Diet without sugar, salt, gluten or lactose: for whom and how?
updated the 17 August 2015 à 11:26Fad or real health benefits? lactose, salt, sugar and gluten-free diets are now gaining more following than ever. Marie France leads the investigation and checks that facts behind these specialized diets.
Eating is becoming increasingly complicated. There are now far more ‘tailor-made’ products which keep multiplying and an infinite number of dietary books and nutritional advice…
Some no longer tolerate fish, other stay away from vegetables. As a sign of the magnitude of this phenomenon, food sociologist Claude Fischler, has made ’new eaters’ the subject of several of his books. In his latest ‘Alimentations Particulières’ (Special Nutrients) he wonders about the proliferation of these often self-diagnosed diets which are sometimes practiced with the same intensity one would have regarding political or spiritual ideals.
His analysis leads us to a simple question: Can a particular a ‘self-prescribed’ diet ruling out salt, gluten, lactose or sugar be beneficial even without medical advice? And is it safe to follow for a long period of time? Three experts, a nutritionist, a gastroenterologist and a dietitian, respond regarding who and how to follow these four popular diets:
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