Is a gluten<\/a>-free, casein<\/a>-free diet<\/a> harmful? Someone asked me this question recently.<\/p>\n The short answer is that this diet is perfectly safe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Many people world wide don’t drink milk<\/a>, either because it is not available in their part of the world, or because it makes them sick. Is milk safe? That in itself is a loaded question, which I will not answer here! Certainly not<\/em> drinking milk is<\/em> safe.<\/p>\n Gluten<\/strong> itself is not essential to human health in any way shape or form. Not that it is bad either, unless you are allergic<\/a> to it or you are a celiac<\/a>. By cutting out gluten, you are cutting out wheat<\/a>. What does this cut out of your diet? More unhealthy food<\/a> than healthy food<\/a>, in most cases!<\/p>\n Most people worry that by cutting out milk<\/strong>, they will reduce their calcium<\/a> intake<\/strong>, and suffer from osteoporosis<\/a>. Firstly, there are many other foods that contain calcium. Secondly, the highest rate<\/strong> of osteoporosis<\/strong> in the world coincides<\/strong> with areas that have the highest milk consumption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As for cutting out wheat<\/strong>, it is inconvenient<\/strong>. But nothing more than that.<\/p>\n The refined wheat<\/strong> that most people eat in cakes, cookies and breads has little nutritional value<\/strong> and is high in simple starches, which is not healthy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In Southeast Asia<\/a>, the diet is naturally both gluten-free and milk-free. They use rice and soy instead, among other foods.<\/p>\n By cutting out milk and wheat from your diet, and looking for healthy food<\/a> to eat instead, your diet will be safer and better.<\/p>\n
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