The study suggests that grains are incredibly beneficial, and that eliminating them from your diet unless necessary could put your health at risk. Specifically, grains seem to have a notable impact on cardiovascular health.
The researchers gathered and analyzed data from over 100,000 subjects (64,714 women and 45,303 men) with no history of coronary heart disease. They followed the participants from 1986 to 2010, asking them to fill out food questionnaires every four years. Upon analysis based on gluten intake, there was no “significant” link between gluten consumption and the risk of heart disease.
But since people with restricted gluten intake often have a diet rich in refined grains, instead of whole grains, the team looked at the data from the perspective of refined grains. Here, the findings were different.
“It appeared that those individuals who consumed the lowest levels of dietary gluten had a 15 percent higher risk of heart disease,” study leader Andrew Chan, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, tells CBS.
As such, the study concludes that going gluten-free can leave a person at risk of heart problems, since gluten-containing whole grains — like barley, wheat, and rye — come with cardiovascular health perks.
Have you ever eaten a gluten-free diet? How did you feel when you ate it? What do you think of people going gluten-free when they don't have celiac disease? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
Article Source: The Kitchn
This article seems to imply that only people with Celiac’s disease benefit from going gluten free. Altho I agree that you shouldn’t do it without a doctor’s approval, my grandson who is autistic also benefits greatly by being on a gluten free diet. He’s much calmer and easier to get along with due to this.
absolutely couldnt agree more 😀
Thanks !
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