Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Diet

Lately, people have developed awareness about nutrition and started staying away from sugar. In addition, the sugar-free gluten-free diet has also become quite popular. Let's see what a sugar-free gluten-free diet is?

Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Diet

What does eating a diet that is sugar-free and gluten-free mean? "Sugar-free" is a relatively new concept and how the diet works in each person's life is unique.

There are natural sugars in fruits and vegetables and our bodies actually need certain sugars to survive. However, removing or significantly reducing refined sugars can bring significant benefits to health and longevity.

Sugar is not just sweet, it's almost everywhere. Food manufacturers use it to enhance the flavor of spice blends, salad dressings, yogurts, non-dairy drinks, carbonated drinks, snacks, soups, and even stock and meat broths.

Generally, refined sugar contains processed white sugar made from sugar cane or sugar beets. It also includes brown sugar that is coated with molasses. Refined sugar is processed so much that our bodies quickly metabolize and process it. When we consume too much sugar, we experience "high sugar" and then a drop in blood sugar immediately follows.

If you're concerned about reducing sugar consumption, the key to learning how much sugar is in a food is to read the labels. Some words indicating sugar on ingredient lists include evaporated cane juice, sucrose, raw sugar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup solids, dried cane juice, and corn sweetener.

Some people prefer to avoid consuming sugary processed foods from the ingredient list, while others find that added total sugar is not a problem as long as it's listed fifth or lower.

Type I or insulin-dependent diabetes occurs in an estimated 5 to 10 percent of the celiac population compared to 0.5 percent in the general healthy population. Researchers have determined that there is a causal genetic link between the two diseases. If you have celiac disease, you may have previously encountered problems with type 1 diabetes, as we have mentioned in previous articles. Therefore, if you have celiac disease, you may want to consider a sugar-free gluten-free diet.