Is gluten-free diet dangerous?

ByJeffreyw

A kind of protein "gluten"Dietary method (meal method) is to avoid ingesting"Gluten free diet"is. Although this diet method which has attracted attention in recent years, research results that there is a potential danger in continuing this is announced.

The Unintended Consequences of a Gluten-Free Diet.: Epidemiology
http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Citation/publishahead/The_Unintended_Consequences_of_a_Gluten_Free_Diet_.98893.aspx

Potential risks of going gluten-free-high arsenic and mercury levels | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/potential-risks-of-going-gluten-free-high-arsenic-and-mercury-levels/


Gluten-free diet is a diet method with popular flavors such as overseas celebrities, and in 2015 one of four Americans avoids taking glutenInvestigation resultIt is as popular as it comes out. Supporters of gluten-free diet that consume gluten do not increase by 67% from 2013 to 2015, and food products written as "gluten free" at grocery stores are never seen That momentum is terrible.

BySean MacEntee

The fact that gluten-free foods are in circulation means that gluten-sensitive autoimmune diseases "Celiac diseaseIt may be a pleasant experience for the patient, but celiac disease patients are only about 1% of the American population. In addition, the gluten-free diet is promoted under the idea of ​​"good for everyone's health" and is said to "reduce inflammation". However, the problem is that the effect of gluten-free diet has not been scientifically proven.

Meanwhile, research on the latest gluten-free diet was published in epidemiological journalsEpidemiology, And it is suggested that "gluten-free diet may result in unexpected health risk".

BySylvar

In the study, we are investigating the arsenic concentration in the urine of 7471 people collected from 2009 to 2014 and the mercury concentration in the blood. Of the 7471 people surveyed, 73 subjects were gluten free. Urine and blood samples of this subject were investigated and found that the total amount of arsenic compounds contained in urine was twice as much as those who had ordinary meals containing gluten and the amount of mercury in the blood was 60% I found out that it was a lot. Arsenic and mercury are contained in "gluten-free" food such as "rice", and accumulation in the body increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and cancer and nervous system diseases.

In gluten-free foods, since rice flour etc. is used as a gluten substitute, I would like to think about it depending on whether it is an influence, but this time, "the number of subjects who were doing gluten free meals was 73 people" As you can see, the scale of the research is very small, whether the gluten-free diet reported by the subject has increased the mercury / arsenic concentration of the human body to such an extent that it affects health, the relevance is unknown. However, Maria Argos, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois who studied, "The findings indicate that there is a possibility that unintended effects may occur by eating gluten-free meals," the human body Which may have an adverse effect on.

However, Mr. Argos says, "We can not draw a conclusion until we have conducted a larger study and examined whether gluten-free diet can cause mercury or arsenic poisoning."

ByStacy Spensley

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to limit the arsenic content of rice grains for infants.