Elisabeth Hasselbeck Touts G-Free Diet

Elisabeth Hasselbeck once feared food because it made her tired, messed with her blood sugar levels and left her bloated. Then she discovered she has celiac disease, which means she's allergic to gluten (found in barley, oats, wheat and rye). She's embraced a gluten-free diet ever since and says she feels so much better.

Elisabeth talked Monday on "Good Morning America" about the G-Free diet, and she claims that even if you don't have celiac disease, this is a great diet for just being healthy. "The View" co-host dishes out all the details in her new book, "The G-Free Diet," but here's what she shared on her visit to GMA.

• The G-Free Diet is a very energizing meal plan.
• It's all about replacing, not removing, items from your diet. You can still have a cookie if you want one.
• Some gluten alternatives are rice, corn, millet and amaranth (Maggie talks about amaranth in this post).
• Many brands are going G-free.
• There is such a thing as gluten-free pasta.

Learn more about the G-Free Diet here. And for a few of Elisabeth's favorite gluten-free recipes, click here.

Do you follow a G-Free Diet? Tell us how it makes you feel? And is it good for weight loss and/or maintenance?