Thursday, December 13, 2012

Wheat Free Food Replacement

When diagnosed with an intolerance to grain, lots of people are not positive of the right way to adjust their diet in order to help their body function properly. It is a misconception that foods containing grain are off limits now. Simple changes can be made to foods like cake in order for someone who is allergic to yeast & to have their cake & eat it as well.

These days there's flour substitutes that can be used in a pastry recipe and are free of wheat. Plenty of of the following wheat flour substitutes are superior to wheat in their nutrition qualities as well. Millet is the most basically digested grain available. It is also the least allergenic. It is a lovely source of silica and protein and millet flour can be used for baking. Similar to millet is sorghum. Cereal grain is grounded to become sorghum flour. Amaranth is another grain that can be used in baking. It is a wonderfully rich source of calcium and is also high in magnesium and silica. The amaranth grain has been hugely used in Mexico to prevent malnutrition.

While there's plenty of options to make use of as substitute wheat in your cake recipes, there's also types of flours that you ought to stay away from. All of the following: brown, bulgar, cake, granary, durum, plain and self-rising flours are to be avoided because of the wheat in them. Also, semolina, wholemeal flour, triticale, sauce flour, kamut, spelt, & graham flour all ought to all be left out as well.

However, changing flour that contains yeast for flour without wheat in a cake recipe may not be the issue. The issue might be; where can you buy these different types of flour? Plenty of of the wheat flour substitutes listed above are available at your local natural health stores, Asian food stores, or online. With the growing popularity of substituting wheat in cake recipes, plenty of of the main grocery stores are beginning to catch on and now stock these flours and grains. And, individuals who are not wheat intolerant but are looking for a healthier alternative to wheat are also driving this popularity as the benefits of these non-wheat grains are now becoming apparent.

It is important to understand the difference between gluten intolerance and wheat intolerance. Individuals who are gluten intolerant can not eat anything that has gluten in it. For example they can not eat wheat, rye or barley and any other cereals that contain gluten. Because someone is wheat intolerant it does not mean he/she cannot eat barley or rye as the main allergy is towards wheat. There is no denying the fact that some food, like bread, will indeed taste differently then those that are made with wheat flour substitutes. The texture of such foods will even be different. It is the gluten in wheat that binds the dough and helps the bread to rise. Food intolerance increases with age and conditions are like to exacerbate. Problems like heart disease, liver, kidney and lung are likely to increase. It is as well as a fact that like allergies that run in families, the same applies with food intolerances. As dna is hereditary, if a member of the relative is intolerant to ! a specific cake, it is highly likely that another member will also suffer from the same intolerance and that it could be passed onto the next generation.


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