20 Alternative Flours You Should Know

While considered healthy, cooking with whole wheat flour could form a glue-like constipating lump in your gut that can trigger diarrhea, constipation, nutrient malabsorption or inflammation.

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• If you have celiac disease, a gluten intolerance or have chosen to go gluten-free for other reasons, you will need to identify healthy alternative (non-wheat) flours

• Avoid corn flour and soy flour, as they are often produced from genetically engineered crops

• The eight alternative flours I recommend are: almond, amaranth, arrowroot, coconu…