The disadvantages of Gluten free diet

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http://community.sw.org/2013/01/gluten-free-diet-for-weight-loss/

Disadvantages

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If you’re following a gluten-free diet with the intent of losing weight, you’re often eliminating entire categories of food — such as whole-grain breads — and as a result you run the risk of cutting out sources of necessary vitamins, particularly the B vitamins, niacin, folic acid, iron and zinc.

“With a gluten-free diet, many times you’re choosing things that are less healthful. Often people substitute high-fat items for the gluten. A label may say the product is gluten-free, but it may be high in fat or sugar,” cautions Ms. Cora.

“I’ve seen people actually gain weight, not lose weight, on a gluten-free diet, because they make poor food choices,” Ms. Cora notes.

(Note: Ms Vicky Cora, MS, RD, LD, is a Registered Dietitian.)

“If you choose to try a gluten-free diet, just like any fad diet, you want to make sure you take a multivitamin or supplement with a B-complex vitamin to make up for what you’re not consuming,” suggests Ms. Cora.

The B vitamins are important for:

1. Producing red blood cells

2. Maintaining your immune and nervous systems

3. Regulating your metabolism

4. Governing hair and nail growth