It seems that every week someone somewhere comes up with a newconcept to help them lose weight. Whether it’s the Protein Diet,Grapefruit Diet, the Hollywood Diet, the Zone Diet, the South BeachDiet, and the Vegan Diet or, yes, even the Donut Diet, everyoneseems to be desperately trying to discover a new way to shed offsome extra pounds.
One fad diet is the Gluten Free Diet. A gluten-free diet is a dietthat excludes the protein gluten. Gluten is found in grains such aswheat, barley, rye, and a cross between wheat and rye called triticale.A gluten-free diet is primarily used to treat celiac disease. Glutencauses inflammation in the small intestines of people with celiacdisease. There’s a debate about whether ditching wheat and glutenactually does help you lose weight more easily than simply dieting.Some dietitians say that dropping gluten from your diet means thatyou’ve got less that you can eat, and therefore are consuming fewercalories overall … which naturally leads to weight loss.
Wheat, however (and not just the gluten protein in wheat) actuallyaugments your appetite, causing you to eat more. Why? Because
wheat contains appetite-stimulating compounds which encourage your body to produce more insulin, a hormone that can cause you tostore fat. Something I make sure the beauty queens I coach, knowbefore competition!
But the good news is, there are some ways you can try to maximizeyour results and your gluten-free weight loss efforts. In fact, there
are many products out there that are gluten-free, even ice creamsandwiches, so you don’t have to sacrifice your favorite delights all
the time for example.

Here are some quick tips that can help you stay slim:
“¢ Avoid processed “gluten-free” foods*
“¢ Watch your total calories
“¢ Eat low-carb, grain-free
“¢ Don’t forget to exercise
“¢ Eliminate breads, pastas and cereals
*Please Note: Generally, gluten free packaged foods are higher inone or more of fat, sugar and salt to help compensate for the texture
and taste difference when gluten is removed.