What are Low-Gluten diets?
Low-Gluten diet is a term adopted by some LTC facilities to describe their diets planned for people with Celiac Disease in the US. Other countries use this term for Gluten Intolerance which is like lactose intolerance, a digestive function. Celiac Disease is an autoimmune condition that has been shown to be responsive from 10 to 50 PPM (part per million) gluten in a diet daily. This is a very small amount, less then one eighth a teaspoon of wheat flour. ‘Gluten-Free’ will have a definition mandated by the government in 2008. The definition will define how much gluten can be found in a product promoted for use in a gluten free diet. Any food not appropriate is harmful to people with celiac disease and should not be used to plan menus.
