The simplest thing to suggest is that you read the new best seller by Dr. David Williams called Wheat Belly.

The use of wheat in our diets (and wheat especially, though barley, rye, and oats are also harmful) is strongly detrimental to our health, according to Dr. Williams.

He refutes everything the U.S. government says about eating whole wheat as a wholesome addition to our diets. On the contrary, Dr. Wiliams asserts that it causes addiction, raises blood glucose level higher than sugar, is responsible for some cases of brain damage, affects sleeping (causes insomnia), acne, and many, many other illnesses, including depression, and wide mood swings (common in bipolar illness, not to mention that it's a number 1 weight gain substance)

If that book doesn't really settle in with you, doctor, nothing will in terms of changing eating habits to increase health and well-being.

The writer who suggests a sleep apnea test is on target. Lack of REM sleep can cause many problems, one of them being fatigue. Your system's "battery" is recharged during REM sleep, and if you aren't getting enough of it, you're going to have all kinds of symptoms starting with needing to take naps in the afternoon, eating improperly--particularly foods that rapidly convert into gluocose.

Did you know that two slices of whole wheat bread convert rapidly into the equivalent of two TABLESPOONSFUl of sugar? It's more detrimental than eating sugar, according to Dr. Williiams (who is a cardiac specialist and treats improving cardiac conditions by removing wheat from the diet, for one thing, in his practice.)

Wheat causes cravings for more leaving the hunger signal of the brain held captive so that the body really doesn't have an honest appraisal of whether it really needs food. Removing wheat from the diet enables the hunger signal to correct itself and the need for excess food becomes inoperable and the diet becomes much more manageable.

Dr. Williams touches it all in his book, including the fact that wheat can cause dementia in some people. His final conclusion is that the more light that is shed on the subject of wheat, the more disturbing the picture becomes for those who ingest it.

One major idea is that when wheat is removed from the diet, the body will not lose any nourishment by removal of grains. Dr. Williams calls it "nonsense" to think that nutrition is disturbed by removal of wheat. Simply supplementing with nuts, seeds, and other nutiritious foods like green vegetables counteracts any loss in vitamins or minerals contained in wheat.

The book is worth your reading, not only for you sake, but for the health of all your family in days and years to come.