Is being Gluten free healthy?? I am Gluten free Now

Gluten-containing grains such as wheat make up a large portion of the modern Western diet. 


Niland, B., & Cash, B. D. (2018). Health Benefits and Adverse Effects of a Gluten-Free Diet in Non-Celiac Disease Patients. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 14(2), 82–91.




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Transcript

Damaris Grossmann: 0:23

So today I'm talking about a gluten free diet. And is it really healthy. So there was like a lot of talk and research that has come out about the negatives and the positives like the harms and the benefits of a gluten free diet. Now, first off, this is what I'm going to say to anyone when you're talking about removing something from your food. Just because I have removed gluten, or sugar or fat from my food intake does not mean I am healthy, there's usually a reason that some individual has taken those things out of their diet. Now, you still need to have a nutritionally sound, well rounded source of Whole Foods, non processed fruits and vegetables, and carbs and proteins to get that daily intake. Now, I am not a dietician, not a registered dietician, I am an integrated family nurse practitioner. And one thing is, I definitely talk a lot about what we put in our body is a direct reflection of how our health will be. Now, the big hype is and one of these cities states, you know, there's health benefits and adverse effects. And there's a lot of hype in the media of what's good and bad. And, and you know, the thing is, just because it says it's gluten free, or it says it's dairy free, or sugar free or low fat, that does not mean you are healthy. So in reference to this conversation, when I talk about gluten free, the reason people choose to be gluten free, and even for myself, I'm I would say about 95% on gluten free. But that does not mean that I am healthy because I chose to be gluten free. Gluten Free just means that if I'm having a bowl of pasta, right I just because you have a bowl of pasta, whether it's gluten free or regular. That doesn't mean you're healthy. A bowl of pasta is still just a bunch of carbs, right? So that doesn't mean you're healthy, you're choosing to take the gluten out, because it may have caused an inflammatory response within the body. So basically, gluten related diseases such as celiac, or gluten ataxia, those are pretty rare. It's usually between like one to 5% of the population have it. But there is this non non specific gluten sensitivity that a large percentage of the united states do have. And it's because of the way we are our wheat is processed and and how it's grown, processed and placed into foods. So it can cause a inflammatory response. But does that mean when you go into a gluten free diet, you're 100% eating? Well, no. majority of the time, if you're gluten free, or you're eating well, you're eating salads and vegetables and fruits, and for me less dairy less gluten. Now, by definition, let's let's go back to before the hype of what it is. And you know, there's the benefits and you know, the not benefits. So gluten itself is a protein. And that protein is primarily known as gluten or gliadin. So when it's usually comes up and is expressed in like grains, so grains like wheat, barley, rye, and does that mean that all cereal grains are bad and all wheat grains in the world are bad? No. The problem is, is the production of these CDOs. In the United States, most of the Western consumption of these grains and processed has made the glue in the production of it was poor, shall we say? Because if you get this in other parts of the country, other parts of the world, there hasn't been as much of issues with us. But the big hype or the issues that come out with it, is that majority of the sensitivities that someone feels is they choose not to have gluten because of it can cause brain fog. It can cause weight gain, bloating, tiredness, depression, and there's a lot of it's really an inflammatory response. That does not mean that person can never have that food. It's just that it's one of those things like when you notice, you feel tired, why would I want to choose to have some food like that, that'll make me feel worse. And that's when someone may choose To avoid that, now does that mean that again, like I stated, you can have a gluten free diet, but that doesn't mean that you're eating well, you have to have large portions of Whole Foods, fruit, vegetables, protein and a moderate amounts of carbohydrates. Now, again, if you're having a big bowl of pasta, whether it's gluten free or non gluten free, that's not going to cut it for the everyday amount of food that you need. A lot of the issues that were stated of why gluten free has been negative was that for people believe that there's a lot of deficiency in a gluten free diet. Now, you cannot replace eating whole foods, vegetables. And well, by having a packaged piece of a box package of gluten free something that doesn't fix it. There's supposedly a higher chance of labor hyperlipidemia or hyperglycemia, and supposedly coronary artery disease. Now, how is that possible? If a person is eating a whole food diet, decreasing their fat intake, their sugar intake, then you're doing okay? Now, if you're just using the gimmick of gluten free because you think it's it gives you the excuse to then eat every single bits of bread? Well, I have a gluten free muffin in the morning, and then I have a gluten free bowl of cereal and then I have a gluten free possible, then I'm having to have a gluten free bread. So then that means I'm okay. No, that's not it. That's not what it is. There's so many benefits to non celiac gluten free diets for individuals that would use it, but you just have to be more aware of what is out there and what's available. And how our body digests, you know, and it's quite amazing that when you start taking out the things that upset you, you can feel a lot better benefits from having gluten free, would help you decrease inflammatory response, right. So when you decrease the inflammatory response, you've now decreased things like an irritable bowel syndrome, you would decrease a lot of kind of brain fog, ADHD, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, obesity. And it's not that each one of these definitely just because you're on a gluten free diet, we'll stop this, what it does is it helps manage decreases the inflammatory responses that may be caused from the gluten and then brings in a benefit. So you just have to be aware of your, what you put in your body. And, again, if it's coming in a package just because its essence gluten free, dairy free, soy free, sugar free, fat free, I mean, doesn't mean it's great. You know, you really have to do your homework, you have to take the time to think about everything that you put in your body. And, and just the research is out there, there is much positive things to say about gluten, and how much it can help the the gut and our overall health. And I mean, our body is, you know, interconnected. So you still have to always realize that what you ingest, and what you put in will be a direct reflection on your brain, your gut and your overall body. So there's a lot out there. I mean, between that, and more information on fod mod kind of diet. If you look into those further, you'll realize that there's beyond more information. I'll go into this further in another segment, but I thought it was kind of important to kind of discuss, you know, the, the hype between the negatives and the positives of it. As I would say, you know, there's always good and bad to everything. There's no one way or one size fits all. But really, you got to eat more Whole Foods, you got to take time in everything that you eat and take the time to drink more water, have less caffeine, have a little less dairy, and drink and be more Be mindful of everything that you put into your body. It's difficult, I have to do it every single day. There's plenty of times when I want to have a cookie. Oh, there's another example gluten free cookie. Just because it's a gluten free cookie does not mean that I can have 12 of them. Having 12 gluten free cookies does not mean that I'm doing well. That doesn't make any sense. So that's what you have to really educate yourself on what is the right thing and the wrong thing. majority of the time you're putting a hole Apple eating an apple You're doing okay. You wash it maybe from the pesticides you're doing all right? Eat a whole loaf of bread, whether it's gluten free or not, that's not going to make a difference. So I'll go into this in more detail and other times and importance of nutritional amino adequacy, whether it's gluten free or not, you know, you still should take supplements or food to increase your, your daily intake. So, thanks for joining in, and I'll talk with you guys soon. Have a good day. Bye