Eating gluten-free without a medical reason?
By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay | 0 comments | 31 Shares | May 12, 2017
Study concludes that individuals who consumed the lowest levels of dietary gluten had a 15 percent higher risk of heart disease. (For Spectrum Health Beat)
Eating “gluten-free” when there’s no medical need to do so won’t boost your heart health—and might even harm it, a new study warns.
Gluten-free diets have soared in popularity in recent years. But, shunning gluten has no heart benefits for people without celiac disease, and it may mean consuming a diet lacking heart-healthy whole grains, according to the quarter-century study.
http://healthbeat.spectrumhealth.org/eating-gluten-free-without-a-medical-reason-heart-health/
