Sep 01 2009
What is a Gluten Free Diet Plan?
Gluten is a substance found in wheat and also in barley and rye and is a good source of protein. It is added to many processed foods to boost their protein levels and is added to the flour for bread making as it helps the bread rise evenly and produces a better structure in the final loaf. The downside to gluten is that for those who suffer with a condition called coeliac disease, it triggers a bad immune system response and causes sufferers many disagreeable symptoms.
For this reason, the gluten free diet plan has been formulated to help sufferers of coeliac disease to lead a fairly problem free life by completely eliminating all products that contain gluten from the diet.
From a weight loss viewpoint, this type of diet is an excellent way of losing weight as it eliminates nearly all the foods that cause weight gain. There are so many products made from wheat that are on the “bad” list, such as cakes, pastries, biscuits, bread, pasta and a whole host of junk foods that are derived from wheat based products, such as pizza, burgers (they contain breadcrumbs as do hot dogs, sausages, stuffings etc), anything coated in breadcrumbs, many candy bars that contain biscuit or wafer and it also includes most processed foods you buy in the supermarkets.
So by cutting out all these foods and replacing them with healthy fresh produce, fruit, vegetables, berries and nuts as well as rice products, dieters can lose weight quite easily and sufferers of coeliac disease can get on with living a more normal and also healthier life.
