A gluten-free diet means that you must avoid all gluten<\/a> at all times for health<\/a> reasons.<\/p>\n The following people must follow a gluten-free<\/strong> diet:<\/p>\n Foods with gluten in them include wheat<\/a>, barley<\/a> and rye<\/a>. Most people avoid oats<\/a> as well due to cross-contamination issues.<\/p>\n A wheat-free diet will eliminate most of the gluten<\/a> from your food, but not all. Barley<\/a> is a second important ingredient to avoid.<\/p>\n Staying on a gluten-free diet may seem challenging. Actually, there is a great deal of gluten-free food available. Most of it is not specialty, in other words, you can eat well without buying only specially marked food.<\/p>\n Specially marked food is helpful though for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it inspires confidence.<\/p>\n For another, this can guide you towards substitutes for foods that are almost always made of wheat, for example bread<\/a> and pasta.<\/p>\n Food from on-Western countries can be a great way of discovering new non-wheat, non-gluten food starch ingredients<\/a>.<\/p>\n There is also plenty of wheat-free, gluten-free food in the Western diet, including meat, dairy and vegetables, and starches like corn and potatoes.<\/p>\n There are many articles on this website to help you navigate a gluten-free diet.<\/p>\n\n
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