Six Dirty Secrets of Gluten-free Food

These generalized condemnations are not helpful. If you have information about what is healthy and what contains more than acceptable percent of gluten please tell what they are. This article just leaves one wondering and does not give useable information.

The points in the article remind people with celiac to keep reading labels even though a package reads "gluten free".

That would explain why I often get bloated after eating processed gluten free foods. I believe it's the preservatives and additives that are the problem. I try to eat fresh foods and bake my own bread.

What happens to companies whose products test more ram 20ppm but are labeled gluten free?

In my opinion if there is dextrose or wheat fiber in gluten free products how could it be gluten free as these are derivatives of wheat?

These generalized condemnations are not helpful. If you have information about what is healthy and what contains more than acceptable percent of gluten please tell what they are. This article just leaves one wondering and does not give useable information.

I agree, give examples!

We have also found that the dough conditioners like guar gum can aggravate digestion and gut disbiosis. When we cook gluten-free at home we never use these gums or carageenan and our foods turn out great. I wish manufacturers would stop using them.

I see this article as a note for those needing/choosing the gluten-free diet that being gluten free is not the only thing we need to know about the more readily available commercial products. Considering the healthy "extras" that I have to add to my own baking, it doesn't surprise me that commercially prepared foods find the cheapest/easiest way to produce and sell a food in demand for today's markets. A good reminder that not all gluten-free foods are not always the "healthy" choice. Read the labels and not just the ingredients!!! Stay healthy!

Didn't say anything more than we already knew. Reliable info is what we need .

We are all at different levels of learning. Some of you could be a little more grateful that this website is putting forth an effort to inform all people wherever they may be in knowing and learning. You may know the information, but if you haven't applied it...then what have you really learned and how have you applied it to your own personal health and well-being success?