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Gluten-free diets gaining popularity among the health conscious

by Brooke Workneh
Feb 07, 2013


A gluten-free diet is generally adopted by people with wheat allergies or celiac disease, but recently there has been a growing interest in gluten-free diets for people simply interested in changing their eating habits and/or losing weight.