Is wheat in gluten or is gluten in wheat?

Answer 1

Not exactly. Gluten is contained in wheat, but is also found in several other grains, including rye and barley. A gluten free diet is wheat free, but a wheat free diet is NOT gluten free. Most people are actually allergic to gluten, and not just wheat. If you are celiac, then a wheat free diet will not allow your intestines to heal, because you can still be consuming gluten.

Answer 2

I was recently diagnosed with celiacs disease, so this was one of the many questions i asked my doctor. Gluten is wheat and vise-versa. Wheat, however, has gluten, malt, barley, and rye in it.

Answer 3

Yes and no. Gluten is a protein that is in wheat, as well as in some other grains. Celiac disease is the condition in which you cannot tolerate eating gluten. If you can't tolerate gluten, you can't tolerate wheat. It is not technically an allergy, it is localized to the intestine where you can get damage to the lining of the intestine which makes it hard to absorb nutrients from every food you eat. If gluten isn't eliminated from your diet, many symptoms can develop as a result of the malnutrition. It would be possible to be allergic to wheat and not have a problem with gluten, the wheat allergy would be caused by another protein in the wheat - I don't know how common that is though.

Answer 4

No, gluten is a protein formed from by the joining of some of the constituents of flour when it gets wet. These are found in the flour of several grains including wheat, oats, barley and rye.

Answer 5

Gluten is in wheat. Gluten is a type of grain that is commonly found in wheat, flower, barley and other grains.

Answer 6

Gluten is in wheat, but gluten is also in some other grains such as barley and rye.

Answer 7

No, gluten free does not mean wheat free.