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Introduction The Wheat-Free Lifestyle in 30 Minutes (or Less!)
What can you accomplish in 30 minutes or less? In todayâs electronically connected world, you could publish a few comments on Facebook or post a few Tweets. Or you could walk on your treadmill for a little exercise, vacuum a couple of rooms or read another chapter in a novel. You could light some candles, darken the lights, grab your spouse . . . okay, enough of that!
Or you could take action that helps you and your family make a huge leap towards better health and prepare a meal that frees all of you from the appetite-stimulating, health-impairing, visceral fat-accumulating effects of modern wheat, enjoying quick and delicious meals that satisfy everyone weaned from the breast on up!
Since the original Wheat Belly was published in August 2011, followed by the Wheat Belly Cookbook, an international movement has been launched, a dietary revolution now embraced by millions of people who are eager to regain control over appetite, weight and health. We certainly cannot credit my charm, wit or good looks â itâs the power of the message and the wonderful stories of success that pour in day after day, month after month, that have catapulted this message into the spotlight.
Weâve witnessed what happens to people who take the brave leap and do the opposite of what conventional advice tells us: weight and health are transformed. A long list of health conditions diminish or disappear. Most typically, people experience relief from acid reflux, bowel urgency, joint pain and mental âfogâ. Many diabetics become non-diabetic. People suffering for years with the pain and deformity of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions experience markedly reduced symptoms, or even outright cure. Depression lifts in many, while anxiety and paranoia disappear in others. The food obsessions of bulimia and binge eating disorder can dissipate within days. And, of course, pounds of fat, mostly from the inflammatory visceral fat of the abdomen, the infamous âwheat bellyâ, shrink sufficiently to allow you to dust off the âskinny jeansâ you saved in the back of the closet or comfortably wear the several-sizes-smaller dress or trousers from 20 years earlier.
We choose to liberate ourselves from all things wheat, while also rejecting the processed gluten-free foods made with junk carbohydrate ingredients (cornflour, rice flour, potato flour, tapioca flour), as well as processed foods (which nearly all contain wheat).
Though we can relearn many important dietary lessons by simply recalling many of the habits of our grandparents or great-grandparents, most of us have no desire to return to the 2, 3, 4 or more hours of preparation that were often required to prepare a full meal in their day. Thus, the quick, 30-minute or less, wheat-free effort youâre now holding in your hands.
âGiving Up Wheat and Junk Carbs Is Too Hard!â
Or I might hear that it is too time-consuming, or too inconvenient, or involves too many hard-to-find ingredients.