, habe sehr viel mehr Energie und schlafe tiefer. Die Rezepte aus seinem Rezeptebuch machen Spass nachzukochen und zu backen. Ich habe mit grossem Erfolg einen lunch für einen workshop zubereitet, inklusive Key Lime Pie, Thai noodle salad und tuna wraps - und siehe da, niemand hatte nach dem Mittagessen ein Tief und alle waren begeistert! Weitere Rezepte findet man übrigens auf einschlägigen Paleo-Webseiten wie z.B. [...] (allerdings in Englisch) oder dem blogspot von Golubka. Als Caveat möchte ich sagen, dass sich der Autor sehr oft wiederholt, was es oft etwas anstrengend machte, das Buch Seite für Seite zu lesen. Der ausführliche medische Teil ist für viele Leser wahrscheinlich eher uninteressant und überzeugt dabei das wissenschaftliche Publikum eher nicht, da hier mangelnde Beweisführung vorliegt. Im Kochbuch steht im Prinzip die ganze Theorie noch einmal zusammengafsst, weswegen ich dieses Kochbuch dem eigentlich Buch 'Weizen Wampe' bzw 'Wheat Belly' vorziehe. Fazit: Ich rate jedem Zweifler an, die Vorschläge einfach mal für eine Weile umzusetzen und zu schauen, ob man sich dadurch besser fühlt!

Fantastic book the world should be using this cookbook like an eating for health Bible. Never felt so healthy all my pain has left my body...at last feeling normal and alive.