Gluten Free?

perfectionist1228
perfectionist1228 Posts: 2 Member
edited February 23 in Food and Nutrition
I have been hearing about people having a gluten free diet and having great results health wise. They say they feel better and it can help you lose weight. Is there true? If you have any suggestions, answers, or advice, all is welcome. Please and thank you! :)

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  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    It's a totally unnecessary thing to do. It's expensive and for most is not sustainable. How about just incorporating small changes in your diet and focusing on nutrient density and calorie counting. Just cutting something out doesn't promise weight loss. A calorie deficit does. Here's a good read

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    Unless you have an actual allergy to gluten or you have Celiac disease, then there's absolutely no reason to remove gluten from your diet. As far as weight loss, the only thing that matters is total calories. If you were to cut out gluten but eat the same number of calories everyday you would have the exact same result. In terms of feeling better, some people say they feel better when they cut out gluten, but it's most likely in their head...

    There was a very recent study about this: http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/05/gluten_sensitivity_may_not_exist.html
  • bevmcarthur
    bevmcarthur Posts: 341 Member
    Going on a GF diet everyone things they will lose weight and it's not so. If you are sensitive to gluten then you will see a big difference in how you feel .I myself did not lose any weight when I went of gluten I am not a celiac but am very sensitive to
    Gluten. If you have no gut issues I would not go GF. If you do decided to take it out of your diet just really read the GF labels as they add A lot of sugars and other thing to them to make them taste good. I have added spouted grain breads to my diet again and they seam to sit ok with my gut.
  • MrTolerable
    MrTolerable Posts: 1,593 Member
    It's a totally unnecessary thing to do. It's expensive and for most is not sustainable. How about just incorporating small changes in your diet and focusing on nutrient density and calorie counting. Just cutting something out doesn't promise weight loss. A calorie deficit does. Here's a good read

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    ^solid advice.

    I will say I avoid breads all together the vast majority of the time (Free Panera kicked me in the toosh today tho) ... I feel like I eat practically gluten free and I feel great, but the results are from a deficit - I can eat a surplus eating this same basically gluten free diet and I will gain weight...

    I will say tho, whatever you do ...do it with a smile! :wink:
  • amwbox
    amwbox Posts: 576 Member
    There are certain very specific medical conditions that preclude gluten.

    The other 99.9% of us are perfectly fine to eat it.

    Check this out for a laugh:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BubC_8Ejc
  • maroonmango211
    maroonmango211 Posts: 908 Member
    Going on a GF diet everyone things they will lose weight and it's not so. If you are sensitive to gluten then you will see a big difference in how you feel .I myself did not lose any weight when I went of gluten I am not a celiac but am very sensitive to
    Gluten. If you have no gut issues I would not go GF. If you do decided to take it out of your diet just really read the GF labels as they add A lot of sugars and other thing to them to make them taste good. I have added spouted grain breads to my diet again and they seam to sit ok with my gut.

    I agree with this. I didn't lose any weight when I first went gluten free, but thats not why I tried it. I felt a whole lot better health wise though, we were already eating a great diet and all our grains including wheat, barley and rye etc were whole and usually home baked but I still felt down in the dumps. After I switched I felt so much better a lot of symptoms I had no idea were to do with my diet disapeared BUT I DID NOT LOSE WEIGHT.

    Now I am still gluten free to keep those many frisky sensitivity symptoms away and I am losing weight the old fasioned way, without any quick fix or special 'diet'. If you are healthy all around and do not think you are sensitive to the gluten group of proteins itself then don't bother. Instead try to cut down on processed grains and sugars and stay in a calorie deficit.
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