3 Reasons to Pursue a Wheat Free Diet

No matter what you have read in the past, the difference between whole wheat flour and refined flour isn't all that dramatic (it's one of the reasons I recommend a wheat free diet). Whole wheat flour has already been refined, and when it is needed for use, bran is added back in to replace what was removed.

Bran is removed initially because flour stores better without it. But a wheat free diet is one of the best moves you can make if you want to achieve health and weight loss. Here are 5:

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1) Refined Grains Elevate Blood Sugar

One of the biggest causes behind weight gain is the insulin response caused by foods with a low glycemic index. Wheat based bread is very quickly converted to sugars in the body - the process begins in the mouth.

As soon as all that sugar hits the bloodstream, the pancreas responds by releasing insulin to clear the sugars, storing them as fat. This can cause a sugar crash, resulting in hunger, leading you to eat again, repeating the cycle.

2) The Right Carbohydrates are Essential

Your body needs carbohydrates for energy. The type of carbohydrates you eat, however, can improve your health, or cause your health to deteriorate. Eating fruits and vegetables which contain a lot of healthy fiber will help you to digest effectively while providing plenty of nutrition.

Including whole grains which are gluten free, especially after a good workout, will help you develop a lean, muscular body. Refined grains, especially wheat, will do the opposite.

3) Decrease you Risk of Disease

Many of the most common modern diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol are a result of our high wheat diet.

Of course it isn't just wheat that causes these problems, all refined grains and sugars lead to ill health.

When you take these same grains and sprout them before you turn them in to bread products, though, you bypass many of the problems associated with refined foods. Sprouting the grains increases their nutritive value dramatically and eliminates phytic acid, a mineral blocker. You can find many healthy products made of sprouted grains, both with and without wheat.

Avoiding High Glycemic Index Foods

You hear a lot about the glycemic index of foods. This "magical" number relates how quickly the carbohydrates you eat enter your blood stream. Some of this can be controlled by eating protein with your carbs. The rest is a function of how quickly the food is broken down into sugars.

Carbohydrates with a lot of fiber break down more slowly, those with little fiber, such as wheat, break down rapidly. Research indicates a direct correlation between eating lots of high glycemic index foods and weight gain.

Making the Change

It isn't all that hard to make the change any more. Health food stores stock many gluten-free products, and just by sticking to those you can avoid wheat.

That said; you don't want to substitute refined wheat for other products that are loaded with chemicals, sugars and soy. The best choices remain whole grains, plenty of fruits and vegetables, the right types of protein and plenty of water.

In just 4-6 weeks your body will have purged all traces of gluten. If your medical issues were caused specifically by gluten you will have solved the problem.

If your goals have been diet related, keep bread and other wheat products as a rare treat, and enjoy the new, healthier you.

3 Reasons to Pursue a Wheat Free Diet

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