Avoiding gluten without celiac disease may not be good for your health

Celiac disease is an intestinal injury caused by the tolerance of the body to gluten, which affects the health of about 1% of the Australian population, about 11% of the population will choose a gluten free diet, and up to 30% of the population in the United States will choose to reduce the intake of gluten in their diet Gluten free food is often considered a healthier choice because it is consistent with a healthy lifestyle Is there scientific evidence to support this theory? Is gluten diet healthy? A large number of recent studies have found that a gluten free diet does not seem to bring health benefits In fact, a gluten free diet seems to be harmful to the health of the body; researchers have done more than A survey conducted by 100000 people for nearly 30 years found that there was no relationship between gluten free diet and heart health of individuals It is not clear whether this is due to gluten free food or people avoid eating cereal, which is believed to protect the body against heart disease effectively Some researchers have found that gluten is good for your health because it can reduce the level of triglycerides in your blood, which, as a harmful fat, can increase your risk of heart disease In another large study, researchers found that there may be a reverse relationship between gluten intake and an individual's risk of type 2 diabetes, which is common in people with low levels of gluten intake The incidence rate is high The researchers point out that people with lower gluten intake seem to have lower fiber levels They want to know if low fiber levels are the arch criminal The researchers say that even if they consider a low level of fiber intake, the relationship still exists, which indicates that glutenin can not protect the body from type 2 diabetes effectively Gluten free and diabetes Whole wheat products are often made from three parts of grain, namely bran (the outside is rich in fiber), germ (seed) and endosperm (starchy, starch rich center) They gather together to form a mixture of fiber, carbohydrate, vitamin and mineral The finished product package of gluten free food, such as the flour package we often eat, will only use carbohydrate components, as well as refined flour from rice, corn and potatoes These foods with higher carbohydrate levels may cause a significant increase in blood sugar level, and may also cause diabetes if they are consumed for a long time; the gluten free products in the stereotypical packaging usually add extra sugar to increase the flavor, and also add emulsifiers and thickeners to improve the texture, making them very similar to bread Due to the demand of consumers, the market of gluten free products has grown exponentially in the past decade, and even some manufacturers have produced gluten free food for dogs Researchers do not know whether the market will expand or shrink over time, but it is not new for food fashion Think about the popularity of low-fat diet in the 1980s, when yellow croaker was just a "villain" Now with the growth of food sales, butter has become popular again Similarly, red wine has been used to protect the body's heart health However, South China, the safe drinking guide, suggests that people eat less alcohol Of course, natural gluten free foods, such as plant foods, ancient grains and dairy products, may all be part of a healthy and balanced diet, but processed and packaged gluten free alternatives do not seem to have better health benefits than wheat based foods Why is gluten free food so popular? Non celiac gluten sensitivity is not the same as celiac disease In celiac disease, the ingestion of gluten can induce the damage of intestinal inner wall tissue, and the use of gluten free diet can reverse the damage of intestinal inner wall In non celiac gluten sensitivity (gluten intolerance), the symptoms similar to gastric distention are very common in patients, but the patients will not have intestinal damage or growth Health effects of the period In order to better understand the mechanism of the disease, the researchers began to investigate whether the disease was caused by gluten intake The researchers designed an experiment, namely to self diagnose People who are sensitive to gluten are given gluten free, low-level and high-level foods, but the researchers don't know which people eat the corresponding foods All diets contain lower levels of sugar (fodmaps), which can induce similar symptoms The researchers found that no matter whether the patients ate a high-level, low-level or gluten free diet, the condition of most people's bodies has been improved There is no evidence that gluten should be responsible for this, but the decrease of fodmaps level can explain the improvement of patients' symptoms Another reason to improve the symptoms of patients is that when people start a gluten free diet, they will stop eating many things, and these foods are unhealthy, such as cakes, biscuits and beer, and these dietary changes may also improve the health of the body Where will the future go? For people who do not suffer from celiac disease, there is no evidence to support that strict gluten free diet is beneficial to the health of the body, which may even be the opposite, and avoiding eating whole grains often leads to low fiber intake, which is also very harmful to the health of the body The price of gluten free food is 17% or more higher than that of other foods; maybe it's time to reconsider the strict gluten free diet, but in the future, it will be replaced by foods containing multiple gluten and gluten free foods, and dietary diversity may be the key.