Rye is great for the digestive system In addition to aiding in weight loss, the impressive amount of fiber found in rye can help with constipation, ease stomach pain and cramps, reduce excess gas, and even help prevent serious conditions like ulcers, colon cancer, and breast cancer.

Rye contains gluten, but not as much as wheat does. It also has more soluble sugars than wheat flour, so it ferments faster. Sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes it can ferment too fast and collapse.

rye. noun [ U ] /rɑɪ/ a type of plant, the grain of which is used to feed animals and to make flour for bread.

Wheat and rye are naked cereals (caryopsis), which means that the husk has fallen off during threshing in the field, whereas oats and barley are generally covered cereals, which have to be dehulled during the milling process.