Living Wheat-Free For Dummies Paperback - 2014 - 1st Edition

From the rear cover

Learn to:

• Grasp the harmful effects of wheat and other grains
• Eliminate wheat from your diet
• Prepare 40+ easy and delicious grain-free recipes
• Dine out the wheat- and grain-free way

Your guide to eliminating wheat, losing weight, and feeling better

Wheat and other grains are major contributors to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and many other other conditions. Eliminating grains is your key to health and longevity. This definitive guide to going wheat-free will give you the goods on this healthy lifestyle, including recipes for great wheat-free meals and tips to maintain healthy wheat-free ways.

• Get started with wheat-free living -- discover how wheat and its nutritional value have changed through the decades and what effect those changes have on your health
• Make wheat-free your dietary foundation -- discover how to stock your kitchen with wheat-free products, plus find out how the wheat-free lifestyle fits with other diets
• Try easy wheat-free recipes -- dig into healthy wheat-free meals, starting with breakfast and working all the way through snacks to fast and simple dinners
• Embrace the wheat-free lifestyle -- figure out how to stay wheat-free when you dine out, while you're traveling, and when you celebrate holidays and special occasions
• Enjoy the benefits -- get the lowdown on the benefits of living wheat-free, along with a list of ten staples of the wheat-free diet

Open the book and find:

• Details on the problem with wheat and its negative effects
• Key differences between wheat and gluten
• Details about the link between sugar and wheat and their effects on the body
• Pointers for ferreting out hidden wheat on food labels
• Alternative recipes for traditional grain dishes
• Exercises to enhance your wheat-free lifestyle
• Ten things that will sabotage your wheat-free ways