What is gluten?
Gluten is a protein found in grains like wheat, rye, triticale, barley and oats, and it's also often found in other products as it helps bind foods together.
Why go gluten free?
A strict gluten-free diet is essential for people with an inflammatory condition known as coeliac disease. However, many people who buy gluten-free products are doing so because they think these foods are healthier, not because they have coeliac disease or gluten intolerance.
Going gluten-free is not as simple as cutting out bread and pasta, because gluten is often found in many other foods as it adds flavour and texture. But while buying the gluten-free variety of a product over the regular version is essential for people with coeliac disease, sales of these products show they're being bought by far more people than those with the disease or gluten intolerance, which is estimated to affect six to ten percent of the population.
- ISBN13 9780359298709
- Publish Date 17 December 2018
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English