Gluten free? What does that mean? You can't imagine how many people have said that to me. I have Celiac disease, an autoimmune disease, and that means I can't have anything with gluten in it. Wheat, oats, barley, and rye... they all have gluten. MSG stands for monosodium glutamate.... gluten in its purest form. So what is gluten? What does it do? Well gluten is an artificial filler. Food companies put it in their food so they can make more without using more product. Really they do it to save themselves money, but they still charge us the same price. Farmers use it too. Farmers fertilize their crops with gluten. It makes the crops grow much bigger in a much smaller amount of time, so the farmer gets to produce more. The farmer makes more money. See the pattern here? Gluten is actually really bad for your body. It is detrimental to your body and causes a lot of problems as you age. It is a man-made product. The problem is that food companies don't tell you about this. They are required by law to label it on their foods. But if you don't know what gluten is, what does that matter to you? It should. Your health can be affected. Get active. Learn about what you're putting into your body. Become more informed, and then you can tell others. What can it hurt?
Anne Lea Finn
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