Is gluten really that bad for you? What are the benefits of a gluten-free or gluten-light diet?

Gluten is good for you. It is the main protein in grain. Mankind has depended upon grain as its most staple food since the beginning of civilization about 10,000 years ago and is well adapted to it.

Furthermore, people who are vegetarians use concentrated gluten as a meat substitute. As such it is usually called seitan. Some people are allergic to gluten and/or gluten-like proteins.

This has led to confusion and the thought that non-allergic people should avoid them. This is no more true than claiming non-allergic people should avoid strawberries, or shrimp, etc.

Gluten is a special protein found commonly in rye, wheat, and barley. Gluten free grains are wild rice, corn, buckwheat, millet, amaranth, quinoa, teff, oats, soybeans, and sunflower seeds. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated if a certain amount of the gluten is removed, the food product could be labeled "gluten-free food."

Gluten containing foods are not bad for each and every peoples. Gluten containing foods are very bad for gluten intolerance individual. The gluten allergic or intolerance persons are suffering from “celiac disease�

Or very specific skin disease called Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DH), or Duhring's Disease). Doctors used to advise those specific persons (sufferer from celiac disease and DH) not to take any gluten containing foods. For gluten-free diet, pl look at the following quote: -quote- A gluten-free diet is a diet completely free of ingredients derived from gluten-containing cereals: wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, Malts and triticale, as well as the use of gluten as afood additive in the form of a flavoring, stabilizing or thickening agent.

It is the only medically accepted treatment for coeliac disease,1 the related condition dermatitis herpetiformis,2 and wheat allergy.1 Additionally, a gluten-free diet may exclude oats, however medical practitioners are divided on whether oats are an allergen to coeliac disease sufferers 3 or if they are cross-contaminated in milling facilities by other allergens. -/quote- Benefits of a gluten-free or gluten-light diet: Gluten-free diet means you can not take fatty, fried, pre-packaged foods. Gluten free diet is a mandatory for the “celiac disease�

Or very specific skin disease called Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DH), or Duhring's Disease) persons. Other persons who frequently suffer from indigestion should try gluten free foods. For other general persons there is no harm of taking gluten-containing foods.

For the general people there is also no extra benefit of taking gluten free costly foods.

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Many individuals have problems breaking down the proteins that are in diary called caseins and the protein in wheat, oats, barley, rye and spelt flours are called gluten. Illness occurs when the incomplete breakdown of the gluten and/or casein pass the intestines as peptide chains and enter into the bloodstream passing the blood brain barrier. The incomplete breakdown actually turns into casomorphines from the casein and glutomorphines from the gluten and transforms into an opiate.

Opiates can cause any or all of the following side effects: clouded mental functioning, insomnia, diarrhea, impaired social connection, blocking of pain messages, dilated pupils, inflammation on the stomach lining and depression. Therapeutically, gluten free diet is prescribed for effective treatment of several medical conditions along with drugs and medications. Considering this, majority of people stick to this diet plan, exclusively for medical reasons.

Some of the diseases that are known to be treated by consuming a gluten free diet are as follows: Gluten Intolerance Celiac Disease Dermatitis Herpetiformis Migraine Autism Weight Loss.

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