Removing gluten from your diet can bring many health benefits and with famous
names touting it as the reason for their trim figures and glowing skin, it’s no surprise
that a gluten-free diet is now popularly believed to be a "healthy " diet. But is it?
A gluten-free diet is very often a diet low in fiber which can result in health issues
such as constipation, irritable bowel, and colon cancer. Cereal grains are a good
source of fiber so this means that their removal from y our diet must be balanced with
the addition of other fiber sources such as vegetables and fruits to ensure a healthy
diet.
Celebrity endorsement has undoubtedly led to a mistaken belief that a gluten-free
diet is a weight-loss diet. While it’s true that removing foods containing gluten c an be
beneficial in terms of losing unwanted weight, it must be noted that gluten-free does
not automatically mean sugar or fat-free!
Healthy weight-loss can only happen when
the number of daily calories consumed is less than the number of daily calories burned and many gluten-free products actually contain a higher sugar or fat content
than the original products containing gluten. For this reason, a gluten-free diet alone is
not always the best choice for those looking to lose weight.
