12 Things You Need to Know Before Starting a Grain-Free Diet

Grain-free isn’t gluten-free

Going grain-free is exactly what it sounds like: The elimination of all grains from your everyday diet. Because it’s easy to confuse this approach with going gluten-free, let’s hit the basics: Gluten is a name for the proteins in wheat, rye, barley, and triticale (a cross between rye and wheat), which are found in foods including baked goods, pastas, and cereals, according to the Celiac Disease Foundation. (Here’s a list of nine surprising gluten foods.) People with celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity follow a careful “gluten-free” diet that eliminates products containing these proteins. Going “grain-free,” however, means cutting out all grains, even ones like rice and corn that don’t have gluten.

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