Welcome to the night old better show. I'm your host Paul Vogel saying. Many Americans are considering cutting back on the amount of gluten in their diets or avoiding it altogether. In a recent poll, 30% of adults said they wanted to cut down or be free of gluten.

Well, what is gluten?

There are many myths surrounding gluten, and the truth is that for most people a gluten-free diet won't provide a benefit

at all. Gluten of course is a protein. It's found in many grains including wheat, rye, barley. It's found in most breads, cereals, pastas,

and many processed foods. The people who have a condition called Celiac Disease develop an immune reaction to gluten that

damages their intestine and so they need to avoid that protein.

About 1% of the diseases on the rise and is almost double over the general population. You can eat a

healthy diet without gluten but you have to be very knowledgeable and most people are unaware. Our guest today,

Cynthia Cooper, is the CEO of the Gluten Intolerance Group or Gig.

Cynthia is one very aware person about the subject of gluten.

She is really one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject of gluten, gluten

diets, gluten contamination, and what the future holds for

those of us trying to eat healthy and trying to do it the right way.

Welcome for the not-old better show Cynthia Cooper.

Cynthia Cooper from the gluten intolerance group.

Thanks so much for joining us today. I just think today there are are from the gluten intolerance group.

Thanks so much for joining us today.

I just think, simply there's just,

there are a lot of questions I have.

I'm somebody who is newly diagnosed with Celiac within the last two years.

I'll be 60 in May.

There are a lot of us out there.

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