If you don't have coeliac disease, avoiding gluten isn't healthy
- Written by Suzanne Mahady, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Of the many food fads, "gluten free" is one that can be unhealthy. from www.shutterstock.com
Coeliac disease, an allergy to gluten that causes damage to the intestine, affects 1% of Australians. But more than ten times this number, or around 11% of the population, follows a gluten-free diet by choice, and up to 30% of people in the United States try...
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