Here’s Why A Gluten-Free Diet Can Become Incredibly Unhealthy 

My experience going gluten free for the last several weeks has been very positive. Better mood, more energy, clearer thinking, dandruff almost gone, athletes foot nearly gone, less psoriasis and eczema, skin looking better overall, slimming down. Did this at the same time that I drastically cut my sugar intake and removed dairy from my diet, so I don't know how much credit to give gluten free, but I do believe it has helped. Thanks for the video, Dr. Hyman!

Thank you for this INCREDIBLE explanation of gluten free eating Dr Hyman! I'm a celiac and so often when talking with others I hear "oh gluten free options are available everywhere!". And they simply don't understand that gluten free cookies are still cookies! Well said!

There is one manufacturer on earth that doesn't have an ulterior motive when manufacturing food for you: mother nature. Eat whole fresh food without bar codes.

Thank you Dr Hyman. I have been eating gluten free for about 6 months. I no longer suffer with heartburn which I have had for many years, and therefore no longer take any medication for it, best thing I ever did.

hi Dr Hyman, Im a holistic health coach. Im so grateful for physicians who stand for health. Ive been a nurse for over 10 yrs and I really embraced Holistic health and nutrition because I just couldnt take big pharma any longer. I wanted to see people getting better, healthier and happier. I was discouraged by what I witnessed as physicians pushed more meds and there was not a focus on nutrition, health, wellness.....!!! Thank you for all you do😙

Yes!!! I have celiac disease and people often tell me, "oh, being a celiac nowadays is easy because you now have gluten free aisles at the grocery store!" I cringe when I hear these comments because I know that 99% of the products are horrific for my health. I used to simply look at ingredients list and say that if it had 3 or less ingredients in the processed gluten free and organic food that I was ok to ingest it. That's how I justified drinking Zevia cola and Siete grain free tortilla chips. I ate them all of the time because I felt like I had been so deprived from eating fun foods. However, my skin was horrific, I felt absolutely depressed and anxiety-ridden. Those things did not have any nutritional value in them. They didn't serve my body which had already been inflamed for so long. I'm sure eating them every once in a while isn't going to kill you, but why would you eat something that will make you feel worse? I also found a non-gmo bakery that actually has an AMAZING tasting coconut cookies and pumpkin pie that is grainless, sugar free, dairy free and gluten free. I thought it was too good to be true! And I ate them every weekend to treat myself after a long week at work. They were definitely delicious but again, zero nutritional value. I simply used the "grainless, gluten free, non gmo, non dairy, and sugar free" label to justify eating them. Although there were no artificial sweeteners or processed sugar in them, they had other things "natural" to sweeten them with like erythritol and stevia. My stomach always felt a little off after eating them. I didn't get sick. I was able to digest them but I knew that my microbiome had been affected. Dr. Hyman is 100% correct. Stay away from gluten-free food aisle and eat whole foods. It's hard. I'm not going to lie. Especially during the holidays and on special occasions like birthday parties but you aren't going to heal if you give into the food industry's lies.

I have really enjoyed going Gluten free, soy free, sugar free & dairy free. I have Hypothyroidism & watched you in the Thyroid Secret. I feel much better, have lost around 10 lbs., stopped seeing my western doc and am now seeing a naturopath (who's into the whole body vs. just my symptoms). What a difference. Thanks for the tips on the EWG's site. I do find it hard to buy natural foods because of the craze, it's not easy to find in my area & the prices aren't exactly small. I'll be supporting the community of farmers next. Thanks!

If it doesn't rot or sprout, throw it out! Thankfully I never got into processed products. All my food comes from the outside of the supermarket. What you eat is really the only thing you have total control of in this world. It has to be your number one priority. It has to come before everything else.

Brilliant lesson. Thank you Dr Hyman.

I could listen to your videos all day long! They are so educational and easy to follow. I started going gluten free when I started with the IIN program. And soon realized that gluten free means whole foods only, no industrial labeld gluten-free products. It took me weeks to adjust to these changes. Sometimes I have products that contain gluten but very rarely as an exception and it works fine. I barely eat any industrial food anymore. I really notice the difference now that I have gotten to know both sides.

