I read Jeff's article, if I'm not mistaken, a while back.  They served his father, dying of diabetes and reactive hypoglycemia, orange juice and toast in the hospital, if this is the same author.  The article was gripping, and I'm sure the book will be too!

It looks like we in the US are leaders in lower extremity amputations from diabetes--
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/our-chronic-disease-care-aint-1-ctd/

EFA researcher Brian Peskin in his book "The Hidden Story of Cancer" says it's common practice in chemotherapy treatment centers to give cancer patients cookies, candies, sweets & fruit juices for energy.  But since cancers & systemic fungus operate by glycolysis, the fermentation of sugars, the carbs actually just feed the cancers the massive amounts of sugars they need to grow & proliferate. The level of ignorance in health care & many practitioners is downright criminal.

I too had to find my own way out of pre-diabetes. I still have normal blood sugar and insulin levels after 5 years. It's so sad that conventional wisdom and the ADA won't teach it. But, the ADA gets millions from drug companies, and there's no money curing diabetes with good food...

Hi cancerclasses,
For tumor cells to shift to aerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) the isoform splicing of Pyruvate Kinase M2 has to be activated; this M2 isoform is what we normally use during embryonic development and influences how body's glucose directs downstream pyruvate to go. As adults we have the M1 pyruvate kinase form; and in experiments with cancer cells that replaced M2 with M1 pyruvate kinase isoform the Warburg effect in that cell is stopped (as evidenced by decreased lactate output and greater oxygen useage).
See decade of published research from H.R. Chriatofk.

As for limiting glucose to reverse cancer, there likely is a limit to how effective that is all by itself;  this seems to currently be implicated as an adjunct to other treatments.
For an excellent  2010  comprehensive technical detail review see http://
sdjohnston.faculty.noctrl.edu/360/targetingcancermetab.pdf
Also, see decade of published research from E. Gottlieb

Hi Doctor Davis,
Server blocked me where relevant so finally writing this here:
I think your wife's athletic competitiveness may benefit from brown rice Amazake; I have data for a low and double dose. High brown rice Amazake  dose took my fasting blood sugar of 96 in 1st 15 min to 120, and in 1st hour to 117; but then every 15 min. back up to 125, 134, 120 and by 2nd hour to 139 (note:  was sedentary during 2 hour test span) .  A lower by half  dose of brown rice Amazake had blood sugar declining steadily after 2nd hour to finish only 1 point above fasting blood glucose reading.

I take this to indicate that a reasonable dose of  brown rice Amazake provides not only the initial spike in glucose,  but  that after 1 hour the brown rice Amazake remnant molecules in the intestines are still being metabolized by gut bacteria . My surmise is there is enhanced ability of gut bacteria to utilize the brown rice Amazake substrate results resulting in a progressive absorption of energy by the body ; since this seemingly is still going on in significant amounts well into the 2nd hour post-prandial (ex: 2 hour glucose of 139 is highest  of any earlier readings, even compared to initial blood glucose from amylose rush ).  Thus brown rice Amazake may be an ideal way for a performance athlete to benefit from their need for carbohydrates,  either in training or possibly even during competition; I  will discuss Amazake more if you  want.

I couldn't get Mighto's link to work but with a bit of searching found this.
Targeting metabolic transformation for cancer therapy

On the subject of Diabetes Lustig's latest video " Interventions to Reduce Sugar Consumption has a remarkable graphic comparing soda per capita with diabetes incidence.
See also Metabolic and behavioural effects of sucrose and fructose/glucose drinks in the rat

HI, Might--
Nice thought. Thanks.
My wife and her triathlon friends do indeed struggle to find reasonable high-carb fuel sources for their extended workouts. The bananas and sweet potato thing gets a bit old, and many of them have reactions to Goo, or try to avoid fructose sources, or have reactions to components like maltodextrin.

