Not All People Need to Avoid Gluten
Lately, some people avoid gluten. By avoiding gluten, they believe can lose weight, overcome infertility, treat diabetes. Is that right? Products with gluten-free label now often found. The fate Gluten is found in flour, similar to fat in the decade of the 80's and 90's. Gluten is a "evil things" that if avoided can be healthy for the body. This information is circulated quickly from one person who did not quite understand the science of nutrition to others.
Actually, gluten is not good for certain people. Patients with celiac disease is one of them. This disease causes the body's immune reaction to gluten damage the small intestine. This disease affects approximately two to three million people in the US.
While gluten ataxia including more serious disease that attacks the brain causes the muscle control problems. In addition to the two people with the disease, there are approximately 18 million people in the US are somewhat sensitive to gluten. Sensitivity was cause digestive discomfort but does not cause disease. Of that figure, we can see only one percent of people who require gluten-free food. Only about 5.7 percent of the need to be careful. The rest may enjoy the gluten food.
But what happens in the US, gluten-free food was interested and generate lucrative business. Sales of gluten-free food rose from 11.5 billion to 23 billion dollars in just four years.
Gluten-free food manufacturers should reap the benefits. But what about the fate of people who eat them? People who are not gluten allergy was clearly going to lose. Many gluten-free products contain less fiber and protein while more salt and sugar. Whereas gluten-free products is supposed to be healthier.
Representatives of the Center for Science in the Public Interest told the Wall Street Journal, gluten-free products undermine public health because today there are many variants of gluten-free products on all junk foot. Although donuts are labeled gluten-free, it's still a donut.
Those who are pro antigluten said body more healthy, fit, energetic. Placebo effect because eating something healthy thought was real. Most of the effect it happened has nothing to do with something that was calculated nourish it.
How Do You Know When to Avoid Gluten?
If you are sure to experience a gluten allergy symptoms after eating foods containing gluten, then you are obliged to follow a gluten-free diet. You do not need to follow a gluten-free diet just for trends so that your weight down, it just will not succeed. You just need to avoid gluten if you have celiac disease or Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance.
If you are still unsure, then to satisfy curiosity, you better go to the doctor for clinical testing. Need to do a thorough examination from the blood work, intestinal biopsy, and a marked improvement with a gluten-free diet. However, if the results of a test for celiac and wheat allergy penyalit negative, then most likely you are experiencing Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance.
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