General Article Should you go on a wheat-free diet?

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By Natural Balance Foods and Lucy-Ann Prideaux

 

A wheat-free diet has many health benefits, but it’s important to know the facts. Here our nutritionist Lucy-Ann Prideaux reveals all you need to know about wheat, and healthy snacking.

Wheat and gluten are often used interchangeably, but it’s important to understand that whilst wheat and gluten do go ‘hand in hand’, these are two distinct different groups of proteins. Gluten is not just present in wheat; it’s also present in other grains too, such as barley, rye, oats, spelt and kamut grain. Wheat (and therefore gluten), is present in thousands of everyday foods worldwide including breads and bread products, cakes, biscuits and bars, buns, pizzas, wraps, rolls and a great majority of processed foods. As some of you may be aware, even simple packaged foods such as soups, ready meals and sweets contain fillers such as wheat flour, and therefore contain gluten too!

 

Why do so many choose to eat a diet free from wheat and gluten?

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