Gluten the Enemy

Gluten-free grains 1

by Ms H

A gluten-free diet can be very healthy by forcing people to cut back on processed high-energy foods like cakes, biscuits and cook more from scratch using naturally gluten-free ingredients including vegetables, legumes and lean meat. Anyone cutting back on processed foods and incorporating more natural ingredients is likely to get healthier.

Food manufacturers offer all sort of gluten-free foods. These certainly make life much easier for sufferers of coeliac condition. Some of these goods are made of using potato starch, tapioca starch or corn-starch instead of a gluten – free grains. Further on gluten free foods contain high level of corn mold toxins. Starches are refined, and this process reduces their nutritional value. Some products usually consist of high level of sugar and artificial chemicals. Gluten-free pasta and cookies, for example, can have more calories, fat, and salt in them in order to make up for the flavour that wheat and flour lends to more traditional products. They are not healthy, so you have to read the list of ingredients very carefully before you put one of them into your basket. The healthier option to cook and consume gluten-free grains instead of purchasing the substances provided on the shelves.

Gluten-free grains are good and healthier substitutes for wheat flour.

Quinoa

Quinoa has nutty flavour. Known as “mother grain”, often called the “perfect food”. It is a complete source of protein; including all nine essential amino-acids, minerals as calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, good range of vitamin Bs; B1,B2,B5 and vitamin E to keep the skin youthful. It is resource of anti-oxidant.

You can serve it as porridge, salad or soup. Approximate cooking time is 20 minutes.  Basic cooking instruction: Add 1 cup of quinoa to 2 cups of water boil and simmer for 20 minutes.

Millet

Millet can be used for breakfast, dinner and dessert. It contains high fibre and B vitamins. Millet grains are high in protein low in starch and containing all eight essential amino acids.

It has anti-fungal and anti-mucus properties.  Cooking time is 20 minutes.  Cooking guidance: add 1 cup of millets to 3 cups of water boil then simmer it for 20 minutes.