Gluten-free
what is gluten
?
although more than 90% of food
that you consume do not contain gluten
gluten is present in the diet
of almost all Brazilians
in our daily bread
in the cake
on pizza
in beer
etc
gluten is a protein
present in wheat, barley, rye, oats,
triticale, malt and millet
and in all its derivatives
but can gluten consumption do
any harm to health?
gluten can be harmful
to less than 0.7% of the population
that may develop an allergy to gluten
known as celiac disease
although many people who suffer from this disease
does not have the disease diagnosed
and continues to eat foods with gluten
however there is a federal law
which obliges all industrialized products
to be informed on the packaging
whether or not it contains gluten
even the mineral water label should say that it is
Gluten-free
making it appear that gluten is the biggest villain
in our food
as it is the only ingredient that must be specified by law
when in fact it is thanks to gluten
that we can eat cuddly bread
as gluten is a protein responsible
by the growth of fermented flour
giving its softness and good texture
a law created with the justification of protecting
less than 0.7% of the population
that does not fulfill its function
because most of the people who suffer from this disease
do not even know what gluten is
and most foods that contain gluten
are not industrialized
being sold without any warning
for the presence of gluten
I've never seen a roll of bread sold at the bakery
stating that it contains gluten
and more than 72 billion of breads are consumed in Brazil per year
What is the true intent of this
unreasonable law
?
if the objective was to protect a small part of the population
it should be mandatory to report the presence
in all food in which contains gluten
imagine if this law was extended
to all ingredients
that can do some harm
for any part of the population
the negation warning list would be infinite
it only makes sense to state what it contains
there is no beneficial sense to deny what does not exist
this law hides a captious purpose
to turn gluten into a scapegoat
highlighting the absence of a natural ingredient
which is supposed to do harm
so that we feel like we are
ingesting healthy food
while a quantity of artificial products
which are proven to be bad for our health
are commercialized freely
such as:
preservatives
acidulants
sweeteners
dyes
thickeners
stabilizers
and so many others
that serve to deceive us all
in favor of enrichment a few
to the detriment of the nation's health
