Internal medicine specialist Prof., who is frequently mentioned with his advice on healthy nutrition and heart health. Dr. This time, Canan Karatay became a hot topic with her statements about bread consumption.
Answering questions in the İyilik Sağlık program on Sözcü TV, Prof. Dr. Canan Karatay ‘Unfortunately, an excessive amount of bread is consumed in our country. Gluten in bread destroys friendly bacteria. One of the biggest problems in Turkey, I call it a pandemic, is constipation. It’s gluten that does this.’ He emphasized that bread consumption should be reduced.
Karatay continued his words as follows; ‘200 kilos of bread are consumed per person in Turkey,’ says the World Health Organization. If the amount of bread consumed per person is reduced by 30 percent, chronic diseases in Turkey will also decrease by 30 percent.’ He pointed out that one should be careful when consuming bread.
Canan Karatay lastly; He explained, ‘Turkish people are like this because they eat too much bread, pasta, ravioli and pastries.’