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The gluten-free diet in children: Do the risks outweigh the benefits?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 689415" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Let's get a couple of things straight here.</p><p>The "gluten-free food industry" is like any other commercial interest - their intent is simply to get lots of people to buy their product. MOST gluten-free foods produced by the "gluten-free food industry" is meant to <em>replace</em> common gluten-based items.</p><p> </p><p>If you are trying to eat like "everybody else" and are using these gluten-free products to do so, then yes, you are likely missing out on key nutrients, including fiber.</p><p> </p><p>However, if you are truly interested in eating <em>healthy AND gluten-free</em>, it's not much different than eating <em>healthy</em>. Foods that are closest to their original condition are the healthiest foods - fruits, berries, vegetables, potatoes, solid meat (whole chicken, chicken breast, fish, roasted or stewed meat, etc.), eggs, dairy, etc. If you drop out bread, pasta, and other gluten-based foods instead of "replacing them" with gluten-free alternatives... you are actually eating VERY healthy.</p><p> </p><p>The problem here is the gluten-free food industry.</p><p> </p><p>Just because it is gluten-free doesn't mean it's healthy. Read the labels on candy... LOTS are gluten-free. But it's still candy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 689415, member: 11791"] Let's get a couple of things straight here. The "gluten-free food industry" is like any other commercial interest - their intent is simply to get lots of people to buy their product. MOST gluten-free foods produced by the "gluten-free food industry" is meant to [I]replace[/I] common gluten-based items. If you are trying to eat like "everybody else" and are using these gluten-free products to do so, then yes, you are likely missing out on key nutrients, including fiber. However, if you are truly interested in eating [I]healthy AND gluten-free[/I], it's not much different than eating [I]healthy[/I]. Foods that are closest to their original condition are the healthiest foods - fruits, berries, vegetables, potatoes, solid meat (whole chicken, chicken breast, fish, roasted or stewed meat, etc.), eggs, dairy, etc. If you drop out bread, pasta, and other gluten-based foods instead of "replacing them" with gluten-free alternatives... you are actually eating VERY healthy. The problem here is the gluten-free food industry. Just because it is gluten-free doesn't mean it's healthy. Read the labels on candy... LOTS are gluten-free. But it's still candy. [/QUOTE]
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