The Gluten-Free Craze
Are gluten-free products healthy?
Here is a trend if there ever was one. I have nothing against going Gluten-Free; it's not like gluten is an "Essential Nutrient," but the reason behind the trend may have been misguided information.
Knowing a little about nutrition, I can say that the jury on the ultimate diet is NOT out yet, and it probably never will be. - Personally, I like the Mediterranean diet.
Everything we eat has an individual factor that must always be considered. Facts often become blurry if presented excitingly on social media.
The first thing to remember is the good old saying;
"One man's meat is another man's poison", or
"One 'person's' bread is another one's poison".
The second thing is to consider the fact that "going gluten-free" in "isolation" without any other diet or lifestyle changes is a waste of time. Going off wheat does not produce any magic unless you have Celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity.
Before "going off" an isolated nutrient or food source, there are many other recommendations to follow up first.
For example, it is well-known that there is an overconsumption of "wheat products", which can be the reason for wheat or gluten sensitivity.
Wheat is the primary source of gluten, and gluten is the "stuff" that makes everything nice and fluffy, perfect for baking, and that seems to be what people like. And because we like it so much, we stuff our faces with it - hand me another doughnut, follow that with pizza and a croissant, chuck in a handful of bikkies, and so on. Everything is wheat/gluten, and all snacks and meals contain wheat or gluten. It's all too much. By the way, did you notice that portion sizes are getting bigger and bigger?
It is just too much, my friends!
First, this overconsumption must stop. If you want to change to a healthier lifestyle, change the basic parts of your diet and lifestyle first.
Cut out refined and processed food as much as possible; that alone will have a bigger impact than eliminating gluten.
I have checked some of the gluten-free products in the supermarkets, and believe me, processed food is processed food, with or without gluten.
Whenever gluten is removed, see what is left and what has been added to that product.
Don't get me wrong—there are healthy gluten-free products around, but just because they're gluten-free doesn't make them healthy.
Self-prescribing a Gluten-Free Diet is not a good idea; limiting wheat products is a better practice.
I will let you in on a not-well-understood diet secret ...
Attention - Diet Secret
Anyone who eats what a lot of people consume, lots of over-processed food and drinks, sugar and salt and sweets and everything on the supermarket shelves, and if those people are also overweight and having lifestyle disease problems, they will improve if they do the following:
For 10 weeks, go on any healthy diet you fancy, and guess what, you will improve.
A 10-week challenge is just clever marketing because, for most people, it will work with any healthy diet.
Why does it work?
It's not so much of what you eat on that diet; it is much more of "what you don't eat" that does the trick!
Yes, if you go on a Gluten-Free Diet for 10 weeks, you are likely to improve, BUT NOT because it is gluten-free, ...... because you would cut down drastically on carbohydrate, sugar, salt, Grain-Gluten type foods like pasta, cake, bread etc.
That was the diet secret no one is telling you about :-)
From the Brainland News - Cheers, Dieter Luske - www.dieterluske.com
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