The Dr. Oz Show
Airdate: December 3, 2012
Dr. Oz: Are You Addicted To Wheat
- Is wheat addictive and toxic?
- Lose weight and re-gain health with the Wheat Belly Diet
- Help for headaches
- Identify headaches and headache triggers
- Headache solutions
- Get back that youthful glow with recommendations for facial care, under eyes, and hair
Could wheat be making you sick and fat?
Dr. William Davis, author of Wheat Belly,
shares his view of wheat and explains why he thinks no one should eat
it.
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Dr. Oz: Are
You Addicted To Wheat
His controversial
book has been a New York Times best seller for over 6 months. Dr.
William Davis, MD, author of Wheat
Belly, says “Frankenwheat”, the modern wheat we eat
today, is toxic and addictive and it's the biggest reason for
obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, ADHD, and the list goes on
and on.
He's a
controversial cardiologist who believes that the manufactured wheat
we eat today is causing our entire population to be unhealthy. Wheat
Belly calls to all American's to eliminate wheat from the diet –
cold turkey (that's wheat-free!).
Modern wheat is as
addictive as many drugs, explained Dr. Davis, wheat makes you want
eat more wheat-based foods and more sugary foods. He says to
eliminate wheat and you'll see a transformation of health.
Dr.
Davis says that today's wheat is not the same that our parents and
grandparents ate back in the 1940's and 1950's. Modern wheat is a
genetically produced form of the plant that he says is causing a
health crisis in America. Dr. Davis doesn't believe anyone should be
eating modern wheat.
Dr. Oz
has talked about carbohydrate and wheat addition on previous show so
it's not a new topic. Dr. Davis explains that there is a specific
protein in wheat that has the ability to enter the brain and
stimulate a greater desire to eat more wheat products. People who eat
wheat consume 440 more calories per day then people who limit or have
eliminated wheat from their diet.
What
about whole wheat products? Dr. Oz has often encouraged people to
choose whole grain products over white-flour based for better
nutrition and now Dr. Davis is saying that's not a better choice in
actuality. Why is the whole grain recommendation flawed?
Dr.
Davis explained there's a flawed logic in nutrition that says
replacing white flour with a whole grain will be a better choice.
Whole grain bread certainly has more nutritional value over white
bread, he conceded, but whole grains will still cause the long list
of health complaints.
Take
that same flawed nutrition logic and apply it to smoking tobacco. A
cigarette without filter is considered unhealthy so does smoking
cigarette with a filter mean that it's better?
There
is a small portion of the population who are severely allergic to
gluten, that's about 1%. The other 99% of the population that eats
gluten and wheat foods are damaging their health. Dr. Davis said not
to replace gluten and wheat products with gluten-free
carbohydrate-based foods, it's best to eliminate wheat and gluten
from the diet altogether.
Wheat
is the sole reason why American's are facing such an obesity crisis,
said Dr. Daivs. No other food causes the brain stimulation that wheat
food do. To explain, Dr. Oz has a demonstration.
Two
tubes were set up to represent the body and how the body converts
food into energy. Consume a non-gluten food and you create energy.
Insulin levels will likely rise a little but the body can handle that
small amount and process that spike at a reasonable rate.
Consuming
a wheat-based food into the body causes insulin levels to go sky high
which in turn creates more fat yet there is little to no energy
produced. The fat that's packed on because of consuming wehat leads
to joint pain, fatigue,and heart health issues.
Wheat Belly
proposes that whole wheat spikes blood sugar levels higher than a
candy bar. Dr. Oz's medical unit put this idea to the test and looked
at blood sugar levels of five women over two days. On day one, the
women ate whole wheat bread and on day two they ate candy bars. On
each day, their blood sugar levels were tested before and after
eating.
Three
out of the five women had a higher blood sugar spike when they ate
the bread than when they ate the candy bar. Natasha, who took part in
the test, saw a bread blood sugar spike that was twice as high as her
candy bar blood level spike. Natasha shocked with her results as she
was always told that whole wheat was the healthy option.
If
three women had big spikes after eating wheat, what about the other
two? The other two women had nearly the same blood sugar levels for
both the bread and the candy bar. It's hard to tell
Dr. Davis argues in his book that
people can lose as much as 15 pounds in only 30 days by eliminating
wheat from the diet and he says it's easy to do.
