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Diets high in grains can lead to a host of health problems such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, fatigue, and more. Going Against the Grain outlines the disadvantages and potential dangers of eating various types of grains and provides practical, realistic advice on implementing a plan to cut back or eliminate grains on a daily basis. This book also includes easy-to-follow grain-free recipes and helpful suggestions for dining out.
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Praise for Going Against the Grain:
"Melissa Diane Smith has courageously and accurately tackled what has emerged as America's primary food-related health problem: disease and obesity attributable to the regular consumption of high-calorie, nutrient-poor, immune-disruptive grains." Kenneth D. Fine, M.D., gluten sensitivity researcher and director of The Intestinal Health Institute, Dallas
"An intriguing book loaded with practical nutrition advice that you won't want to stop reading." Annemaria Ballin, Ph.D., founder and director of education, American Academy of Nutrition
In a society where wheat is a daily staple and the heart of the continent is endearingly called "the bread basket," it seems almost sacrilegious to promote the benefits of a low- to no-grain diet. But in Going Against the Grain, nutritionist Melissa Diane Smith challenges conventional dietary wisdom--that grains should be the centerpiece of your diet--and explains why reducing or removing grains is the secret to successful long-term weight control and good health.
Backed up by scientific research, professional experience, and her own health journey, Smith explains the surprising connection between a grain-rich diet and so many of the health problems plaguing us today, including obesity, heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, fatigue, and digestive disorders. In these pages, nutrition expert Smith reveals:
- Why "health" foods aren't always healthy
- How to find tasty snack substitutes in a no-grain diet
- How eating "lite" can actually lead to weight gain
- How cutting back on grains can lower your risk for disease
Smith provides original menu plans and eating-out suggestions, so, with minimum effort and hassle, you too can go against the grain!
Grain gluttony and grain-o-mania have overtaken our nation. Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars
I'm looking for answers and this book helped me,
By A Customer
This review is from: Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health (Paperback)
It does take courage to write a book telling people to stop eating foods that they have eaten, and yes, trusted, all their lives. I have IBS (30 years) and most recently food sensitivities (6 years) which have made my life sheer misery. I have gone many places (outside of traditional medicine of course) to look for answers, and this book is my latest stop. I was very interested to hear about the way wheat affects some people and compare it to my own experience, having given it up 2 years ago. I wanted to know why several good (and unexpected) things happened and here I found answers/hypotheses.Melissa really needed to have a good editor look at this book before she published it as the writing style is uneven and sometimes amateurish-sounding, never a good thing in a "scientific" publication. I do appreciate her effort, her willingness to share her experience, and, as I said before, her nerve--- it's not easy to come out against something as popular as wheat.
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Going Against the Grain by Melissa Diane Smith,
By Dr. Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca ... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health (Paperback)
This is an excellent supplement for your personal health library.The author discusses classic allergy components of wheat, gliadins, glutenins, albumins and globulins. Surprisingly, oats are deemed to be safe for celiacs. Scientists believe that gluten doesn't distill soy which is considered a hidden derivative. Soy-based veggie burgers and meat substitutes are said to contain gluten. The wheat free diet consists of Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes, Omega-3 Muesli, Quinoa Flakes, Trader Joe's Gluten - Free Waffles and Lundberg's Organic brown rice pasta. The author provides a sample grain-free breakfast consisting of eggs, fruit, spinach, onion omelet, strawberries, grilled fish taco etc. In some patients, autoimmune disease is aggravated by an increase in Lectins which disturbs gut permeability thereby causing bacterial overgrowth and the classic leaky gut syndrome. The author provides a scientific discussion to show how the immune system actually attacks itself and how patients can deal with this phenomenom. The book is very valuable if you have a medical history which is adverse to gluten products. This book will be valuable if you have a history of Crohns
5.0 out of 5 stars
This Book Has Changed My Life,
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This review is from: Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health (Paperback)
I decided to stop eating "bread stuff" as a new year resolution (2004) because I had a number of friends that were losing weight on the Atkin's Diet. I did not want to go on a "diet" but I wanted to do something. In making this decision I needed to read more about my eating which led me to Dr Mercola's site and his book. I used the EFT (emofree.com)meridian tapping techniques to help with any of the cravings that I may have had come up while doing this.Reading the reviews on his book led me to this book "Going Against The Grain". So here I am and writing my first review. I received this book 2 weeks after I stopped eating bread/stuff. This book is precise and informative. It may be a bit dry...no big hype or products being sold, but well worth the read. I did have to process out, at times, the idea that I have been eating something all my life that wasn't meant for my body. ( My personal viewpoint) Within 5 days of not eating wheat (bread,pasta,cakes,muffins cookies etc)my craving for sugar lessened by 90%. I was amazed at how easy this was for me. My energy level went up and I just knew that something had changed. This book explained to me precisely what was happening in my body when I ate these grain foods. That alone gave me much self-empowerment and validation for my action to stop comsuming grains and increasing my vegetable intake. I also saw the pattern in my life from the way I ate that took away from my over-all health. I am not a dieting type person. I like eating pasta...my heritage is Italian. I have since lost weight easily and quickly as she mentions happened to clients in her book. I even get excited about eating veges !!! And I have lost great interest in these other foods. Never thought I could do this, but I have and I am truly grateful for having read this book. It should be on the shelf with the cookbooks in every home. On an aside. I am 2 1/2 months in my new lifestlye. I have eaten some sugar in the form of icecream, and chocolate. I am able to bypass the wheat foods easily and without longing. I have eaten one hamburg on a bun, and a small slice of cake. I have no more interest in potatoes and rice. And if someone told me 6 months ago that this would be me within a year I would have said NO WAY. I'd never have the discipline. Thank you Melissa Smith
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