You may have heard that adopting a gluten-free diet could be good for your health. But now a gastroenterologist has warned there is 'no evidence' that avoiding the proteins found in wheat, rye and barley is beneficial.
Dr Suzanne Mahady, a senior lecturer, Monash University, said only those diagnosed with coeliac disease should keep to the strict diet. She even suggested in a piece for The Conversation that steering clear of gluten could have the opposite effect to the one that is desired. Dr Mahady wrote on the website: 'For people without coeliac disease, there’s no evidence to support claims a strict gluten-free diet is beneficial for health.
Coeliac disease sufferers often restrict themselves from eating the protein as it can make them severely ill.