Thank you for this. I have gluten intolerance and was told to go gluten free. I now also have internal candida from the sugar additions. Working full time pushed me to purchase too much off the shelf products. Now I do as much from scratch and plan ahead more than I ever did as you can find hardly anything healthy out or on the shelves, including restaurants and pub food. Time for the industry to change. They are making us sick. Palm oil makes me sick alongside all the geo additives . I have learned so much from you.

I'm vegan and gluten free but I don't eat any junk. Only nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables, oats, quinoa, brown rice, beans, and legumes. Also cook everything with coconut oil. The only foods I eat that are processed are larabars/simple squares and popcorn from a healthy brand.

I'm gluten sensitive and whenever I try to eat anything wheat derived , I spend 15 times or more in the toilet the other day

I had un diagnosed coeliac disease for 33 years, I was constantly sick, flu that lasted for a month, my gums bled, I was under weight and malnutritioned, and suffering. I got diagnosed with Coeliac disease I went on a gluten free diet and my whole life change

gluten is often replaced with potato starch, which raise your sugar higher. if you give up one grain( ie wheat) your intestines will sensitize to other grains ( ie brown rice, quinoa ).

I'm a woman,78,next month and I went gluten-free about 3-1/2 yrs ago now.Really knowing from a back test,48yrs ago-I was allergic to wheat&corn. I took this test trying to find what I was allergic to for Hay Fever.(Funny thing-now that I'm gluten-free ,3yrs. No hay fever) Back then the Dr. just told me to watch it..no big deal,I guess. So after years of wheat toast(Ads telling people to eat wheat bread and I love my toast sooo 2 at breakfast and maybe a sandwich for lunch and maybe a bun at dinner...finally at about 68 my gut says that's enough and I was sick a lot...probable 7-8yrs. trying to find the answer.Till when I decided to watch Dr.Tom O'Bryan's--Gluten Summit-Which is where I believe ,I listen to you as one of the speakers. This was my answer!!! And I've been gluten-free every since. Thank you&Dr.Tom and many wonderful speakers, I am very healthy, lost 36lbs. the 1st 8months...and kept it off. Thank you for this great information. I shall be watching out more closely with this new info. Thanks again for all you do --for FREE for us!!!

Preservatives, pollution, and pesticides are killing us.

Doctor Hyman offers the most sensible advice and I turn to him when there are two or more divergent views.

Thanks for the info! A couple years ago Drew from Fit2fat2fit showed us medically what happened to his body when he consumed packaged gluten free foods. It was very eye opening.

Hi Mark, I love your channel. I have been diagnosed with Hashimotos. When I realised my doctor just wanted to write a prescription and get me out of her office; I left her practice , found a nutritionist, and started actively working to bring my thyroid antibodies down on my own. I am eating gluten-free/whole foods with the exception of 1 coffee/day and some occasional sugar-free peanut butter. I eat almost no sugar and dairy. I have been doing this for 6 weeks. I have lost 9 kilograms. I have my energy back. I found a new doctor and he seems to be identical to the first one. Almost a waste of time changing doctors. This one told me that selenium does absolutely nothing and that there is no need to take vitamin D (despite my blood tests showing deficiency....) My thyroid medicine is levothyroxine and I am only on a 50mg dose.

don't buy a gluten free prices foods eat just vegetables and fruits and meat...

smartest most well spoken video i have seen on this subject matter.

The biggest thing I learned about having to eat glutenfree, is to just cook everything from scratch. Until I had to start reading ingredients in food in the shops, I didn't know how much junk there is in food. I also can't eat soja, tomatoes, potatoes, cacao, peper . I went on AIP diet to find out and now I feel so much better.

Wheat, dairy, AND processed is a huge key. Replacing the bad foods with the right BALANCE of whole foods minimally processed is also key. Also finding JOY in healthy home cooking AND eating. Otherwise wheat, dairy, and refined foods will sneak back in. Lean chicken, fish, whole grain rices, whole oats, fruits, greens, and a lot of different spices helped me kick the wheat. Vegan alternative dairy, almond milk, and so much of what is found in health food stores is just GARBAGE. I saw a very overweight lady in a health food store loading a cart full of gluten free cookies, and other junk. So sad! If it is processed and packaged, avoid it. Stick to refrigerated sections where there are fresh fruits, veggies, and lean meats. Avoid the middle areas of the stores except for bulk unrefined products. Eat your fruits, juice your raw dark greens, eat cooked veggies with lean meat and whole minimally processed carbs. Learn how to upgrade food choices in any situation! If you must eat out then this is very important. No need to make a scene. Order a salad with olive oil and vinegar topped with chicken breast. Baked potato hold the butter and sour cream. Top sirloin instead of ribeye. Brown instead of white rice. Water with lemon/lime instead of soda. Oatmeal instead of wheat. Fresh is best. Whole not refined. Sliced and diced not powdered. Blood sugar will be in check and your type 2 diabetes will fade away.

