Let?s Talk Gluten
Esniya Antonieta Andrade
Published: October 31, 2021.
Abstract
When we hear the word gluten we usually associate it with the fad diet either as a gluten-free diet (GFD) or a healthy diet.
What is Gluten?
It is a storage protein found in grass-related grains like barley, rye, oats, wheat (BROW). It nourishes the seeds during flowering and germination.
Gluten itself is a complex mixture of proteins. In wheat, rye, barley, oats this storage protein exists as gliadin, secalin, hordein and avenins respectively. All these proteins are collectively referred to as gluten. Gliadin has many peptide sequences which are resistant to our gastrointestinal enzymes.