Gluten free diet is becoming increasingly popular.\u00a0 The question is if going gluten free might be bad for you.<\/p>\n

If you have celiac disease or a gluten allergy, then clearly you have no choice but to cut out gluten or suffer the consequences of a disturbed digestive system, lack of energy, brain fog, and a host of other symptoms.<\/p>\n

But what if you have neither a gluten allergy nor celiac disease?\u00a0 Might you be missing something from your diet if you cut out gluten?<\/p>\n

Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye and oats.\u00a0 So think to yourself, are there groups of people around the world that rarely or never eat such foods?<\/p>\n

The answer is yes.\u00a0 The indigenous peoples of South America lived on potatoes, amaranth, quinoa and other starchy, gluten-free foods.\u00a0 They did fine until the Spanish came along and decimated their population.<\/p>\n

South Asia and South East Asia use rice as a staple, not wheat.<\/p>\n

Africa, considered by some to be the cradle of the human race, has large areas that center around teff.<\/p>\n

It seems there are lots of examples of huge populations that do not eat wheat, oats, rye or barley, and have always been extremely healthy.<\/p>\n

While gluten-containing foods can cause major health issues for those who have a gluten intolerance, there are no known health problems arising from cutting gluten out of the diet.\u00a0 On the contrary, such people can become extremely healthy for two reasons.<\/p>\n

For one thing, they have eliminated a food that was making them sick.<\/p>\n

For another, they are forced to avoid most processed foods found everywhere from super markets to fast food chains and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n

Refined carbohydrates are actually quite bad for you.\u00a0 Eliminating wheat from your diet cuts out a lot of such over-processed pseudo-food.<\/p>\n

Going on a gluten free diet is a touch choice.\u00a0 Staying gluten-free is not easy.\u00a0 But it is not at all harmful and is extremely beneficial for many people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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