Consumer Reports: Gluten-free isn't necessarily healthier

In a new study, Consumer Reports gluten researchers say is wrongly demonized in recent years, and many Americans now "gluten free" consider the words to be synonymous with "healthy" adjective.

Gluten-free products, the new report argues, are not always the healthiest option, and in many cases even less nutritious.

The report - titled "Is a gluten-free diet actually make you healthier?" and will appear in the January issue of consumer magazine - makes himself available to solve a number of misconceptions about reduced food component in most cereals. Not only is gluten free is not always healthier and more nutritious option, the report warns, but it is often more expensive, the weight gain can allow and even increase their own exposure to arsenic.

"If you go completely gluten free without the advice of a nutritionist, you can develop deficiencies quickly enough," Laura Moore, a nutritionist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said Consumer Reports.

After the reaction, more than 1,000 Consumer Reports surveyed, nearly two-thirds of Americans believe eating a gluten-free diet is "to improve the physical and mental health."

The report is not necessarily against gluten free products or diets. Millions of Americans have celiac disease. For them digest gluten is unhealthy and dangerous for the long-term health complications. Millions are gluten free and are satisfied with the result. But Consumer Reports warns that when people go for gluten free, they should do it intelligently.

Recommend authors, eat whole grains and whole foods like fruits, vegetables, lean meats and poultry, fish, dairy products, legumes and nuts. Also, read the label. Many gluten-free products are actually more sugar, sodium and calories, the report warns.

Reports suggest people go gluten free, without knowing all the facts. But it's looking much newer than cutting carbs is broad suggests a good idea for better health. At least one study has shown smear carbohydrates, not fat, help people lose weight and reduce their risk of heart disease.

But some experts suggest that gluten will just encourage people to eat healthier. In other words, it is the influx of whole healthy foods that are good, is - not necessarily the absence of gluten.

"When people lose weight on a gluten free diet, it could be because they cut calories, eat less processed foods or sweets or parts of starchy cut like pasta and bread," said Samantha Heller , senior clinical nutritionist at NYU Langone Medical Center, "Instead of a cookie, she eats an apple. instead of pasta, eat a high-fiber, whole grains like quinoa gluten. eat more fiber satiety and help can help to lose weight. "