@Tigermama said:@Geo. said:@Tigermama said:@Nelson said:No it isn't, it's a completely unnecessary thing to do for 99% of the population. Wheat-based products have a whole lot of beneficial vitamins and minerals in them that their gluten-free equivalents tend not to have. Cutting them out is generally not a good idea unless you actually need to, and even then you have to be careful about doing it in order to maintain a balanced diet.
Nutritionists have been consistently saying over a long period of time that a balanced diet is best. The "health" industry, with the aim of making money, likes to periodically demonise certain products (fat, gluten, anything processed), and then sell overpriced "healthy" options to consumers. Don't fall too easily for it…
Nelson I'm not saying stop eating wheat and replace it with glutten free products.
I agree that gluten free products are high on carbohydrates and have zero nutrients. Any few nutrients they do contain have been added. (Fortified)
Modern wheat is not the same, as the wheat our grandparents and ancestors ate.
It's been genetically modified, ( dwarfed) so it's easier to harvest, more resistant to viruses, contains less nutrients and contain more gluten.
The phytates in the wheat are indigestible,making the trace vitamins present unusable.
If we reduce or cut out wheat, grains and sugar, we would definitely be much more healthier.
But who wants to do that right? They taste so yummy.
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I like Pies..
I do too… :wink:
I had one today, I think it was called villis, was very tasty.