Unlike the stuff your parents ate 40 years ago, modern wheat is genetically manipulated to contain gliaden, a protein that triggers your appetite and makes you overeat an extra 400 calories a day. Eliminating wheat—yes, that means even saintly whole wheat—from your diet won't just help you slim down but also save you from a bunch of other health issues, including intestinal disease, acid reflux, indigestion, brain fog, obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, allergies, high blood sugar, and elevated cholesterol levels. Source: Mira and Jayson Carlton, Ph.D., authors of the new book Rich Food, Poor Food