Dr. Oz: Who Should Try The Wheat
Belly Diet?
For people who are interested in losing
15 pounds in 30 days as well as supporting overall health, who is the
wheat belly diet right for? Dr. Davis says everyone who breathes can
benefit from eliminating wheat from their diet.
Dr. Oz showed several testimonials that
Dr. Davis has received from women who have lost 50 pounds, 75 pounds,
and even as much as 150 pounds simply by eliminating wheat from their
diets. The wheat belly diet causes people to eat less and they can
expect to reduce their calorie intake by about 440 calories every day
simply by eliminating wheat.
Dr. Oz: Wheat Belly Diet Step 1 - Go
Cold Turkey
Wheat is found in obvious sources such
as bread, rolls, pasta, cookies but wheat can also be found in
licorice, chewing gum, and tomato soup. Know all the sources of wheat
so that they can be eliminated from the diet.
Dr. Oz: Wheat Belly Diet Step 2 -
Add In Real Foods
Dr. Davis' plan allows for real food to
be added back into the diet. Nuts, seeds, olive oil, dairy, and
vegetables can all be eaten at every meal to create a satisfying and
nutritious meal. Keep legumes and fruit to a limited amount as they
both may create spikes to blood sugar levels.
Dr. Oz: Wheat Belly Diet Step 3 –
Use Wheat Replacements
On the Wheat Belly Diet, you can have
cookies and muffins that are made from healthy grains such as almond
flour and coconut flour. For pasta, Dr. Davis recommends tofu-based
noodles or use a spaghetti squash instead of wheat-based pasta.
Grains such as millet, sorghum, and bulgar can be used in limited
amounts to keep blood sugar spikes to a minimum.
Dr. Oz: Wheat Belly Meals
and Recipes
Dr. Davis says you can create any dish
with non-wheat ingredients. On the Wheat Belly Diet, you can still
have pancakes, pizza, “breaded” chicken, and even brownies. Dr.
Oz tried the pizza and chicken and said they tasted great.
Click the links below for Wheat Belly
recipes from DoctorOz.com:
Dr. Oz: Help For Headaches
It's one of the most common health
complaints: headaches. People who suffer from frequent and severe
headaches know the deliberating pain that headaches cause. Science
tells us that these severe headaches may also be starving the brain
of oxygen and may cause damage to the brain over time.
Dr. Oz says it's important to know your
headache type to help determine how to help that pain dissipate fast.
Take Dr. Oz's Headache Assessment to help figure out what type of
headache you may experience most often then check out the suggestions
to lessen the triggers as well as the pain.
Dr. Oz's Headache Quiz
Dr. Oz Headache Question #1: Where
does your headache occur most often?
A. Forehead, neck and back of head
B. On one side of the head
C. Behind one eye or one side of the
face
Dr. Oz Headache Question #2: Which
best describes your headache pain?
A. Consistent
tightening around the entire head
B. Throbbing pain
C. Intense pain
Dr. Oz Headache Question #3: How
long do your headaches typically last?
A. 2-6 hours
B. Up to 3 days
C. 30 minutes to an hour
Dr. Oz Headache Quiz Score
If answers are mostly A's that's an
indication that headaches are mostly tension.
If answers are mostly B's then
migraines are most likely the culprit.
If answers are mostly C's then cluster
headaches are to blame.
It's possible to have a variety of
types of headaches, look for predominate answer pattern.
Dr. Oz: Headache Triggers
Dr.
Audrey Halpern, MD, neurologist and headache expert, says that
most people make the mistake of treating all headaches the same.
Dr. Oz Triggers and Solutions for
Tension Headache
Tension headaches are often on both
sides of the head, the forehead, and sometimes on the shoulders.
These headaches effect women on a large scale, with over 88% of women
reporting experiencing a tension headache. Muscles effected by
tension headaches can spasm and tense up when the tension strikes.
Physical and emotional pressures are often the triggers for tension
headaches.
Dr. Halpern says that acetaminophen
doesn't really help reduce the pain of a tension headache. Instead,
she recommends a prescription for naproxen at 300-500mg,
over-the-counter ibuprofen in liquid gel form for faster action in
200-400mg, and/or rub peppermint oil into the temples.
Dr. Oz Triggers and Solutions for
Migraine Headache
Migraines can be on one side the face
above the eye or near the temple. Light and noise are triggers and
certainly irritants for migraines. Migraines often cause completely
disability.
