Gluten-free foods are foods like fruits, vegetables and meats, for example because they do not contain gluten protein in their composition.
These foods are the only foods that can be ingested in the case of celiac disease, because in these patients, gluten can damage the walls in the intestine and cause diarrhea and abdominal pain making it difficult to absorb some nutrients.
However, everyone can benefit by decreasing the consumption of gluten because gluten can cause bloating and abdominal discomfort.
Gluten-free food list
Gluten-free foods are:
- Fruits;
- Vegetables and greens;
- Meat and fish;
- Rice flour, cassava, almond, corn, beans, peas, soybeans, yams;
- Rice, corn, amaranth, arrowroot, buckwheat, quinoa;
- Cornstarch (popular cornstarch);
- Tapioca;
- Potato starch;
- Cooked Corn Meal;
- Salt, sugar, chocolate powder, cocoa;
- Gelatine;
- Oils, olive oil, butters and margarines.
There are also other gluten-free foods that can easily be purchased at health food stores such as bread and pasta, but in this case the product label should indicate 'gluten free food' or 'gluten free'.
See gluten-free recipes at: Gluten-free bread recipe.
How to Make a Gluten Free Diet
To make a gluten-free diet, only gluten-free foods should be eaten and it is necessary to exclude from food all foods with gluten such as those made with wheat flour, barley or rye such as cakes, crackers, biscuits or bread, for example. Learn more about gluten foods in: Foods that contain gluten.
The gluten-free diet helps decrease the symptoms caused by gluten in celiac patients like diarrhea and abdominal pain. In addition, the gluten-free diet is also used to lose weight because biscuits, bread, cakes or biscuits are eliminated from the diet, for example, which decreases the calories that are ingested.
To follow a gluten-free diet it is important to have a nutritionist follow-up to ensure that all the nutrients needed by the body are ingested, but watch this video to see some tips:
Learn more about this diet in:
- How to Make a Gluten Free Diet
Gluten-free and lactose-free menu for weight loss
