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Originally posted by Dr. Davis on 2015-05-14 on the Wheat Belly Blog, sourced from and currently found at: Infinite Health Blog. PCM forum Index of WB Blog articles.
Marcie shared her photos and experience living the Wheat Belly lifestyle:
“January, 2015 I started the wheat-free lifestyle, and now I am down over 50 lbs. I have lost weight every week. I am also free of fatigue and insomnia that I have had for quite some time. The energy I have now is the best part of my new lifestyle.”
Insomnia is an interesting wheat-related phenomenon. Despite being a very common observation, frequently reversed with wheat elimination, we don’t have any hard science to explain why this occurs so consistently. I suspect that it is related to either a peculiar effect of gliadin-derived opiates and/or part of the endocrine disruption of wheat and grains. We know, for instance, that the A5 pentapeptide fragment from partial digestion of the gliadin protein of wheat stimulates the pituitary to release prolactin–pro + lactation = stimulating growth of breast tissue in both men and women, resulting in man breasts and increased breast cancer risk in women. Could the insomnia effect be due to some distortion or blockade of melatonin, the pineal gland hormone of circadian rhythmicity?
We’re limiting to speculation on the why of it, but experiences like Marcie’s are the rule around this neighborhood: slender, energetic, and sleeping again, all part of removing the incredible health-disrupting effects of modern wheat and grains.