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Barlean's Greens - gluten-free?

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My Whole Foods had a "Gluten Free Day" today so they had samples of a lot of gluten free products and vendors were there educating people. I came across one vendor that was from Barlean's. They have this Greens products that is supposed to detoxify and get rid of all akalines. The ingred. list contains wheat leaves, barley leaves, oat leaves, etc. but the label says "Gluten Free" on it. I talked to the rep at Whole Foods and they said that the leaves of these plants contain no gluten it is only in the grain. Here is the website to Barleans...it even says "This item DOES NOT contain Gluten".

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What is everyone's thoughts on this? I did buy some, I guess I can try it out and see what happens. Would you do it?

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I avoid these items. In theory, the gluten should be consumed by the metabolic processes of the plant by the time it reaches the stage where they're getting at the grasses (leaves?? the plants are grasses), but it's an asymptotic approach, and I personally have no desire to risk my intestinal health on someone else guessing when it's "close enough" to being "gluten free".

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DO NOT EAT THIS STUFF!!! It says "Gluten Free" but that is a bit deceptive because it IS NOT WHEAT FREE. Wheat allergies are synonymous with gluten allergies. I had one scoop and it sent me into a horrid reaction. I was down for three days miserable. STAY AWAY!!!

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DO NOT EAT THIS STUFF!!! It says "Gluten Free" but that is a bit deceptive because it IS NOT WHEAT FREE. Wheat allergies are synonymous with gluten allergies. I had one scoop and it sent me into a horrid reaction. I was down for three days miserable. STAY AWAY!!!

The original post is almost 6 years old. Re-check any product info that is that old. Product ingredients and manufacturing practices change in that much time.

FYI, Celiac is not a " gluten allergy"

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