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Is gluten bad for us‪?‬ Fact Check it!

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Gluten-free products and diets are everywhere - but is there good evidence that gluten is unhealthy?  Should we avoid the pastries and pasta? For this episode, we asked 35 gastroenterologists and nutritionists to share the facts on whether we should stay away from gluten. In this episode, we give you a takeaway on what you need to know - from the science of celiac disease, the problems in self-diagnosing gluten insensitivity and the importance of gluten-packed grains to a healthy diet.  

You can read all of the answers to this question here along with our expert consensus here. 

You can also subscribe to Verified our weekly digest here and if you want to ask Metafact a question - go here - we might feature it on our next episode!


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Gluten-free products and diets are everywhere - but is there good evidence that gluten is unhealthy?  Should we avoid the pastries and pasta? For this episode, we asked 35 gastroenterologists and nutritionists to share the facts on whether we should stay away from gluten. In this episode, we give you a takeaway on what you need to know - from the science of celiac disease, the problems in self-diagnosing gluten insensitivity and the importance of gluten-packed grains to a healthy diet.  

You can read all of the answers to this question here along with our expert consensus here. 

You can also subscribe to Verified our weekly digest here and if you want to ask Metafact a question - go here - we might feature it on our next episode!


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckit/message

6 min

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