Can athletic individuals and professional athletes adopt a gluten-free diet?
• According to Dana Korn, author of Living Gluten-Free for Dummies, “Some athletes are afraid to go gluten-free because they are worried they won’t get enough carbohydrates in their diets to sustain their intense energy needs. But not only is getting the gluten-free carbs you need as an athlete possible, but being gluten-free can actually provide an athletic advantage.” • Dr. Allen Lim, the nutritionist for Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack, has gotten the team to diet gluten free during race season, even those racers who don’t have any gluten tolerance or Celiac Disease. His radical idea stemmed from the belief that gluten is responsible for bloating, stiffness, and gastrointestinal distress — huge performance-hindering problems — and the theory that their Tour de France riders would recover better from grueling stages by avoiding wheat. According to Lim, the team is doing great with the new diet regime. “Even for those undiagnosed with Celiac Disease, a gluten-free diet can reduce ov
