The gluten-free diet: Safety and nutritional quality

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-34

  Saturni, Letizia ^a   Ferretti, Gianna ^a,b   Bacchetti, Tiziana ^a,b  

^a Educazione Sanitaria e Promozione alla Salute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avenin; Celiac disease; Gliadin; Gluten free diet; Hordein; Minor cereals; Pseudocereals; Secalin

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUTEN; LIPID; MINERAL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

BUCKWHEAT; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREAL; DIETARY FIBER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SORGHUM;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; ERAGROSTIS TEF; HORDEUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79952015315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2010016     Document Type: Review

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