Some research done recently shows that wheat has a HUGE impact on how our bodies store fat - particularly around the belly area which is where most of 'today's people' store fat. In fact they call it wheat belly now.
I've always thought but what about how in the bible it talks about wheat for man - well let's just say that we are not talking about the same wheat.
Wheat has changed significantly since biblical times.
In fact in the last 50 years wheat has changed so much thanks to the geneticists and others that (with good intentions) have genetically modified the wheat in order to make it produce more - most likely with the good intentions of feeding the world and alleviating hunger throughout the world. And also of course for the money... but that's another story.
I've just bought the book Wheat Belly by Dr William Davis (a preventative cardiologist - check his blog in the link) and will be sharing some knowledge from what I get out of the book and how we as a family have tried to implement it in future posts so keep an eye out for them.
This particular idea to start with of not having breads, has been a bit of a journey for our little family. The first question was "so what will the kids take to school for lunches if they aren't going to have bread?" In truth this issue hasn't been fully solved as they still sometimes take sandwiches to school because it is the easiest thing to make (and they can make it themselves!). But as far as usage in our house overall goes we have reduced bread intake by at least 70%.
We have also stopped all pasta and cereals. Our kids are now having fish, steak, chicken, eggs, spinach or whatever else we as parents end up cooking for our breakfasts. They are loving it - our son will eat as much as we do if he could and he sure isn't missing cereals and grains. Our daughter on the other hand has found it a bit harder and still wants cereals and toast in the morning and is addicted to sandwiches for snacks. However, what I have noticed over the last few weeks is that because everyone else is eating something different, she wants to have what we are having now. Perhaps it has gone past the 'tipping point' for her because her brother now eats what we have been eating whereas before he would have what she was eating otherwise it 'wasn't fair'. And for snacks now instead of sandwiches they have fruit or a vegetable after school. We need to keep working on the lunches (and that just means we need to be better at preparing their lunches instead of doing last minute lunches or letting them do their own).
It really just takes some discipline and commitment to make changes and then slowly the changes will happen. It is certainly tough to get past the initial moaning and complaints and so on for the first few weeks but once you learn to be a little more creative with other foods around, it becomes so much easier!
So what's the difference?? No, our kids have not lost huge amounts of weight or 'lost inches off their waist' like all that other stuff you see on TV and of course we don't want them to (we already get in trouble as it is with grandparents for 'not feeding them enough').
But it's not about that - for our kids it is about teaching them what is the best way to eat so that in the future they are keeping themselves healthy and well and won't get into the problems and chronic illnesses that many adults are facing today.
If you are keen - give it a go and try not eating bread for a day.. or a week. Find some veges you like that you could use to eat instead of bread or different meal options. Let us know how you go!
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