You may be having diabetics and also having a gluten-free diet. Are you sure that it is good for you? If you have any confusion just go through this article and you will know whether you should have a gluten-free diet.
What is gluten?
You may have noticed in stores that there are packets which are labeled gluten-free. You may be wondering what that means. Let us first know what gluten is. It is a nature of a protein that is present in certain grains like wheat, barley, and rye. It is seen that it can cause inflammation in the small intestine in certain people having celiac disease.
The connection between gluten and diabetics
It is seen that celiac disease and blood sugar are autoimmune diseases which may have the same genetic base. It is not good to have gluten when having celiac disease. Since blood sugar has the same nature of the genetic base, it is prudent that you have your nature of blood sugar checked before having the gluten-free diet.
To have or not to have gluten
Now the question arises whether to have gluten or not to have. It is seen that persons having diabetes of type 1 have celiac problems. It is good to avoid gluten in celiac problems so it can be said if the person was having type 1 diabetics and have celiac disorder it is good to go gluten-free.
It is also seen that foods having gluten are a rich source of carbohydrates. You must know that carbohydrates are not the ideal thing to eat for persons having blood sugar.
If you have the gluten-free diet, then there is a chance of you having type 2 diabetics, according to American Heart Association. So, it entirely depends on you whether you want to have gluten-free diet or not.
It can easily be said that you must have your blood sugar type checked and determined if you have celiac disorder before you try to have the gluten-free diet.
