{"id":1290,"date":"2026-06-15T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:01:00","slug":"gluten-free-for-no-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/glutenfrei-ohne-grund\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten-free without reason"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gluten-free products are considered healthier \u2013 even though there is no scientific evidence for this for people without celiac disease. This impression is created, among other things, by EU Regulation No. 828\/2014, which allows the labeling \u201egluten-free\u201c without assuming a medical indication in the buyer. Combined with influencer communication and health media that rarely differentiate between target groups, gluten-freeness has established itself as an implicit health attribute in the market.<\/p>\n

The data is clear. A study with around 110,000 participants, published in the British Medical Journal, found no link between gluten consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease in healthy individuals. Gluten-free products often have deficiencies in fiber, folic acid, iron, zinc, magnesium, and calcium. For people with celiac disease, a gluten-free diet is essential for survival \u2013 for everyone else, it is neither necessary nor risk-free.<\/p>\n

This shows how labeling logics and market interests can legitimize a dietary trend without a scientific basis for the healthy.<\/p>\n

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Farewell, Benjamin et al.; Long-term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study; in: BMJ 357 (2017); doi: 10.1136\/bmj.j1892<\/em><\/p>\n

Penagini, Francesca et al.; Gluten-Free Diet in Children: An Approach to a Nutritionally Adequate and Balanced Diet; in: Nutrients 5:11 (2013); doi: 10.3390\/nu5114553<\/em><\/p>\n

Vici, Giorgia et al.; Gluten-free diet and nutrient deficiencies: A review; in: Clinical Nutrition 35:6 (2016); doi: 10.1016\/j.clnu.2016.05.002<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gluten-free products are considered healthier. For people without celiac disease, there is no evidence for this and potential nutrient deficiencies on top of that.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Glutenfrei ohne Grund - Forum for Evidence-Based Preventative Health","_seopress_titles_desc":"Glutenfrei gilt als ges\u00fcnder \u2013 doch f\u00fcr Menschen ohne Z\u00f6liakie fehlt jede Evidenz. Warum der Trend mehr schadet als n\u00fctzt.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-factoids"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}