1. It will immediately solve all your health woes – While taking gluten out of your diet is sure to help with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, you may not see the results immediately. With celiac disease, it can take the body years to fully recover from the damage endured by gluten. Some people have reported having gluten “withdrawals” when going gluten free for the first time. As with any drastic dietary change, your body may get a little shocked and need time to adjust to the new way of eating. This is why it’s important to make a healthy transition from gluten to non-gluten. Consult a registered dietitian to make sure your body is not being deprived of essential nutrients after your switch. After time you should feel better than before you went gluten free.
2. It will make you lose weight – Going gluten free for weight loss reasons might not get you as far as you’d hoped. There are plenty of gluten free cake, brownie, and cookie mixes to keep the pounds on you! If you are looking for weight loss as an added benefit of ditching gluten, then make sure you ditch the other refined carbs and added sugars as well!
3. It’s all hype – Sure, the gluten free movement seems to be one of the latest trends popping up because some celebrity said it was “healthy”. But unlike many other dietary trends that go mainstream, this one is based off of real results from the millions of Americans that suffer from celiac disease. As a celiac myself, I’m not complaining about the “trendiness” of gluten free eating, I’m embracing it! When I was diagnosed 4 years ago, nobody knew what gluten was, and now just about anywhere I go I can find something gluten free to snack on. Building a hype around gluten makes the life of a celiac a little bit simpler. Sure, there will always be those people that think it’s all a big media scare and a gluten free diet doesn’t really work, but anyone who is diagnosed with celiac disease should consider it a lifestyle not a hype.
4. No gluten means no carbs, or any other good stuff – The most common misconception surrounding gluten is probably what gluten actually is. As someone who’s been eating gluten free for a few years, I’ve heard many different comments about my way of eating, which most involve me having to explain what gluten is because people will think gluten free means carbohydrate free. Gluten is a protein from certain grains, but not all grains contain gluten. And other carbs such as potatoes, rice, beans, fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds are all naturally gluten free. As mentioned before, there are many gluten free cake, brownie, and cookie mixes out there to keep your sweet tooth satisfied.
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