Welcome to another episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, where our goal is to help each and every

listener achieve their health and wellness goals through educating about real food nutrition.

By now, on the topic of food nutrition, you've heard the term

gluten-free, I'm sure, and you probably know at least one person who's on a gluten-free diet.

Maybe you've heard someone say that they're doing it to help with some digestive issues,

or maybe you've heard of it being touted as a weight loss diet, I don't really think

that's accurate. Maybe you thought it's just the latest fad, or maybe you yourself have attempted

or are currently following a gluten-free diet. Well, if you've been wondering if you would

benefit from eating a gluten-free diet and you really

didn't know where to start, today we're going to help you understand why gluten-free diets have

become so common and who could benefit from taking gluten out of their diet and maybe how to do

it from a healthy real food approach, which is always the approach that we take.

So in addition, we'll be explaining why foods labeled gluten-free aren't always a safe choice

and actually maybe doing more harm than good. So let's take a minute to introduce ourselves.

I'm Melanie Beasley, and I've been a registered dietitian for over 35 years.

And over the course of my career, I have seen diet trends come and go. And early in my career,

gluten-free diets weren't even a thing. Like no one even heard of gluten-free. It was this rare

outlier condition that no one, you had to

look it up if you had someone who had celiac disease. So most people had never even heard of

gluten and now I have helped countless clients improve their health by eating a gluten-free

diet focusing on real food nutrition. And I myself eat a strict

gluten-free diet for my own health needs. My husband is pretty gluten-free. You should be 100%.

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