Život bez pšenice – Davis William R. (2013)

Did you know that after eating two slices of wheat bread, your blood sugar rises more than after two tablespoons of pure sugar? Since the introduction of dietary guidelines in the 1970s, which called for a reduction in fat intake, we have witnessed a strange phenomenon: Americans have been continuously gaining weight, suffering, and have an even greater tendency towards diabetes than before. Cardiologist William Davis decided to take a risk and prescribed a wheat-free regimen to more than two thousand of his patients. When he saw the extraordinary results, he came to a disturbing conclusion: It’s not fat, it’s not sugar, nor our comfortable lifestyle that is causing the obesity epidemic across America – it’s wheat. In his book 'Wheat Belly', the author reveals the truth about modern wheat and discusses its historical role in the human diet. It is no longer the substantial staple food that our ancestors grew for their daily bread; today’s wheat has been genetically altered to provide the highest yields for food manufacturers at the lowest costs. Once a harmless grain, it has transformed into a nutritionally depleted, yet omnipresent ingredient that raises blood sugar even more drastically than regular table sugar and creates addiction, as if…