What is Gluten?

What is Gluten? 

What is Gluten? Gluten is a kind of protein that is part of grains and cereal products such as wheat. It tends To make bread and foods elastic, or chewy tasting. It keeps food from being "sticky." Gluten is found in flour products of wheat, but more, it is also found in other grains. 

There are such a wide range of people who have a problem with gluten that it is considered to be one of the big 8 which are mandated to be listed on food packaging. If you have a gluten intolerance or allergy, going gluten free for you isn't a choice, it's a necessity and you need To make sure that you don't accidentally take in gluten in some form by mistake.

 Become an expert at reading the packaging and finding out precisely what is in the product and not just that, what it has come into contact with so that you know your products are gluten free.

People who have certain food allergies or disease processes such as Celiac disease may not be able to tolerate even a tiny amount of gluten in their diet. 

One of the most common questions to be found among those who are newly diagnosed with Celiac is what they can and cannot eat. Take that a step further and realize that not only edible products have gluten, but many inedible ones do as well. Be very careful to wash your hands after using some soaps, lotions and even pet foods as these have nominal amounts of gluten in them which could be transferred to your food if you don't wash carefully after using them.