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Adopting a gluten-free diet unnecessarily can bring risks. Such diets are often low in fiber, which can increase the risk of ...

Gluten is a protein in wheat, barley and rye. Going gluten-free is normally prescribed for patients with digestive disorders such as celiac disease, but more and more people are giving up gluten ...

More people in the U.S. are on gluten-free diets even though the proportion of Americans with celiac disease held steady from 2009 to 2014, according to a new study.

A survey in 2015 of 1,500 adults who adopted gluten-free diets showed most did not have celiac disease or any explanation for doing so -- less than 8 percent of people in the survey had celiac ...

These people believe too much attention is drawn to the subject and that too many people unnecessarily follow a gluten-free diet. For an example, check out the comments on this article about a ...

Whole Foods Market now sells more than 1,000 "gluten-free" items. Many stores carry a freezer full of baked goods that are made with alternative ingredients such as rice and bean flours.

Gluten-free diets are as trendy as ever, with many people seeking them out for weight loss or health, even though avoiding gluten is unlikely to provide the solutions they’re seeking.

People with celiac disease have an immune response to gluten, a protein found in foods such as bread, pasta, gummy bears and soy sauce. Everyday activities often require careful calculation to ...

If you are going gluten-free simply to give yourself motivation to avoid all bread and cookies and crackers, that’s fine . . . as long as you don’t fall into Mistake #1, where you start buying ...

Quinoa is free from gluten, and people can use it as a substitute for grains such as wheat and barley. Read how to use it, its nutritional value, and more.

A Coeliac UK report said a gluten free diet added 35% to food bills and Health Minister Jeremy Miles said the Welsh government wanted to "de-medicalise the supply of gluten-free foods".