What Gluten-Free Really Means

It's the newest food fad out there: gluten free. Trace explains what gluten is and if there's any actual science behind all this anti-gluten rhetoric.

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[cheeow]

I have a son who's celiac and it was rough going at first. He loved pasta and bread but we have learned to work around it. Quinoa and tapioca flower have been our two biggest saviors. There are lots of options out there these days.

[AlintraxAika]

Today I received a biology paper on celiac and you just made a video about it. Thanks from Brazil Trace.

[ajquick]

Thanks for this video. I've got what I suspect is Gluten Intollerance (Celiac runs in my family). Having more options is really better for us all. Thank you for also being accurate about carbs / weight loss. Eating foods that are naturally gluten free is better than eating foods that are made gluten free (such as breads, donuts, pizza.. etc). Eat a bunch of gluten free donuts? Its the same for your weight as eating a bunch of gluten filled ones.

[bendover]

My aunt has been taken by the anti-gluten craze. She gave me a book called "wheat belly" and it tells of how gluten is poison, among other things. Now she won't eat any gluten at all. All the gluten-free food she has is awful.

[Celticninja]

I am gluten-Intolerant, and trust me when I say this... the food is dry as heck... Most of the time I just avoid anything that is a substitute for wheat, and end up eating vegetables, meats and non-gluten grains mostly.  

[ghoover]

I think that things labeled “gluten free” should be free of all gluten because if I eat any amount of gluten I throw up no matter what so if it’s labeled “gluten free” I should trust that it’s gluten free🤦‍♀️

[szeszolszeszol]

My mom has celiac and my sister has a wheat sensitivity, so we shop at trader joes, we get this pasta made from corn flour instead of wheat, it the the most amazing noodle I've ever had

[Grab_it_G_Rabbit]

My mom and her sister have both been tested for celiac disease/sensitivity.
Both did not suffer from it, but they are gluten-free because they feel physically better. Sometimes their stomachs swell after eating gluten.

[AnthonyWhitted]

I was put on a gluten free diet for Fibromyalgia after my cancer treatment. Not only did it make the pain better, I have more energy, I sleep better, my digestive system improved, I'm hungry less often, joint pain is almost totally gone, etc. I was prescribed oral and injectable vitamins to ensure I was getting what I need. Our wheat is not what it used to be and the current variety is harder to digest and causes inflamatory response in many people.

[Javiermn]

thank you for covering this. All of a sudden a shit ton of people i ran into at work were swearing by eating gluten free and giving kraft services shit for not having gluten free items.

[cryofpaine]

As someone with a gluten intolerance, I'm really grateful that there are better gluten-free. And they've gotten much better quality. When I first was diagnosed about 8 years ago, there weren't a lot of options, and most of them were some variation on either cardboard or chalk. Now, there are enough good options that I rarely feel like I'm missing out. About the only thing I haven't found is a good substitute for a thick crust pizza.

[JorgCAlexander]

It's been interesting since my mom has developed a gluten intolerance. Favorite recipe i've innovated so far has been pumpkin rye spice cake.

[jsdsparky]

I have celiac disease, and it's really annoying when I hear about people going on gluten-free diets just because they think it's healthier. Thanks for making this video.

[icancommentnow]

When I was diagnosed with celiac I didn't know of all the "gluten free" products available, so I was pretty much just eating produce and chicken.  I got much better.  Then as I began discovering all the products labeled gluten free I was very happy.  Some of those things are almost as good as the typical versions, but guess what, I started getting sick again.  Now I've cut all that crap back out of my diet and I am starting to feel better again.  I have done the cutting slowly enough to know of many different ingredients that I am sensitive to other than the specific type of gluten that all the labels are referring to.  I have found that some studies indicate many of these foods as being cross-reactive: foods that can, in some people, cause the same auto immune response as gluten.  So while some people may be fine with these foods,  I find that the gluten free labeled products usually are of no use to me, and since this has forced me to learn to cook with healthy foods I have developed a much larger passion for food.

[lfesdd]

My wheat allergy reactions are painful, annoying, and increasing in severity. I am absolutely grateful for all the attention being put into the gluten free food market.

[annadios]

I'm not entirely convinced. My good friend used to be pretty overweight even though she ate fairly healthy and exercised regularly. She just couldn't seem to lose weight. She does not have celiac disease as far as she's been able to tell, but she cut gluten out of her diet (and didn't change much else in her diet) for like 6 months and, BAM, she lost something like 40 lbs. And she stopped having mysterious headaches, stomach aches, and bloating that she used to experience frequently.

[Twistshock]

A decent and well-spoken presentation of the subject. I have no issues with consuming gluten however, and have no reason to avoid it.

[kitkat]

I went gluten free 15 months ago as a way to ward off arthritis and I'm never going back to being in pain 7 days a week again. Its more than just a fad it can really help people. I see people who can't walk or who have enormous guts or many many health problems and I know a gluten free diet would help but most people have a closed mind and they don't want to believe that the problem is something they are eating. They could literally change there health and there whole way of life

[justineceliacslife]

in 1 sense im glad people are obsessed with this gluten free weight loss diet fad, as i suffer from celiacs disease it gives me more options, however it makes it more difficult to eat out as people think you have choice. most times restaurants dont understand the serious effect it has when they make a mistake with your order.

[jessicaabernethy]

I've been on the diet because my mom believed I had ciliac disease. Back then, about 10 years ago, they hardly had any foods that were labeled gluten free, so I had a fun time reading labels before I ate it. 

Not a fun diet then, but it does not seem that bad now for all of those gluten free people out there. 

To answer the question, I love the Notta Pasta rice noodles more than any other noodle.