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whole foods that don’t contain gluten, such as fruits, vegetables, meats and eggs, as well as processed gluten-free foods like gluten-free bread or pasta, according to Selvi Rajagopal, M.D., a specialist in internal medicine and obesity with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

“Gluten is a protein naturally occurring in certain foods, but it can also be added to foods during processing for texture,” Rajagopal explains. “Gluten can be used as a binding agent and flavoring, so you can sometimes find it in foods you wouldn’t expect. In addition to foods like pizza, cereal and baked goods, gluten can be in everything from