Wheat Free?
Is anyone here traveling "Wheat Free"? I have read individuals have successfully reduced their blood pressure just by eliminating wheat from their diet. Some have substituted with corn products wh...
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bigdogger wrote:
Gluten free is basically a scam if you do not have an allergy to gluten. Do a little research and you will find that many gluten free products substitute higher calorie ingredients for wheat, hence becoming gluten free and yet higher in calories. Other products trumpet "gluten free" when they never would have had gluten in the first place. Jelly beans, ice cream and chocolate bars are all gluten free, yet don't constitute a healthy diet. For the majority of people, you can get all the benefits of a gluten free diet by simply cutting way down on the amount of bread you eat. Bread is a major source of empty calories in the average American's diet. It is also very tasty, so I personally prefer the have my occasional burger and pizza and exercise it off.
Gluten intolerance may seem like a scam to you however, if you suffer from the disease you won't think it is a scam. The sad thing is a lot of the things that one would think was gluten free aren't - if the label says modified wheat starch we have two daughters that has to stay away from it. Boy have we ever had to learn how to read label's.
