{"id":7583,"date":"2025-06-12T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personaltrainerfoodblog.com\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:16:44","slug":"can-gluten-free-help-you-lose-more-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/can-gluten-free-help-you-lose-more-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Go Gluten Free to Lose Weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably heard people talking about gluten. But what really caught your interest are the stories from your friends who say they lost a TON of weight when they eliminated gluten from their diet. Should you go gluten free to lose weight too?<\/p>\n

Here are the facts about losing weight on a gluten free diet…<\/p>\n

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Gluten and Gut Inflammation<\/h2>\n

For the last 10 years or so, wheat-based foods such as bread, bagels, cereals, muffins, cookies, and cakes have been under fire because they contain gluten.<\/p>\n

Gluten is a protein found in cereal grains,<\/strong> most particularly found in wheat.<\/p>\n

For some people, such as celiacs, gluten is a serious issue. When celiacs eat gluten, an immune response is triggered that destroys their small intestine.<\/p>\n

But even if you are not celiac or officially gluten-intolerant, gluten may affect your gut as well. There are a number of studies that say gluten may be causing\u00a0inflammation in your digestive system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What’s the problem with an inflamed gut?<\/p>\n

Lots.<\/p>\n

What Leaky Gut Syndrome Does To Your Weight<\/h2>\n

If your digestive system becomes inflamed, the gaps between the cells of your intestine become larger than normal.<\/p>\n

These large, porous gaps allow fragments of undigested food, toxins, bacteria,<\/strong> and other items to escape your intestinal tract and enter your bloodstream (where they don’t belong).<\/p>\n

This is called Leaky Gut Syndrome<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Once these foreign particles are in your blood, they wreak havoc on your immune system. Your body goes into overdrive to remove them before they can do any damage.<\/p>\n

And you feel awful– with digestive upset, fatigue, aching joints, food cravings, bad skin, and weight gain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, So Should You Go Gluten Free to Lose Weight?<\/h2>\n

Maybe…but there are some things you need to understand first.<\/p>\n

Remember those friends who bragged\u00a0about their amazing weight loss when they went gluten-free? Did you notice that a few months later they started gaining weight and looking tired again?<\/p>\n

What happened here? Did their gluten-free diet just stop working<\/strong> for them?<\/p>\n

In a way, it did.<\/p>\n

Let’s go back through time, before they eliminated gluten. A typical day might look like this: cereal for breakfast, a bagel sandwich for lunch, and pizza for dinner. Gluten for every meal!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then they tossed all their wheat products in trash. There was nothing left to eat except maybe some eggs, meats, butter, and vegetables in their fridge. Foods like these…<\/p>\n

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So that’s what they lived on while they learned what is and isn’t gluten-free.<\/p>\n

But after a few weeks, they wanted their cereals, pizza, cookies, beer, and bread back. So off they went to the natural foods grocer to buy a bunch of expensive gluten-free foods (242% more than foods without the gluten-free label, to be exact).<\/p>\n

And they purchased things like this:<\/p>\n

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‘Gluten Free’ Does Not = Healthy<\/h2>\n

So yeah, those foods are all gluten-free, but… they can also cause Leaky Gut Syndrome and worse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why? Because they are made with rice, potatoes, tapioca, corn …and sugar. All gluten-free, yes, BUT ALL will spike blood sugar levels.<\/p>\n

Now a completely different intolerance<\/em> is going on here– to glucose. You must understand that a blood glucose level above normal is TOXIC<\/strong> to every single human being on this planet, celiac, gluten intolerant, or not.<\/p>\n

The higher your blood glucose soars, the more your body is damaged.\u00a0And the higher the glucose spike, the more fat you pack on.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What our gluten-free friend unwittingly did was follow a low-carb, low-sugar (low-GI) diet for the first couple of weeks when they eliminated gluten.<\/p>\n

But after their trip to the natural foods store, they loaded up on high-GI foods that drive up blood sugars like crazy.<\/p>\n

And the gut inflammation and leaky gut syndrome and weight gain started all over again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personal Trainer Food and Gluten Free Diets<\/h2>\n

The bottom line: gluten free or not, everyone benefits from eating a menu of real foods designed to keep blood sugars low so you can lose weight.<\/p>\n

It’s the most powerful way to reduce inflammation and Leaky Gut Syndrome too.<\/p>\n

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If you are someone without allergies or intolerances, reducing gluten will help your body recover from the ravages of a high-sugar diet which will further allow your gut to heal.<\/p>\n

That’s why 84% of our menu is naturally gluten-free.<\/strong> And of the 16% of our foods that contain gluten, the quantity is so small (soy sauce, or some bread crumbs) that it is of little concern to healthy individuals.<\/p>\n

With Personal Trainer Food<\/a>, you’re already eating a very low gluten diet, and chances are your diet is\u00a0healthier than many people who claim to be ‘gluten-free.’ If you are losing weight, feeling better, and have more energy, there is probably no need to go 100% gluten free.<\/p>\n

But you can if you want (or need) to*.<\/p>\n

Did you know?<\/h2>\n

You can fully customize your order to create a 100% gluten-free menu <\/strong>–-for any meal plan.<\/a><\/p>\n