I have celiac. Gluten-free is the way to be. Read your labels. I gained a lot of weight after switching to gluten-free. My intestines were able to heal and absorb nutrients. I eat extremely healthy. I cook. My doctor says the weight will stabilize, and I'll never go back to being so skinny, but it's for a very good reason.

What about gluten-free from the health food sections that don't use bad ingredients or bad oils? I read labels like a hawk and make sure the sugar content is very low or zero! What about baking our own cookies with gluten free flour by Bob's Red Mill and stevia or raw honey which has important healing enzymes. I've gone gluten-free, dairy free and sugar free and I've finally lost weight along with intermittent fasting and my stomach is flatter...working on killing those bugs that led to my MS ..thankfully, I have a mild form and only use a cane. It was in remission for over 20 years and only got a bit worst in my late 60s. I eat only organic for the most part and focus on fresh produce, fish, organic eggs, nuts, healthy fats like olive oil, coconut oil and avocadoes and a small amount of fruit and don't drink sodas anymore, only water and herbal teas. Thanks for sharing important tips~

I found a wonderful recipe with almond flour arrowroot flour and avocado makes the best burrito shells and there’s another one with tapioca flour almond flour and coconut milk and these are all good to make yourself and very easy to make flatbread you are so right there’s so many ways to do it the Right Way, God bless you thank you for sharing🥰

I am a old man who used to eat a Lot of sugar, went g-f 5 years ago, DOES WHAT YOU SAY, [ie Cook ....rice every day...fruit and veg ...difficult w/o a fridge and in bulgaria] and much happier since i started ....thnx for vid

I'm a Celiac as well so don't have much of an alternative. He's lucky he has a choice unlike the rest of us .

But in Indian food curries we prefer using mustard oil especially for meat curries because of it's certain taste and pungency, vegetable oil for other veggie curries. Can't use coconut oil and Olive oil for certain curries ....the taste will be different. Plus olive oil is expensive.

I can't digest wheat properly. I've cut out sugars, artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup, and dairy, too. I'm slowly feeling better; and working on whole food recipes. Thank You Dr. Hyman for these motivational pep talks. The talks really help!

straight boss tellin it how it is, THANK YOU

I don't have celiac disease... But I am allergic to Roundup... Sorry, gotta go juice now.

When I asked the dietitian what can I eat at a restaurant she said I had just two choices..poor choices and damn poor choices it took me two years to make the connection with factory food I was buying takeout from the grocery store and it was damn poor stuff. Since I eliminated all processed foods except fora few best choices that I have made ie grass fed organic butter and organic coconut oil I have beaten my sugar addiction improved my health lost over fifty pounds and like a reformed smoker who needs to share I like to sing the praises of intermittent fasting and real food!👍👍👍🖖🖖🖖🙋🏼‍♀️💗

If you have to shop at a grocery store go to the produce aisle, the meat aisle and the spice rack then leave the store. Basically don't buy anything with more then one ingredient in it.

Gluten free for me was cutting out gluten, not replacing it with worse things with the GF label on it. Made my life better. I miss bread and tortillas so much

I was diagnosed with Celiac 9 years ago, and my early on mistake was try to replace my gluten habits with none gluten counter parts, but in the end it was still making me feel shitty. I am now more careful with what I eat. Low carb whole foods, a lot of veggies, grass fed meats, fish, nuts and coconut/olive oils.

I recently have gone gluten free and dairy free to try and naturally correct my rosacea. I’ve tried the gluten free muffins and an ice cream sandwich. I felt absolutely awful after eating them! Instant headache and nausea. I’ve been eating just Whole Foods and no grains for a few days now. I’ve lost 2 lbs, my bloating is gone, and I don’t feel fatigued like I normally do when eating grains.

