Study: Gluten-free diet lowers weight and fat gain By By E. Hector Corsi Aug 2, 2013 in Health A new study shows gluten-free diets could lower weight gain, even when calories aren't changed. Many people might benefit from avoiding gluten. A new study conducted by Fabiola Lacerda Pires Soares and colleagues at the department of Biochemistry and Immunology of Minas Gerais Federal University in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, shows that avoiding gluten on a high fat diet leads to lower body weight and lower fat gain. Mice were placed on a high fat diet with 4.5 percent gluten, or in a group which ate no gluten. The mice on the gluten-free diet showed lower bodyweight and fat gain, with no changes in food intake, compared to those on gluten. The gluten-free group also had improved glucose metabolism. This study was published in A recent human study also shows that even if you don’t have celiac disease, avoiding gluten can be healthy. Researchers gave subjects who had irritable bowel syndrome but no celiac disease either a diet with gluten, or a gluten-free diet, for six weeks. Within one week, patients on gluten were significantly worse for symptoms such as bloating and pain. This study was published in People with or without celiac disease may want to avoid gluten for better health. Gluten causes an immune reaction in celiac patients and may also cause “non-celiac gluten intolerance” in those without celiac disease.A new study conducted by Fabiola Lacerda Pires Soares and colleagues at the department of Biochemistry and Immunology of Minas Gerais Federal University in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, shows that avoiding gluten on a high fat diet leads to lower body weight and lower fat gain.Mice were placed on a high fat diet with 4.5 percent gluten, or in a group which ate no gluten. The mice on the gluten-free diet showed lower bodyweight and fat gain, with no changes in food intake, compared to those on gluten. The gluten-free group also had improved glucose metabolism. This study was published in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry A recent human study also shows that even if you don’t have celiac disease, avoiding gluten can be healthy. Researchers gave subjects who had irritable bowel syndrome but no celiac disease either a diet with gluten, or a gluten-free diet, for six weeks. Within one week, patients on gluten were significantly worse for symptoms such as bloating and pain. This study was published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology Gluten is in wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Avoiding it can be hard, but can bring relief to many people, including those without celiac disease. More about Gluten, gluten weight gain, gluten free Gluten gluten weight gain gluten free