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experiment and try it. that's also data you can use. it's difficult for me to take any assertions at face value. and for years now i've always found it strange that eating wheat didn't make me feel good, and would be contrary to all the claims being made.
being asian, i now eat 2-3 oz of brown rice each night to balance out my meals as an alternative to white rice varieties. now i'm considering replacing that with oatmeal instead, or to cut rice out entirely. what i've found overall is that by reducing my sugar level, i run further, feel stronger, and think more clearly. the trick is how to do it on a daily basis as many meals require staples like [brown] rice.
anyways, i think at the very least, it's good to moderate and reduce the level of wheatstuff and let the evidence [or lack thereof] speak for itself. one doesn't have to rely on studies per se; it's easy to prove/disprove yourself.
Wait a minute... this researcher is lacking common sense; everything he mentions (normal varieties of pasta aside) is also loaded with estrace (soya) that converts to Estradiol-B.
Looks to me like the results he lists are accurate but in line with a four week cessation of the practice of self administering female steroids to oneself repeatedly throughout the day and have nothing whatsoever to do with wheat consumption.
To prove it's the wheat would require a double blind study where wheat is discontinued but this supplement is added to replace the missing estrace:
http://www.novonordisk.co.nz/media/NZ_HRT_ConsumerDataSheet/EstrofemCMI_12_02.pdf
(a phytoestrogen [isoflavone is not descriptive] supplement that relies on conversion to Estradiol-B for it's efficacy).
If apple juice came fortified with Dianabol this scientist could leverage the same experiment to attribute it's anabolic properties to the apple juice instead; that's not science.
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Thousands of years isn't actually all that long in the course of human evolution. There's lots of evidence that the starchy foods we started eating around that time haven't done us much good.
If you found out you were allergic to wheat, you would find a way to make it work for the sake of your health. I've been gluten-free for 10 years. Yes, it's a huge adjustment at first, but it certainly can be done.
When it comes to heart disease, I'm curious as to whether he has evidence that the effect comes from the wheat itself or whether it could be the general carb reduction which would usually result from cutting out wheat.
I did. I eliminated all wheat of my diet. -that was more than a year ago. Unlike Dr. Davis' advise I did it gradually, though, and it wasn't the result of an intentioned exclusion of wheat, I just was trying to adjust my diet to my energetic requirements after I had to stop running for a while. First, I gave up eating pasta. Some time later, I stop buying the bread I used to eat with all my meals (some sort of French/Italian-like so claimed "whole"-grain bread bars). I still kept eating home-made baked bread to accompany with my breakfast. Eventually, gave up making this bread once I cut down regular physical activity.
Since then I haven't feel the urge to eat any wheat-derived food anymore, so I tend to believe Dr. Davis saying wheat may be in some extent addictive. I also gave up rice, and cut legumes drastically (I used to eat them on a daily bases for more than 15 years). Now I don't eat any cereals, potatoes while I've been avoiding the salt in my meals for almost 20 years, I don't add it and I don't buy and don't eat anything with added salt, that easy. I don't cook with oil, butter or yard and don't eat meat either. Instead, I often eat some dairy products (natural skimmed yoghourt), ground flaxseeds, row or steamed vegetables, some fruit (mostly apples and occasionally pineapple, although I used to eat more fruit before, grapes, oranges) and occasionally eat fish, seafood and some nuts. I only indulge in adding some fructose to my daily one or a couple of teas.
With for some such drastic diet you can imagine I don't suffer from insulin-resistance, diabetes, nor I have cardiovascular or obesity problems. My BMI has been about 20 for years or even a little lower, My blood pressure most times lower than 100/60 (and I am a male), and my basal heart rate between 30 and 40 bpm, even though I've never been a professional athlete, nor even close. The main physical exercise I usually do is an hour daily walk, occasional longer walks of up to 3-4 hours. I used to run 2-3 times a week, but in the last years I've cut it down despite my desires. Even so, I didn't get on weight, and I didn't lose much physical capacity (I can still run 5K in 20 minutes without previous training).
Your diet is just amazing :)
how did you do it? and how long did it take?
Im trying to eat completely healthy but there is so much processed and food with wheat out there..
Your life story of your eating habits is very inspiring :)
i hope you can share some tips on how to eat healthy and staying eating healthy all the time