Wheat Belly. William MD Davis

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      Wheat belly is not just a cosmetic issue, but a phenomenon with real health consequences. In addition to producing inflammatory hormones such as leptin, visceral fat is also a factory for oestrogen production in both sexes, the very same oestrogen that confers female characteristics on girls beginning at puberty, such as widening of the hips and growth of the breasts.

      Until the menopause, adult females have high levels of oestrogen. Surplus oestrogen, however, produced by visceral fat adds considerably to breast cancer risk, since oestrogen at high levels stimulates breast tissue.¹¹ Thus, increased visceral fat on a female has been associated with an increased risk for breast cancer as high as fourfold. Breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women with the visceral fat of a wheat belly is double that of slender, non-wheat-belly-bearing postmenopausal females.¹²