The Gluten Free Diet Plan is an interesting kind of diet in that it was never originally intended for those wanting to lose weight, but rather those suffering from coeliac disease, in which sufferers have a bad immune system response to gluten. The diet is designed so that people with this condition can lead a fairly normal life by controlling the disease through their diet.

The spin off for those wanting to lose weight is that there is a huge collection of foods that contain gluten and most of them are the kind of foods that promote weight gain. By cutting these foods out of your diet altogether, there is a very good chance you will also naturally lose weight.

Gluten is a substance found mainly in wheat, although it is also present in barley and rye. Foods made from the flour produced from these products also contain gluten. Guess what the predominant type of food that are made from these, especially wheat?

Yep, cakes, biscuits, bread, pastries, pasta, pizza, burgers, hot dogs etc. The last two contain breadcrumbs. As do breadcrumb covered snacks like chicken nuggets, fish fingers, fish cakes, croquettes… oh the list is almost endless. And most of that food is bad for you because it is processed and contains a ton of additives, trans fats, high GI carbs, sugar and salt.

A gluten free diet plan is worked out so that all those foods are eliminated from the diet, leaving mostly fresh, wholesome foods in their place, such as fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, berries, fungus (mushrooms etc) and rice products.

All very healthy and all very much a part of a low calorie diet that will both keep your calorie count down and boost your metabolism so that you burn more of the calories you do consume. All in all, a pretty comprehensive diet that works!

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