No, eating gluten-free does not mean going on a slimming diet and in fact it does not make you lose weight: of course, in case you suspect you have a sensitivity to gluten it is possible to reap enormous benefits from a gluten-free diet, for example losing weight by deflating and unblocking a an “intestinal deadlock” whereby eating normal carbohydrates with gluten prevented us from digesting well. However , this occurs only in some cases of confirmed gluten sensitivity and the weight loss could only be initial: the fashion or the rampant madness of eating gluten-free makes many believe that gluten-containing foods are responsible for being overweight, and thatit is enough to eliminate these foods by replacing them with gluten-free sweets, pasta and biscuits to eliminate the problem .
Nothing could be more false, indeed, even worse: there is now a real “gluten free obesity”, with people complaining of being fat despite the choice to eat gluten-free. Experts call it gluten-free gluttony, or that gluten free diet that instead of making you lose weight makes you fat, simply because people do not change their eating habits, but only different foods to binge on. Pizza, pasta, gluten-free snacks but with a high glycemic index because they are made with rice or corn flour, added sugars and fats to make them tastier and with a lower protein intake due to the lack of gluten: the result of this diet translates into extra pounds.
In this article , a reporter explains how he has gained five kilos since being diagnosed with celiac disease . This is because many of the gluten free products on the market have more calories, fats and sugars than traditional products.
It is something that unfortunately I have also noticed,just read the nutritional values ​​of gluten-free biscuits and desserts, pasta and pizzas : excessive calories and a kilometer-long list of ingredients. In short: eating gluten-free does not mean eating lean.