I like bread, and I especially like wheat bread. I always believe that not only it tastes better, but also it is healthier! Well, after all these sugar-free diet, low-carb diet, fish diet, vegan diet, here comes another new diet that actually does not like to take wheat into account - the Gluten Free Diet!
So, what is Gluten Free Diet?
Well...from wikipedia, a gluten-free diet "is recommended amongst other things in the treatment of celiac disease and wheat allerg. It is a diet completely free of ingredients derived from gluten-containing cereals: wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, and triticale, as well as the use of gluten as a food additive in the form of a flavoring, stabilizing or thickening agent. Additionally, the diet may exclude oats. Some people for whom the diet is recommended can tolerate oat products and some medical practitioners say they may be permitted, but there is controversy about including them in a gluten-free diet because studies on the subject are incomplete."
Some people think that this gluten free diet can help weight loss?! Some believe that it is good for those who have gluten allergy but has nothing to deal with weight loss?! And, some said that gluten free products actually may have more carbohydrates or starches that may indeed go the opposite way if you want to loss some pounds?!
There is yet proved direct relationship between gluten free diet and weight control. But, for sure, companies are diving to come up with products that are gluten free to cater for certain demographics!
I like my wheat bread and I probably will pass on this one.
