Diet Essay
Gluten Free: An Effective Diet?
Devry University Gluten Free: An Effective Diet? Tiffany found out she had Celiac Disease 4 years ago. At the time there was not a lot of information on what Celiac Disease (CD) was. This is a disease that causes a person to have very bad reactions when they ingest wheat, barley, or rye. When she found out she spent hours and hours trying to research what items had gluten in them and which didn 't. Most of her efforts were in vain. The major grocery stores in her town just didn 't carry the items that she needed to live a truly gluten free diet. That is until recently. There are more and more companies advertising gluten free items every day. This was a large relief to Tiffany, but why are companies now advertising gluten free items?
Gluten Free seems to be the new diet in town that is pushed as healthy by the media. This diet while it sounds good, can actually be bad for a dieter. In my research, I have found studies that have been done that link this diet to malnutrition. The diet appears to work in a short period of time, but this is deceiving as the results generally come from a lower in take in carbohydrates and not from a balanced nutrient intake. The more popular gluten free items become the better for people like Tiffany, who have to eat this very strict diet, but for healthy individuals this is not an effective diet. During my research, I was unable to find any studies that found a benefit to eating gluten free, unless it was prescribed by a doctor for people that couldn 't handle gluten.
I think that people need to be more educated in the diet that they are trying. This diet is very strict and has no benefits for healthy people. The majority of people that go on a diet and do not see results will eventually quit or cheat and not reach their goals. An effective diet would do a person more justice, and help them stay on the right path longer and hopefully until they reach their personal
Devry University Gluten Free: An Effective Diet? Tiffany found out she had Celiac Disease 4 years ago. At the time there was not a lot of information on what Celiac Disease (CD) was. This is a disease that causes a person to have very bad reactions when they ingest wheat, barley, or rye. When she found out she spent hours and hours trying to research what items had gluten in them and which didn 't. Most of her efforts were in vain. The major grocery stores in her town just didn 't carry the items that she needed to live a truly gluten free diet. That is until recently. There are more and more companies advertising gluten free items every day. This was a large relief to Tiffany, but why are companies now advertising gluten free items?
Gluten Free seems to be the new diet in town that is pushed as healthy by the media. This diet while it sounds good, can actually be bad for a dieter. In my research, I have found studies that have been done that link this diet to malnutrition. The diet appears to work in a short period of time, but this is deceiving as the results generally come from a lower in take in carbohydrates and not from a balanced nutrient intake. The more popular gluten free items become the better for people like Tiffany, who have to eat this very strict diet, but for healthy individuals this is not an effective diet. During my research, I was unable to find any studies that found a benefit to eating gluten free, unless it was prescribed by a doctor for people that couldn 't handle gluten.
I think that people need to be more educated in the diet that they are trying. This diet is very strict and has no benefits for healthy people. The majority of people that go on a diet and do not see results will eventually quit or cheat and not reach their goals. An effective diet would do a person more justice, and help them stay on the right path longer and hopefully until they reach their personal
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