Macro partitioning
Long-term consumption of dietary gluten is not associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease in adults without celiac disease.
If you do not have celiac disease, there is no evidence that eating gluten harms your heart. In fact, avoiding gluten might lead you to eat fewer whole grains, which are good for your heart. You do not need to follow a gluten-free diet for cardiovascular health.
Long term dietary intake of gluten was not associated with risk of coronary heart disease.
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort study (n>100,000) with long follow-up (26 years) and rigorous adjustment for confounders, though observational design prevents causal inference.
Source
Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study
Benjamin Lebwohl et al. · BMJ · 2017
DOI 10.1136/bmj.j1892
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