Should you give up wheat?

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To wheat or not to wheat

Research by the University of Warwick has found that many myths about wheat-free diets are just that - myths - and that eating whole grains, such as wheat, benefit most people.

"Apart from the two percent of the population who suffer from coeliac disease or other sensitivities or intolerance to wheat, there is overwhelming evidence of clear health benefits of a whole grain based diets featuring store cupboard staples such as bread and cereal made from lightly processed wheat. The benefits are increased where whole grains have undergone relatively little processing,” says senior research fellow Dr Rob Lillywhite, from the University of Warwick's Warwick Crop Centre in its School of Life Sciences.

Don’t wheat-free diets boost weight loss?

Dr Lilywhite says that evidence to suggests that eating whole grain wheat, which contains a higher proportion (or amount) of dietary fibre compared to oats, increases health and help to maintain a healthy body weight.

"Other than for the two percent of the population with a specific gluten or wheat intolerance, the scientific evidence behind many of the most popular wheat and carbohydrate free diets turns out to be surprisingly thin and selectively used,” explains Dr Lillywhite, “Some will result in a short-term reduction in body weight but the same result could be achieved in the long-term by eating less of higher quality or relatively unprocessed foods. The low carbohydrate diet has now generated its own industry and new product development in the 'free-from' sector means that a typical low cereal and carbohydrate diet may cost most people more yet deliver less."

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