Oh I agree there is very poor education about heart disease and diabetes but you need to use your own common sense too. Maybe I should say your mental health needs to be monitored more carefully too. Like for instance, my mother in law caved into a depression, quit exercising and  started eating 3 cartons of icecream a week! I am not joking here at all. Now she is not only diabetic but due to complications from the diabetes, she has end stage heart failure and even with the best heart rate monitor her life may be extended due to constant monitoring but we all know what the end result will be. But the sad thing is, when she has been hospitalized she was given sugary foods while they knew of her diabetes!!!

Look: I think the blogess wrote this poem just for you...
http://thebloggess.com/2011/08/i-can-only-assume-theyve-never-read-my-blog-before/

There once was a girl from Nantucket,
Who bought Imperial Sugar by the bucket.
She scarfed candies and sweeties,
‘Til she got diabetes.
Then she lost both her legs and said, “F*ck it”.

Thanks for posting this.  My Kindle edition did include recipes, carrot cake included.

Hi !
Great recipe, thank you ! But where could we find "clean" orange peel these days ? Only if you have acces to an organic orchard.
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I made this cake earlier today (it became my dinner, lol) and it was heavenly. I didn't have any nutmeg, allspice, or orange peel on hand, so I omitted them and I also had to omit the icing. Still a delicious cake! I can't wait to try out the icing next time. Thanks for mentioning this recipe; I've got lots more to try out from your book.

Carrot cake for dinner--can't beat that!

The spices can really add pizzazz, as does the orange peel. You'll like it even better when you add these components.

Good to know. Thanks, Sue!

Wonderful recipe but Doc - PLEASE - no never no splenda!!!!!!  We all know why!

While on the subject of recipes, my mom used to make these sesame crackers for my dad.  It is from the cookbook 'Very Basically Yours', by the Human Ecology Study Group of Chicago, circa 1980.  

Sesame crackers

Grind toasted or raw sesame seeds (1lb.), about a cup at a time in a blender.  Add 2 oz. sunflower or sesame oil and 2 oz. water, and blend with a fork.  Add 1T. oregano and scant T. salt.  Mix well, pat into a shallow baking dish, cutting into squares and pricking squares with a fork.  Bake at 375 degrees, (10-15 min.).

Please don't fuss about the sunflower oil - don't use it if you don't want to.  I'm not sure what size pan to use, but the dough should be about 1/4" thick or less.  Use a non-stick pan or parchment paper.  These don't cut well after baking.  If you forget, just break apart.  Pricking with a fork keeps them from bubbling up.  Keep an eye on them for the last few minutes.  They can go from done to burned quickly.  I haven't made these myself, but I can remember after 30 years how good they were!

Sounds delicious, Teresa!

I'm going to try with a little tweaking. Thanks for posting.

Hi, Mary Pat--

Because individual experiences with sweeteners vary, I try to specify something like "sweetener equivalent to 1/2 cup sugar." You might choose stevia, you might choose erythritol, some might choose sucralose. So I'm not telling anybody to choose just one, but suggesting a choice among several.

By the way, if you are referring to the rat study in which bowel microorganisms were reduced by sucralose, if true it means to me that perhaps we should not consume this sweetener habitually but only occasionally. Avoiding wheat is, I believe, a much more potent way to maintain normal bowel bacteria.

I would really love to try the carrot cake. Can you tell  me what the stats/caloric/nutrient content is?

Thanksgiving is approaching!  I am thinking of roasted turkey, pureed cauliflower, salad, green beans..Now what about stuffing?  Can you come up with a nongrain stuffing  type of thing for us to make?  And oh, what about a cranberry dish?

Will do, Louise! You are thinking along the same lines as I am.

No, sorry, Babs, I intentionally left it out to convey the notion that calories and fat content are NOT important.

Hello, I've just finished reading Wheat Belly and want to try some of the delicious sounding recipes.  I'm a cook and baker, and as such have several ideas of my own, but first a question about the flaxseed contained in many of the recipes.  Does ground flaxseed = flaxseed meal?  I've been eating and using flaxseed meal in dishes for years, so I really hope they are one and the same.  

Thanks, Dr. Davis, for producing such wonderful sounding recipes along with the eye-opening book.  Have you considered writing a recipe book?  I imagine it would be well received.