Adopting a gluten-free diet can transform your health and well-being. Learn how to identify foods that contain gluten and discover healthy alternatives to maintain a balanced diet. At Marc Bony Chiropractic Center in Mataró, we offer you the support you need to lead a healthier life.
Gluten-free diet ...
Little known foods containing gluten
If you have decided on your own to stop eating gluten or if your doctor told you to give up gluten. There is a learning period you must go through before your diet is truly gluten-free. This learning period could last a couple of weeks, so don't give up on any mistakes you make during this initial time period.
There are obvious foods that contain gluten and other foods that are not so obvious.
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The obvious foods are:
- Wheat bread
- Cookies
- Cereals made from wheat
- Breaded foods
- Pasta
- Cakes
- Noodles
- Couscous
- Crackers
- Sweet desserts made with wheat (cakes, cookies, pies)
Little known foods containing gluten
These are the little-known gluten-containing foods that can derail a gluten-free diet.
- Alcoholic beverages (beer of all kinds, liquor made from cereal grains such as vodka, gin, whiskey)
- Ice cream
- Hot chocolate
- Foods containing malt
- Processed meats such as salami, sausages, sausages, sausages, pâtés - Root beer
- Foods that have cereal extracts in them
- Wheat-containing nutritional supplements, such as ceramide products
• Bouillon cubes - Foods containing modified starch - Worcestershire sauce
- GMS (Mono-Sodium Glutamate)
- Wafers
• Beauty products containing hydrolyzed gluten
- Gherkins
- Soy sauce
- Blue cheese
- Sauce
- French fries
- Spelt
- Barley
- Rye
- Oats
These cereals may not contain gluten in them but botanically they are too close to the wheat structure and should also be eliminated in a gluten-free diet:
- Millet - Teff - Sorghum - Triticale - Wheat shrimp - Amaranth - Quinoa
There are other types of foods, preservatives, and ingredients
found in foods that can also become problematic in a gluten-free diet. Here is a list of them:
- Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- Maltodextrin (can be made from wheat)
- Natural flavors and colorants
- Vegetable protein
- Locust bean gum
- Starch such as starch hydrolysate and modified starch
- Texturized vegetable protein,
- MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate),
- Mixtures for dipas,
- Salad dressings,
- Yeast powder,
- Honey roasted nuts or just roasted,
- teas and instant coffees,
- Chocolate (often with malt flavoring),
- Canned soups,
- Candies that are coated with wheat flour.
Checking food labels is especially important when first starting this type of diet. Depending on the degree of gluten allergy, the smallest amount of gluten can cause immune reactions that will make you feel very ill.
One of the most important things to learn on a gluten-free diet is that the easiest way to do it is to cook your own food.
Meals are simple and contain protein from raw cooked foods, half of the plate with vegetables, and a fruit for dessert. Some people can tolerate rice; however, many types of rice are not tolerated. genetically modified and would probably be better left out of this type of diet.
Some people benefit more by introducing themselves to this diet little by little. The way to do this is to first choose a food category - beverages, cereals, breads, desserts, vegetables, fruits, nuts, salad dressings, sauces and gravies, and everything else. Then you review all the foods in your diet in that category and go to the store to find suitable substitutes.
After mastering the changes of this diet for a few days, add another category and do the same again. Repeat until you are done with the process. This method can be a good way to give up wheat gluten as consumption affects the opiate receptors in the brain. Many people may suffer from withdrawal symptoms.
Therefore, gluten addiction can make it exceptionally difficult for a week. One thing you should know is that in the last decade thousands of people have successfully given up wheat, grains and gluten. They have not suffered from malnutrition.
What actually happens is that your health improves. Cereals have an anti-nutrient effect in the body, which means that they interfere with with the absorption of iron, zinc, chromium and other minerals.
Because you are also eliminating one of the most genetically modified foods from your gluten-free diet, you are preventing the long-term destruction of your immune system. Gluten is also linked to the advent of over 300 different diseases so with your gluten-free diet you prevent diabetes, neurological disorders, cancer, infertility, high blood pressure and many other problems! It pays to make a commitment to yourself to eat a gluten-free diet!!!! Download our basic nutrition plan today Here
