Sourced from: Infinite Health Blog, by Dr. Davis,
originally posted on the Wheat Belly Blog: 2012-08-04
Size 12 down
to size 4, 7.75 inches off the waist, and goodbye diabetes!
Those of you who have been following these
conversations over the past several months have noticed that many
people with diabetes and pre-diabetes are experiencing marked
reductions in waist size and, with it, reductions in blood sugar
and hemoglobin A1c, HbA1c, the value that reflects blood sugar
fluctuations over the preceding 2-3 months.
In other words, people are becoming less
diabetic and pre-diabetic, many to the point of being non-diabetic
and non-pre-diabetic!
Patty posted this comment about her escape
from diabetes to non-diabetes:
I was diagnosed as prediabetic
4 years ago.
I was put on glucophage and sent to a
nutritionist. I subsequently followed the diabetic diet.
My weight increased as did my waistline and, lo and behold, I
was advised that I was diabetic and the glucophage was increased.
Back in November, my HbA1C was 8.7%.
I began decreasing the carbs in my diet and by February my
HbA1C was 7.0%.
[Note: HbA1c of 5.7% or greater is in
the pre-diabetic range; 6.5% or greater diabetic. Ideal HbA1c,
I would argue, is 5.0%, though 5.3% essentially erases all the
long-term adverse consequences of high blood sugar and glycation.]
I then found your Wheat Belly
diet book. The bagel pics intrigued me since I have always had
problems “digesting” bagels. I have been following
your Wheat Belly diet since March. I just got my
bloodwork back and my HbA1C is now 5.7%. I have lost 7.75 inches
off my waistline (my pants went from size 12 tightly to size 4).
I am thrilled and convinced this Wheat
Free Adventure is a permanent way of life for me. I can’t
thank you enough for your insight and willingness to expose all the
falsehoods we are being taught in diabetes classes at the hands of
the diabetic drug makers.
A drop in HbA1c from 8.7% to 5.7% is HUGE.
And nearly 8 inches in waist size?! Given the magnitude of drop,
Patty is likely to watch this value plummet even farther just by
staying the course, as HbA1c tends to move slowly, given its
“moving average” nature. The reversal of insulin
resistance and diabetes is compounded by the dramatic reduction
in visceral fat and the elimination of inflammation-provoking
gliadin and wheat germ agglutinin. The longer she does it, the
better it gets.
Patty learned on her own that
1) the American Diabetes Association diet
sustains or worsens diabetes, and
2) increases the need for medication.
It is not uncommon, by the way, with complex diabetic regimens,
to require $1000+ per month in medications to control blood
sugar adhering to a diet that provides a continual flow of
blood sugar- and inflammation-causing foods like wheat.
I regard the advice to eat plenty of carbohydrates and
lots of “healthy whole grains” in diabetics as
among the biggest and most inexcusable nutritional crimes of the century.
Patty discovered that, in the world of
modern high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat,
2 + 2 = 11. In other words,
just removing the carbohydrate burden of “healthy whole
grains” doesn’t seem to account for the full
magnitude of health benefits experienced: the whole is
greater than the sum of the parts.
Lose the wheat, lose the diabetes. And,
to further stack the odds in your favor, lose the carbohydrates.
