Don't say you love pasta, at least a large part of China people do. Pasta has become an indispensable part of China's food culture. With more and more advanced food processing technology, pasta is becoming more and more delicious.
Wheat products are not only the most common cereal source of pasta, but also the main raw material of almost all staple foods. From breakfast cereal to steamed bread and cakes to pasta, pizza and dessert. Moreover, in the process of refined flour processing, the nutritional components will not only decrease, but also increase the weight, intestinal permeability and inflammatory gluten content.
Depression, anxiety, brain fog, recurrent headache and migraine, inattention of teenagers, and even more serious multiple sclerosis, ataxia, autism and Alzheimer's disease are all related to intestinal diseases. It is also closely related to gluten sensitivity.
Gluten sensitivity can trigger an inflammatory reaction, which will trigger an inflammatory reaction in other organs of the body with blood flow, including the brain. Antibodies activated by inflammation in the brain will attack brain cells and meninges covering the nervous system, resulting in headaches or migraines. Celiac disease and other types of gluten sensitivity can also increase the production of inflammatory cytokines in the body, which are the main culprits of neurodegenerative diseases.
Speaking of celiac disease, let's talk about a real case published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2006. A 37-year-old female doctor delusions of persecution and thinks that the whole world wants to hurt her. After experiencing twists and turns, the doctor later found that she had "celiac disease" through intestinal biopsy, which is an autoimmune disease caused by gluten food of wheat. Because she has been practicing a "fish element" diet, mainly wheat. So it was not until her parents sent her to a mental hospital and forced her to give up gluten-containing food that her paranoia disappeared and she accepted the fact that she had celiac disease.
Therefore, gluten-free diet is very popular abroad, because there are too many people who are intolerant of gluten. ....
If you often have diarrhea, stomachache, or various digestive and intestinal problems, you should pay attention to the following foods. ...
In the top wheat products, there are many chemicals, such as phytic acid. Phytic acid is considered as an "anti-nutrient", so in the process of eating noodles, the natural substances in this plant will hinder the body's absorption of other nutrients and hinder the normal function of the body. This mineral adhesive will hinder the absorption of key nutrients needed by bones, such as calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and zinc, which will lead to malnutrition and reduce the digestibility of starch, fat and protein.
In addition, gluten-containing grains, bran and seed skins all contain phytic acid, which is also an enzyme inhibitor. If the grain is not germinated or fermented, phytic acid will also stimulate the intestine and cause intestinal leakage.
The source of all diseases-intestinal leakage
Then, except for eating noodles, we feel uncomfortable. In fact, gluten food can cause unhealthy effects. ....
What exactly is gluten food?
Speaking of gluten, you may find it strange. It is a protein mixture of gluten and gluten. At the same time, it is the "gluten" that we often use. Because it is elastic and insoluble in water, it can keep the elasticity and viscosity of noodles, and it is also the substance that finally makes pasta taste "gluten". So it is often used in many foods.
First of all, it exists in wheat, barley, rye and oats because the gluten content in oats is relatively low. Oats will be relatively safe if gluten-free standards are selected.
Similarly, it also exists in foods made of wheat;
At the same time, it will also exist as an additive in food;
However, gluten does not exist in beans, nuts, potatoes, buckwheat, corn, rice and millet.
After reading these gluten foods, we all know that the more we eat, the more addictive we become. It only provides high calories and no nutrition. And there will be a series of "allergic reactions".
Teach you how to avoid gluten food
However, many people are still reluctant to give up noodles, bread and baked goods. Xiaomi will tell you good news. You don't have to quit these foods in order to remove gluten from your diet. The key is to find a substitute for wheat flour. Today, I would like to recommend the following kinds of flour:
Coconut Powder
Coconut powder is rich in fiber, protein and healthy fat, and its glycemic index is low. Compared with wheat flour, coconut flour has more fiber and less carbohydrate.
almond powder
Almond powder is rich in protein, fiber and minerals, preferably germinated. Although almond powder is healthy, it is recommended not to exceed 1/4 cups each time, because it is difficult to digest in large quantities.
Germinated grain flour
Buckwheat, sorghum, grain amaranth, quinoa or millet flour. Germinated corn, germinated oats and germinated rice flour are all good substitutes and can also be used for baking.
No matter how you choose, there is always one you will like! But for patients with severe intestinal leakage, coconut powder is the best. Coconut powder made from crushed and dried coconut meat does not look like traditional household "flour", but it is certain that coconut powder is healthier.
If you don't like coconut powder, you can also try almond powder, which is also a good match. The advantages of coconut powder and almond powder are that the recipes are more colorful, and they also contain healthy nutrition and fat needed for cake fillings.
Gluten-free diet is not another new trend in diet. For autoimmune diseases and celiac disease that cannot be completely cured by drugs, adopting gluten-free diet may make you have a healthier intestine and let those small diseases with unknown reasons and long duration leave you. Give it a try!