Stay Healthy By Eating Gluten Free Foods

Eating is one thing and eating right is quite another. As you will realize, not so many people know the right food to eat: Food that will not make them obese thus plunging them into great problems. Below is a list of some of the food that does not contain gluten. But before then, one may ask: what is gluten?

Gluten

This is a type of protein that is commonly found in wheat’s endosperm that is ground to generate flour. In fact, gluten is made up of two kinds of protein namely: 

• Gliadin
• Glutenin

Why Should You Avoid Gluten?

Gluten is not necessarily bad but it is not good to some people since they react with it. In fact they are gluten intolerant. Celiac disease is a complication caused by the intolerance of gluten. Surprisingly, in the US alone, 1 in 141 people suffer from Celiac disease.

This means that when such a person consumes gluten, their body’s immune system is triggered resulting in damage in the intestines. This is too bad since your digestive system will have compromised. Contrary to the believe that gluten is found in some type of wheat alone, it has been found in other foods. This then prompts you to be very selective with the type of food you eat. Here is a list of gluten-free foods that you may choose from:

Eat gluten-free bread like the one above to avoid complications.

1. Vegetables- mushrooms, onions, cauliflowers, green beans, ginger, jicama, garlic, collards, lettuces, spinach, broccoli, radishes and fennel.
2.  Proteins- whole eggs, beef, liver, fish, grouper, poultry, ostrich meat, lobster, crab, oysters; fowl, chicken, and wild game.
3. Healthy fats-virgin oil, coconut oil, almond milk, butter, ghee, cheese but not from blue cheeses; avocados, sunflower seeds, sesame oil, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, olives, grass-fed tallow and flax seeds.
4.  Low-sugar fruits-bell peppers, cucumber, squash, tomatoes, eggplant, limes, lemons, avocados and zucchini.
5. Herbs, seasonings and other condiments are many that you can choose from.

The above list is not complete. Therefore, be careful especially labeled foods. By knowing the ingredients of whatever food you eat, you will be keeping healthy with gluten-free foods not this year alone but also in years to come.