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Top 15 Reasons Why You Might Want to Think Twice About Going Gluten Free
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11. Going Gluten Free Might Hurt Your Gut
Many people believe that going gluten free will help their stomach bacteria, but gluten free diets actually cause a decrease in the amount of beneficial bacteria in your gut, especially lactobacillus and bifidobacterium. You can replenish your gut bacteria by consuming more fermented foods such as sauerkraut, pickles, kimchee, and other types of fermented vegetables. You can also improve your digestive bacteria by consuming more yogurt that contains live cultures, drinking raw milk, or consuming probiotic supplements. Almost all of these options will end up increasing your family food budget, but they are well worth it when you consider that a compromised digestive system means a compromised immune system. More than 80 percent of our immune system lies in a healthy bacterial balance in your digestive system. Your immune system is what will pull you through any virus or bacteria you may pick up so you want it working at its absolute best. So if you plan to adopt a gluten free diet, be sure to include some of the foods listed above, or consider buying some probiotic supplements.
Joss
Feb 19, 2015 at 1:15 am
This article is horse shit. Why are you trying so hard to dissuade people from going gluten-free? A huge factor that you don’t seem to understand is that for people who are going gluten-free for health reasons often do their research and end up going completely grain-free. That’s where you’ll start to see health benefits; it’s also where your article falls short. On an ending note:
“Kids in school who suffer from Celiac disease often have food thrown at them or they are called ‘special.’ People will smirk at you behind your back, laugh at how ridiculous you are being, call you ‘high maintenance’…”
Are you kidding me? Did you try to go gluten-free and someone bullied you? This is absolutely ridiculous. People, do your research- this “writer” sure didn’t. He or she also doesn’t seem to edit his or her work before publicizing. Only 6 shares, thank goodness!
mike3481
Feb 19, 2015 at 2:18 am
Exactly, and their ”research” failed to turn up the nasty (to them) little fact that humans are not designed to eat grains… PERIOD!
I’d recommend they view the documentary “In Search of the Perfect Human Diet”, other than the guy who nearly dropped dead of a heart attack at 28, everyone else in the doc. is a M.D. or a PhD and their evidence is irrefutable, that is if one is intellectually honest.
StevetheHun
Feb 20, 2015 at 6:53 pm
Bravo! That is a great movie.
Also read Taube’s book, “Why we get fat”.
StevetheHun
Feb 20, 2015 at 6:51 pm
Worst. “reasons” Ever.
Yes, gluten is bad. Eating a carbohydrate based diet is bad. Avoiding wheat and then eating a lot of other grain based carbohydrates instead of wheat is bad. We give grain to cows to make them fat. They get sick when we feed them grains.
But we’re supposed to believe that eating a grain based diet will make us thin. Who was the idiot who thought that one up?
Fact is, you need to eat a ketogenic diet that burns fat.
StevetheHun
Feb 20, 2015 at 6:54 pm
I don’t get called names by idiots because I don’t speak to idiots. Problem solved.
Jiro Miyashita
Jun 25, 2015 at 7:42 am
Eating a gluten-free, clean, fresh, and healthy diet will go a long way in helping you boost your metabolism, lose weight, get lean, and put you on the path to the healthiest you have ever been.