As a Type 1 diabetics gluten free was a disaster. BGs went through the roof. If you want bread once in a while go to a good bakery, no off the shelf bread. I feel that is garbage.

Everyone says too much fat bad Too much carbs Dairy Gluten Wheat Nightshades Histamine intolerance I legit am going to need a feeding tube

jack lalanne : if man made it don't eat it !

Thank you so much for taking your time to educate us so we can be smart food shoppers.♥️

Dr you are absolutely right!I havebeen gluten free for a year and half.Didnot feel better.Stop buying gluten free junk and went grain free also.Feel better but now I have stomach problems.I donot know what else todo.But I do feel better.Pail level is reall y down but my stomach doesnot like me.Maybe I take too many supplements .

I believe almond flour and arrowroot flour is really good flowers to bake with their gluten-free and I think they’re wonderful they help out a lot

Very good advice about gluten-free products - they have made me sick loads of times. Found 'dates bars' can be full of bacteria because no preservative and I get emergency trip to toilet after a couple of hours followed by flu-like symptons for many more hours.

I have learnt so much ,thank you for your advice..🙏🏻👍🏻

A thousand of videos watched, and just as much research and studies regarding nutrition read, with thousands of hours invested into it, and right here, in this 10 minutes long video, the MAIN idea of almost all that i've learned so far is represented almost to its entirety.

One week on a gluten-free diet and my fasting blood glucose jumped over 100 points.

Amazing! Why aren't more people, doctors especially, talking about this? Especially the mind-body connection, like that oils can lead to mental illness, even homicide. Thank you for speaking out!

Can't make bread at home with whole grains! Need to use flour. What flour can we use if we can't use healthier flours like brown rice flour, etc.

We need to stay away from too much processed foods. My formula now for eating is a small portion of protein with 2 to 3 portions of vegetables. A little bit of fruit for dessert if I’m craving something sweet. I don’t avoid proceed foods completely but I try to keep it to a minimum. I don’t bring junk into my house.

What about almond flour? coconut flour? chickpea flour?

This didn't age well. Surely no one is naive enough to think GF is healthier if they're not Celiac or Gluten sensitive. But if they are, all of these "negatives" still beat projectile vomiting, massive stomach cramps, and explosive diarrhea.

the good thing about being celiac is that it forces you to cook at home.

Hi Dr. Hyman. I know you shun flour as a healthy part of a diet, and I am mostly on board, with several exceptions. On a separate note, Question about a specific bread found in the freezer: "Ezeekial Live Sprouted Bread", no flour, I think its completely seed based, whole grain, but... If I'm going to be skeptical about every non-homemade product, I guess I need to call it into question too. It was here long before the gluten free craze began and I don't think their marketing package has even changed. However, What truth that is most relevant to my health does their packaging tell me and is it a food worth incorporating into my diet? Grateful for a professional perspective! Jessica Morgan MD

Thanks again, Dr Hyman. I came back to watch to remind me. God knows, I needed to be reminded!!!

Dr. Michael Greger disagrees with you about gluten (and he's just one doctor of many who does): "Gluten, itself, may also boost immune function. After less than a week on added gluten protein, subjects experienced significantly increased natural killer cell activity, which could be expected to improve our body’s ability to fight cancer and viral infections. Another study found that high gluten bread improved triglyceride levels better than regular gluten bread." - nutritionfacts.org/2016/02/23/how-a-gluten-free-diet-can-be-harmful/ And that's just the thing, there are so many doctors out there, all with their conflicting, ever-changing scientific studies, so I don't take any of you seriously. I just eat real whole food and avoid the stuff that's been invented over the last 100 years or so. Pretty simple. No "Internet diets" for me, thank you!

I had so much inflammation before going gluten free, it's not something I wanted to do. But since going gluten free it has cut my inflammation drastically. I'm not nervous after I eat . My stomach is not like a rock. No my digestive issues are not completely solved. But at least I feel better than before.

I am so glad you brought this out this is so very true I stay away from that mess

Is gluten the real problem? Or is it the glyphosate, pesticides and herbicides that are attached ti the flour that is the problem? Eating many fruits and vegetables and nuts and seeds, especially raw, helps reset your gut biome. Once you’ve have achieved a healthy gut, reintroduce ORGANIC whole wheat flour. Worked for me.

