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2 Common Foods in Your Diet That May beMaking You Gain Weight and Get Sick
 
by 
Mike Geary
 
 , Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist 
 
Of course, you've probably heard a million times now howbadtrans fatsand high fructose corn syrup are for your health...so I'm not going to give you that same old story.Instead, we need to look at a couple common foods that areprobably in your diet in large quantities and may be causingmajor problems such as weight gain, headaches, sicknesses,indigestion, etc, etc... and those possible culprits are: Wheat andDairyDon't worry, I'm not going to tell you that both of these staplesneed to be eliminated permanently from your diet... but read onto see an interesting test that may help you a great deal...In all of my years of personal training and nutrition counseling, if I had to choose a couple VERY simple dietary changes that havemade the biggest difference for my clients in allowing them toFINALLY see
fat loss
results (and other health problems solved),it would be this following test:
1.
Test removing all wheat products from your diet for 2 entireweeks, and take notice of how you feel, look, and your bodycomposition.
2.
Test removing all dairy from your diet for 2 entire weeks, andtake notice of how you feel, look, and your body composition.The best way to do this is to eliminate them both for 2 fullweeks, and then reintroduce one at a time so that you can
 
determine if one of them or both wheat and dairy are causingnegative health effects for you.
Wheat and dairy are easily 2 of the biggest intolerances that alarge percentage of the population has
.Now this doesn't mean that I'm saying you have to entirelyeliminate wheat and dairy for the rest of your life, but what I amsaying is that this is an important test to do for about 2 weeks togauge if you see some dramatic changes in your body fatpercentage, how you look and feel overall, your energy levels,and other health issues.If you do the 2-week elimination of wheat and dairy and don'tfeel that it helped you at all or made you feel better, than youcan probably do ok on moderate amounts of each.Most people do not realize this, but a large percentage of thepopulation has at least some degree of intolerance to the glutenin wheat and several other grains. The biggest offender is wheatthough, as it's in such a large percentage of the average westerndiet... from breads, to pastas, to bagels, to cakes, wraps, cereals,etc, etc.Most people don't have the extent of intolerance that a celiachas, but most people feel much better, improve all sorts of health problems, and also lose fat faster when they eliminatewheat from their diet.In fact, I just had a client last week tell me that when sheeliminated wheat from her diet,
her chronic headachesdisappeared
almost instantly... these are headaches she's beenhaving for years, and after eliminating wheat from her diet, theyare gone (along with some body fat that she lost too!).
 
What about me? Do I still eat wheat?Well, what I do is try to only eat wheat on cheat days, whichmany times means when I'm out at restaurants or at parties,barbeques, etc. Since wheat is so integral in the typical westerndiet, it's almost impossible to avoid when eating out or at otherpeople's houses.But I have virtually ZERO wheat products in my own houseusually.
Anything is simple to avoid at least 90% of the time,when it doesn't even exist in your cabinets!
 Now with as anti-wheat as I am, I'm actually a big fan of dairy...However, ONLY if the dairy is raw milk or raw cheese and fromgrass-fed cows. Did you know that many people who "think"they are lactose intolerant actually can drink raw milk without aproblem? This is because the live enzymes and friendly bacteriain raw milk aid in the digestion of the lactose and the proteins inmilk. These enzymes and friendly bacteria are destroyed inpasteurized milk, which makes it more difficult to digest formany people.If I can't get raw dairy, I choose to go dairy-free (with theexception of small amounts of yogurt). That's because I feel thatthe pasteurized, homogenized milk products are not suitable forlong term consumption (but that's another story for anotherday).btw, you can always search to see if raw milk co-ops or farms areavailable in your area on RealMilk.com. You'd be surprised athow many co-ops are available that deliver from rural areas tourban areas. It's important to make sure that the farm isreputable and certified (in some states) to produce raw milk.Most raw milk farms are the cleanest operations in the entiredairy industry.
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