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Originally Posted by Edgar Poe
For the past 5000 plus years people have eaten Gluten bread. Now it's bad for you ?
Bread and wine have been served for millennium.
Ed
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That’s not totally correct.
Today’s “Gluten” is a relatively recent protein additive to the modern diet, and it’s in everything.
My take is this:
- For the small minority of celiac afflicted individuals, going gluten-free is essential.
- For those who suffer from auto-immune conditions, and there has been an explosion of those in modern times, and there are many auto-immune conditions that have nothing to do with celiac, a gluten-free diet is definitely worth trying, just to see if it alleviates symptoms. (gluten does impact metabolic processes in the body. Some of those can trigger an immune response, and cause inflammation. Whether or not a person “weathers” those changes well, varies from person to person. Runaway inflammation manifests itself in many ways in the body, and is the root cause of many auto-immune illnesses.
- If you don’t have celiac, and no auto-immune conditions, then going gluten-free is not necessary. Save your money and eat well without restrictions.
- Of course the industry is trying to ride the wave of gluten free products. It’s no different than the idiotic fat-free phase of a few decades ago which caused rampant diabetes.
The bottom line is make your own informed decisions, and as Mary said, read the labels.
Lastly, the worst culprit in our diet, imo, is sugar. Too much of it in everything.
Lots of carbs are culprits too in spiking our blood sugar.
Watch that glycemic index!