Doctor Oz show on Friday tackled a new fad in the diet arena, the Gluten Free Diet, and dispelled a lot of the myths about this diet and some surprising facts. The program started with Dr. Oz introducing his two guests: Mark Hyman MD and registered dietitian, Samantha Cassidy. Now Gluten is a protein and the doctor said that as much as 97% of people intolerant of it don’t even know it. This has prompted a “fad” production of several diets and lots of prepackaged foods that are “Gluten Free”. Now Mark Hyman came out and he told us that Gluten Intolerance can cause lots of health problems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, depression, Rheumatoid Arthritis, anxiety, anemia, vitamin b deficiencies, heart disease, and cancer. Hyman based these findings on his ten year research on the topic. He also explained that people that are sensitive to Gluten can gain weight on a regular diet. Sensitivity to gluten causes more insulin to be produced in the body and thus the body stores more fat. It can also increase inflammation of the joints.

The next segment talked about the prepackaged Gluten Free foods and how they can be harmful. Dr. Hyman called them “Franken Foods” and then Samantha Cassidy went on to explain how these gluten free foods are bad for a diet because they contain a lot more calories than the regular product. She gave an expample of a gluten free waffle being 270 calories while the regular frozen waffle was only 140. You got the picture really quick when you see all the calories that are in gluten free foods. Dr. Hyman chimed in that these calories were mostly from potato starch or rice flour which will spike your blood sugar and that is a very bad thing. Doctor Oz brought the two guests back to the “diet” topic and both agreed that a natural gluten free diet can be beneficial but it is hard to follow for most of us.

Dr. Hyman gave some great insight in how to see if Gluten is causing you problems. He suggested that a person should go on a 2 week Gluten Free Diet and see if your headaches, joint pain, and bloating go away. He also said to go to a Doctor and get an antibodies test if you are still not sure. H finished by warning about hidden Gluten in some every day products. gluten is in toothpaste, lip stick, and it is in the glue on stamps and envelopes.

Doctor Oz finished the show by telling everyone that if you are going to go on a Gluten Free Diet then make sure it is a natural diet and not just using the prepackaged Gluten Free Foods.

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