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Gluten-Free: Just a Fad?

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    Look in any grocery store and the gluten-free section is overflowing. So is this just another health craze or is it a true medical necessity?

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Remember when low carb foods were all the rage well these days that gluten free section at your local grocery stores probably overflowing.

We talked about to Peterborough and -- had dinner source -- about it mostly free.

This just another health -- or if it's just personal medical necessity.

Gluten the protein that acres in meat and meat products that they felt ride.

Bartley when our bodies -- that it needs to break it down and it usually takes fairly strong in -- to -- some people are kind of sensitive.

Which mean that when the gluten protein gets into the digestion -- -- -- system sees it and creates a response.

Over the past several years going gluten free.

Has been promoted as a way to boost health and -- -- weight or cope better with ADHD and autism.

I think in many cases people are eating way too much -- that people are starting to notice that when they take the gluten out of their diet.

A lot of some things for different conditions they have tend to disappear.

Conditions like depression and -- problems.

At some fibromyalgia.

And chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome and -- it.

So is it just a fad or should everyone be saying goodbye to gluten.

I think it's a little bit of a -- but I I think there's good reason for any food that you eat constantly continually.

I'm after -- while your body starts Faith No More answers to create an inflammatory actions I would think if you're -- you diet.

And you see yourself -- gluten to three times today than it's probably worth getting rid of -- for a little while probably have beneficial effect.

Dot -- and journal says most gluten products are empty calories.

So cutting them from your diet will also help you lose weight.

For more information go to -- source health dot com I'm Dr.

Manny Fox News.