I always felt soooo bad after eating rice-based gluten-free options. They'd either make me really sleepy or my heart would feel like it was going to pound out of my chest.

I get what you're saying. Great message! Just one funny remark tho...it was our grandparents who invented the jello 'salad' 😆

Doing gluten free diet means you can not eat product made from wheat (mostly). And you don't suppose to eat them not just because it contain gluten but also because flour is so fine mill these days that it is a simple carb source too. and it is bad for you because it make you feel hungry so fast and it is so good in the mouth too. Eat gluten free food that is not substitute of these flour products. e.g. you eat rice, brown rice, red rice, black rice. eat beans, eat veggies and all that thing. That's what it means to do gluten free diet.

I don't plan to replace the gluten. Just do without it.

Thank you doctor for an excellent revelation on the myth of gluten free food. I was diagnosed with celiac disease 2 years ago and had no choice but to go on a gluten free regime. From my experience, gluten free food is expensive, tastes like styrofoam, and has way too much sugar/fat content to keep the food from falling apart. Since starting the diet, I weigh more than I ever have in my life even though the amount of food I eat has not changed and I still exercise in the same manner. I actually feel weaker and worse than I did prior to my celiac disease diagnosis. If you don't have a health issue like I do, I always advise people to avoid a gluten free diet.

I have been noticing this self-serving "GLUTEN-FREE" labelling being slapped on so many things that make me want to talk to these products in the grocery store aisles to say, "Well, yeah, but you are still junk by all that sugar/soy/canola oil/bad sodium, etc." And I have also been noticing the similar deceptive practice of sticking "GLUTEN-FREE" on other products that make me want to shout, "Well, no kiddin'! Of course you are not the type of product that has gluten in it!" And can more understand if it is a matter of, say, "This product is gluten-free but is processed in a facility where other are processed with gluten," just so long as they are not neglecting to keep the gluten-free product uncontaminated by gluten, or, for that matter, from other allergens that are not even ingredients on the labelling of the gluten-free product. Just so much deception in these last days!

I love you Dr. Hayman! Your book saved my life! 💪😎

I cannot overstate the value of these videos..

Not all sugars are created equal and context is everything. I agree with most of this video, but the fact that all sugars are so carelessly lumped together is borderline misinformation. Take a white potato. Good source of protein (insulogenic) and as a starch is rapidly metabolized into straight glucose. If you're worried about your glycemic load, avoid the grains and starches. Fruit on the other hand is loaded with fructose and often potassium, both decease the insulin load on your body. Even pure table sugar (sucrose) has a lower glycemic index than a baked white potato- look it up. "Sugar" isn't "bad". In fact it's your body's preferred energy source- especially your brain, liver, among others. Spend 20 minutes researching oxidative phosphorylation and the Randall's cycle. It'll become pretty apparent sugar isn't the culprit. It's when your diet is devoid of critical nutrients like- for example- the B vitamins, that issues really begin to manifest. The problem is everyone is looking for a magic bullet- that one thing to avoid or that one supplement to buy in bulk. It's just not that easy. Eat organic foods that satisfy you. Respond to your body's cravings in a controlled way. Don't outsource your health and let yourself get swindled into demonizing foods our ancestors thrived on because of some weak epidemiological studies that don't (and can't) control for the vast complexity and variety between individuals

I started a Fodmap diet in november because I have IBS-D and I started to feel much better right away.now I am on a low fodmap diet and I try to add as many products that I couldn't eat before as I can.the thing is some products that contain gluten are bad for me and I still can't eat them. I lost weight since with this condition and I would like to know if not eating gluten would cause weight loss?

After a retarded allergy type test, I recently had to switch to gluten free and candida diet. I started to eat brown rice for carb and rice crackers for snacks instead of cookies and I feel worse and my body feel heavier than before and I put weight. My diet was healthy before but since eating a lot of brown rice , my body feels tired from the sugar from the rice. So I gave up and started eating bread or anything bad with a rule I make. And relaxed all the rules and make everything easier and sustainable. I can eat one thin sandwich slice or two every day. I can eat anything my body wants. But when I feel sick even a little, I try to stop. I buy seasonal vegetables and eat in variety. I am seeing how it goes

5:39 the research shows real food doesn't have to be more expensive - please share this research. Thanks. Love from Kelantan Malaysia 🇲🇾

Best family physician anywhere around.

