Wheat is present in many foods including pasta
After all your over indulgences the past few weeks at those office Christmas parties, we bet you're feeling a tiny bit weak and sluggish, not to mention exhausted at the minute.
Well, don't panic because FemaleFirst is on hand to get you back to your best, with the help of some festive detox plans and helpful hints on feeling great this Christmas.
Over the next week we'll be exploring different ways to detox, from cutting out alcohol, to upping your fruit and vegetables intake and also cutting back on dairy, caffeine and wheat.
Cutting wheat out of your diet can help you loose weight without having to reduce the amount that you eat.
It's not easy as many of the staple foods include wheat, perhaps more than you realise. Wheat is in pasta, bread, cakes, biscuits and pastries.
Because wheat is in so many foods, we tend to overeat it and eating a particular food too often can cause the digestive enzymes to be overwhelmed. When this happens the food is not digested properly and may be stored as fat cells so cutting back on it can be beneficial.
There are plenty of wheat free versions of food products available so the diet can easily be achieved but it is advisable to consult your doctor before embarking on this diet as a long tern eating plan.
FemaleFirst - Jessica Watson