Dr. Oz recommended a way to distinguish
between a tension headache and a migraine. Place
fingers on the temples and rub while
pressing into the temple, if this makes headache better then it's a
tension headache and not a migraine.
Most migraines are sensitive to
variations in routine of sleep and meals. Aged cheese and fermented
foods can trigger migraines.
Dr. Halpern recommended
over-the-counter medications with caffeine to reduce the pain of a
migraine however taking caffeine-based pain relievers too frequently
can also make migraines even worse. The pharmaceutical triptans can
help reduce migraines and so can magnesium at 500mg. Dr. Halpern also
recommends drinking valerian root tea to reduce anxiety that can be
associated with a migraine.
Dr. Oz Triggers and Solutions for
Cluster Headache
Cluster headaches while the least
common type of these headaches they are the most severe. Cluster
headaches are typically on one side of the head in and behind the eye
and may also be combined with red eyes, tearing of the eyes, and a
runny nose.
Cluster headaches are typically short
lived, lasting only 30-60 minutes then go away but recur nightly
and/or seasonably. Dr. Oz explained that a cluster headache comes
with a fast and expanding pain that can cause one eye to droop and
discharge to be released from the eyes and nose.
Coming on most often in a decipherable
cycle, people who suffer from cluster headaches should avoid alcohol
during a cluster cycle.
Dr. Halpern recommend the
pharmaceutical triptans, as well as a capsaicin nasal spray which can
be very quick acting.
Dr. Oz: Bring Back A Youthful
Glow
Molly Nover-Baker, Beauty Director for
Women's Health magazine, said in our 30's the creation of
reproductive hormones slow and as a result the skin dulls, thins, and
dark circles develop. Yay!
Dr. Oz Skin Brightener: Lactic
Acid
To remove the layer of dead skin cells
that lead to an appearance of dull skin, it's important to exfoliate
and Ms. Nover-Baker recommends using lactic acid which is very gentle
on the skin and found in many over-the-counter products for under
$40. [One brand shown on the show was Philosophy.] Look for a product
that contains 4-10% lactic acid and use up to twice daily.
Products that contain lactic acid will
make the skin more sensitive to light so they should be used at night
or during the day in combination with a good sun screen. Results may
be visible in one to two weeks.
Dr. Oz Eye Brightener: Vitamin
K
Vitamin K is great for reducing the
appearance of dark under eye circles, explained Ms. Nover-Baker,
because it helps to remove blood that may be pooling in the area.
Vitamin K flushes out the stagnate blood and supports circulation.
Ms. Nover-Baker showed a Burt's Bees as
just one example and stated that the online stores Sephora or Ulta
also have a selection of Vitamin K-based under eye creams. Vitamin K
creams may also be found combined with caffeine which can stimulate
the breakdown of pooled blood cells or combined with retinol which
can stimulate skin cell turnover.
Vitamin K-based products can also leave
the skin sensitive to the sun so, again, should be used at night or
during the day in combination with a good sun screen. Apply one to
two drops, pea sized, and begin at the inner corner of the eye gently
padding the cream into the skin.
Under the eyes is one area of the
lymphatic drainage system and the padding motion helps to push out
accumulated toxins that may be leading to the pooling and
discoloration.
Foods high in Vitamin K are another
great way to support a reduction in the appearance of dark circles.
Dr. Oz recommended Brussels sprouts and prunes.
Dr. Oz Hair Brightener: Baking
Soda
Hair products and high heat tools are
robbing hair of its natural shine. Product build-up can take away the
natural shine of hair and heat tools can burn the hair. Add to that
list harsh weather too such as dust, wind, water, and changes in
temperature and humidity and it's no surprise that hair loses its
shine.
Ms. Nover-Baker recommended mixing 1
tablespoon of baking soda with 2 tablespoons of your normal shampoo
and apply normally. Use this mixture once a month to remove product
buildup and increase shine. Baking soda is all natural and will not
harm the hair or the hair color.
For daily cleansing of the hair, Ms.
Nover-Baker recommends getting shampoo and condition that is clear
and transparent. A product that is milky in color and creamy contains
heavy conditioners that can build up quickly.
Stay away from shampoos that create a
tremendous lather which is a chemical detergent that can further harm
the hair.
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