Hmmm ... well ... my great grandmother (and all who came before her) had whole raw milk (from the family cow) and bread made with freshly-milled whole wheat and natural yeast on her dinner table (among other whole foods that were staples for all). She would have laughed at this whole "gluten-free" thing ... all of our ancestors would have. Speaking of which, they would also laugh at all of these new diets today: raw, vegan, paleo, etc. Back then, people just ate real whole food. There were no "diets". The Internet has created this ridiculous food craze. Just stay away from all the processed junk "food" that's been created over the last 100 years. Yes, eat like your great-grandmother and all previous generations before her, but remember that she, too, probably drank raw milk and ate natural yeast, whole grain (sourdough) bread.

in india gulten product like wheat is consimed like roti (chappati) and then ghee ( clarified butter) or oil is applied now i understood indian are very smart as applying clarified butter or oil to wheat doesn't allow it to stick to gut :)

And it taste terrible. I'm eating gluten free biscuits I bought at the store by an accident. Decided to look it up to see what the hell I'm eating and why.

Great info. very sensible advice

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! Such good information!

Thank you for sharing this!

side note: Your eyes are extremely hypnotic...

what about milk alternatives? They are also processed and refined

What you said makes sense dr. Thank you very much.

Some of us have no choice but to be gluten free. Wished this disease was just a FAD

Dr. Hyman, can you please recommend a doctor in Los Angeles who’s like you?

You are right. Eat food that is not in a box with a nutrition lable. Buy your meat from a butcher and your local veg shop or even better grow your own.

Well I have celiac sl is either gluten free or horrific rashes and digestive issues. I never have had a weight issues i am 5'8 135 23" waist! Yet I eat about 2300 a day its mal absorption and metabolism that play a huge role on your weight

yikes! This is hitting me hard! Now I’m so wake in what to eat! Thanks Dr.

i'm litteraly don't know what to eat

I never thought I'd try to cut down or out wheat but my digestive issues have gone on so long I'm grasping at straws at this point. It started after I finished menopause and after I had my gall bladder out. The tricky part is still eating enough whole grains to keep healthy and like he said finding healthy gluten free pre made products. Right now I'm at eating oatmeal, oat flour and cornmeal. I won't give up grains completely because they do make me feel good mentally. The gluten free bread I bought today has more sugar than I would eat normally so I won't buy it again. I'll give it a couple weeks and if I feel worse instead of better I'll go back on wheat.

thank you for this good video! can you please talk more or lead me to more knowledge about the connection between gluten and autoimmune diseases ? thanks in advance!

What's your take on the medication that helps you tolerate gluten?

This man is a legend

So no glutenfree flour, no matter wether its oatmeal flour or coconut flour is good?

youtube why you recommending this to me when you know i have celiac and have no choice 😭

I eat "gluten free", but also, I eat organic. I have bee eating a lot of organic salads and more raw vegetables. I try to avoid rice, because it is more likely to be loaded with arsenic. Even organic whole grain rice is high in arsenic. Rancid oils can be a real problem. Eat whole food. I agree.

I don’t understand people who say they are allergic to gluten yet they were eating gluten foods their whole childhood and didn’t start being “allergic” until it became a trend.

I was told that I had siliac. I followed the steps told me my doctor and I still felt horrible and it was very expensive. I still had bloated stomach and I had ear regular body functions. I'm so happy that I saw this article. I was afraid I was going to get cancer. That scared me.

So I guess that means the pasta's made with peas and other sources like that is not good either? I LOVE and miss pasta...but don't miss the pain. If theres an alternative someone let me know please. But spaghetti squash and the like are good yet definitely not pasta...lol.

So essentially just avoid the processed and gluten free advertised food and just focus on eating whole foods and cooking more. And of course cutting sugar down as well which is what I’ve been doing. Feeling great so far.

I want to try gluten free noodles but has white rice flour, monoglycerides, Quinoa Flour, Corn flower, and brown rice flour should I avoid these?