KUWTK: Episode 12

Kim discusses that since she's been training that she's become aware of more fad diets and that she believes Kourtney (who is gluten-free) is prone to jumping on fad diets. Due to this Kim questions Kourtney's health.

Kourtney is a big advocate on limiting processed food intake.

Kim says that she read an article saying that a gluten free diet has more arsenic and could be worse for you.

Kourtney prides herself on being 'the healthiest eater' and says that her sisters give her a hard time about her dietary choices 

They do a 'sweat test' to test who is healthier by showing different levels of organisms in the respiration 

Then tried a blood and urine test

Kourtney has a specific doctor for food allergies

Kim 'Because Kourtney is gluten free and I'm not I want to see who is healthier 

Kourtney 'Kim never believes that I should be gluten free'

*we think Kourtney is insane*

Both Kim and Kourtney came back with 'clean' results from their blood tests at the doctors but the doctor said that it only measured recent exposure in the blood and not long term effects in the organs 

From this test it was inconclusive who was healthier than the other - therefore putting into question if those who aren't gluten free is worth their time?

Kim associates gluten with fads - uses in the same sentence

People who ate gluten free diets have x2 arsenic in their bodies and 70% more mercury

Professional 'gluten free diets have become such a fad because people are just buying all this packaged food'

NUTRIGIOMICS - 1,000 years ago people came from all over the world and not a lot of travelling so you were reliant on the food in that region and the theory is that people have these same genes as before but variations in these genes so some can process carbs better etc etc

The only problem with not eating gluten is the elimination of fibre which is so important but ways to counter it

There isn't a perfect science to the best diet - it's just what's best for you