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William Davis, MD        

Cardiologist & Chief Medical Officer at Realize Therapeutics Corp; Author of The #1 NY Times Bestseller "Wheat Belly" Books & "Undoctored"

Dr. William Davis is a cardiologist and the author of the #1 New York Times Bestselling book, "Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health" (Rodale, 2011), published worldwide in 27 countries. He is also the author of "Wheat Belly Total Health" (Rodale 2014), the "Wheat Belly Cookbook" (Rodale 2012), and "Wheat Belly 30-Minute (or Less!) Cookbook" (Rodale 2013). His books, which advocate for a low-carbohydrate diet and discuss the negative effects of consuming wheat, have sold over 3 million copies in over 40 countries.

Previously an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Davis now focuses his practice on the prevention and reversal of coronary disease. He serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Realize Therapeutics, a clinical research and development company working in the fields of microbiome and endocannabinoids. Additionally, he is the founder and Medical Director of the Undoctored website, an online health program that empowers individuals to manage their health and delivers cutting-edge information and community interaction to thousands of viewers and members. The program is based on his book, "Undoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor."

He is a vocal proponent of self-empowering health advice, encouraging the public to seize control over their own health. He frequently appears in national media, including "The Dr. Oz Show," "Live! With Kelly," "CBS News," and has been featured in many national publications in the U.S. and Canada to discuss his views on nutrition and health. While Davis does not advocate for vegan diets, he suggests that it is possible to maintain a wheat and grain-free diet on a healthy plant-based diet.

Dr. Davis is a graduate of the St. Louis University School of Medicine, followed by training in internal medicine and cardiology at the Ohio State University Hospitals and training in interventional cardiology at the Case-Western Reserve Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the co-founder of Cureality.com, an informational website that provides self-empowering health information to the public.

Speech Topics

Undoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor

We live in an exceptional time in history: Information access, online collaboration, smartphone apps, and new health devices have the potential to allow the individual to take extraordinary control over personal health--without the doctor, without the healthcare system, all at little to no cost, while achieving health that is superior to that obtained through conventional means. We are on the cusp of a dramatic disruption of the notion of healthcare.

Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health

I recount how and why we find ourselves in a peculiar predicament: a human diet largely reliant on the seeds of grasses--"grains"--an unnatural situation made worse by the fiddling of agribusiness and genetics research. But understand a handful of basic principles and listeners are provided astounding personal control over health and weight.

Should Grains Be Eliminated From the Human Diet?

The Wheat Belly books turned the nutritional world topsy-turvy with its contrary arguments and large following of readers who lost impressive amounts of weight and were freed from many health conditions. But why would this happen? Why would the foods we are advised to consume by all official providers of nutritional advice be potentially responsible for so many human health problems?

Wild, Naked, Unwashed: The Dietary Lessons of Human History

The national dietary conversation is plagued by incompatible ideas and confusion. But astonishing wisdom is obtainable just by asking how humans thrived throughout history free of the "diseases of civilization." Listeners come away with a new appreciation for how to reclaim control over health and weight.

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