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Cal Carpenter

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31. Question - is "gluten sensitivity" an official diagnosis that MDs use?

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 03:52 PM

Oct 2015

If so, is it a symptom-based diagnosis or a lab-testable one?

Just curious, as per your point 2.

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Scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn't exist [View all] LiberalArkie Oct 2015 OP

Overheard in a coffee shop Recursion Oct 2015 #1

LOL! The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #4

... Electric Monk Oct 2015 #34

Brilliant! The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #41

"There's a direct correlation between how many people are around smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #52

That vid is awesome Egnever Nov 2015 #100

That is brilliantly... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #112

That's funny right there... MineralMan Oct 2015 #7

I laugh when I see Gluten Free Chili Peppers Jim Beard Oct 2015 #20

Isn't that also known as a homeopathic "medicine"? madinmaryland Oct 2015 #37

Actually LOL. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #36

LMAO Marrah_G Nov 2015 #69

My neighbor started out claiming she had "gluten sensitivity" a few years ago. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #2

You have no way of knowing whether she had "no reaction whatsoever." pnwmom Oct 2015 #11

And you have no clue about my neighbor and the Airhead 101 things she believes. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #14

Chiropractors can order standard blood tests. How do you know hers didn't? pnwmom Oct 2015 #15

The clown she sees is a well-known quack and she's never been tested hobbit709 Oct 2015 #16

I don't go to a chiropractor. But there is a mountain of research showing that pnwmom Oct 2015 #17

I agree Jim Beard Oct 2015 #22

I can second that... luvspeas Nov 2015 #82

Right, the more allergens you respond to, the harder it is to tease everything out -- pnwmom Nov 2015 #96

If it wasn't for your Texas avatar... Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2015 #115

I've always thought the gluten-free thing was mostly a fad. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #3

True but on the bright side, it has greatly improved the selection and taste of gluten free foods Live and Learn Oct 2015 #13

That is true stevil Oct 2015 #33

Very true. I have a friend with Celiac disease and it used to be a nightmare going to restaurants Live and Learn Oct 2015 #47

The gluten-free diet works for people who don't have gluten sensitivity bananas Nov 2015 #94

I never implied it didn't stevil Nov 2015 #104

I know.. cannabis_flower Nov 2015 #80

Gluten free products are actually terrible for you. Oneironaut Nov 2015 #84

GF is healthier for you only if you have celiac disease The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #91

Gluten-free diets work even for people who aren't gluten sensitive bananas Nov 2015 #97

just as likely they feel better because they are cutting down on carbs Mosby Nov 2015 #118

I have a friend who thinks gluten leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #5

I have cousins with actual, diagnosed-by-a-doctor celiac disease. Lyric Oct 2015 #6

I have gluten-sensitive Crohn's and I don't resent people who avoid gluten one bit. pnwmom Oct 2015 #12

Great post stevil Oct 2015 #35

I cannot agree with your post more laundry_queen Oct 2015 #38

. hedgehog Nov 2015 #57

it's because of the fakers... lame54 Nov 2015 #60

But are they quality products? Lyric Nov 2015 #70

that's blanket statement... lame54 Nov 2015 #72

I agree... haikugal Nov 2015 #83

I don't have any particular fear of gluten, Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #8

I'm the same madville Nov 2015 #53

WRONG. That study doesn't disprove gluten sensitivity. It doesn't even come close. pnwmom Oct 2015 #9

The article is stating that the scientists that formed the test for gluten sensitivity LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #29

And those same scientists found that the gluten-free diet actually works bananas Nov 2015 #101

Question - is "gluten sensitivity" an official diagnosis that MDs use? Cal Carpenter Oct 2015 #31

Symptom. Ms. Toad Nov 2015 #51

I think most people have no clue about what food products MineralMan Oct 2015 #10

Here is much more reliable information about gluten sensitivity, pnwmom Oct 2015 #18

My Malwarebytes gives me warnings about that website. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #19

That is the Cleveland Clinic! Okay, see what your malware says about UCLA. pnwmom Oct 2015 #21

No problem there. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #23

And here is an article authored by a preeminent Celiac researcher pnwmom Oct 2015 #25

shhhhh..we need to keep the truth quiet! restorefreedom Oct 2015 #32

Thank you. dragonlady Oct 2015 #45

Celiac and non-celiac sensitivity often appear in the same families. pnwmom Oct 2015 #46

as usual, follow the money restorefreedom Oct 2015 #24

Thanks! nt pnwmom Oct 2015 #26

:) nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #27

heres a link restorefreedom Oct 2015 #28

That is nothing, the shit the hydroxylacid lobby gets by the FDA by bribing scientists is incredible LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #49

what is it used in? i am not familiar with it, at least by name. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #59

It's used in TONS of things!! jeff47 Nov 2015 #63

ahhhh.. i did notice the ph thing restorefreedom Nov 2015 #65

Well, done sir or madam! Well done! GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #66

Thank you PatSeg Nov 2015 #86

i was esp suspicious since restorefreedom Nov 2015 #87

Yeah, couldn't be that they are real scientist that found evidence. Goblinmonger Nov 2015 #90

37 cases is interesting restorefreedom Nov 2015 #92

One tends to see this PatSeg Nov 2015 #95

yes, as long as "science" is telling us what to do with our bodies, restorefreedom Nov 2015 #98

And we sit here PatSeg Nov 2015 #103

agree completely! :) nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #110

This is not "a complete about face", because the scientists who did the original... Silent3 Nov 2015 #116

i agree generally with what you said restorefreedom Nov 2015 #117

When people see a headline PatSeg Nov 2015 #119

Ummm, Weston Foods makes gluten free products Goblinmonger Nov 2015 #89

gf products are more costly to make as well restorefreedom Nov 2015 #93

link to paper acknowledges funding restorefreedom Oct 2015 #30

I have had stomach issues for years laundry_queen Oct 2015 #39

So gluten won't make my dick fly off? NobodyHere Oct 2015 #40

It won't fly off SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2015 #43

To much South Park will tho' AlbertCat Nov 2015 #61

The GF fad originated in Autism quackery. LeftyMom Oct 2015 #42

Interest in gluten came about as more and more people in the US were diagnosed pnwmom Oct 2015 #44

Gluten is a naturally occuring wheat protein. Without it you can't make bread or levened dough like Monk06 Oct 2015 #48

Good quality gluten IS a problem for people with Celiac pnwmom Nov 2015 #54

Technically, it isn't naturally occuring. jeff47 Nov 2015 #64

That study isn't the final word u4ic Nov 2015 #50

Thanks. pnwmom Nov 2015 #55

For me as well u4ic Nov 2015 #67

For me, it was a wonderful bonus pnwmom Nov 2015 #68

Good rjsquirrel Nov 2015 #56

This response is absurd. SalviaBlue Nov 2015 #79

Well put - we see way too much intolerance here, and not just on this subject. nt bananas Nov 2015 #102

If you think that you have "gluten sensitivity," get formallly checked for it. Orrex Nov 2015 #58

+1,000,000...000 HuckleB Nov 2015 #62

Gee, so how come when I went out with my Gloria Nov 2015 #71

Yea, these DUers mocking gluten sensitivity seem to be lacking any sensitivity at all. SalviaBlue Nov 2015 #73

Here is one anecdote: Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #74

The problem with an anecdote is that it very well could be a placebo effect. HuckleB Nov 2015 #75

Doctors weren't able to help her. The only thing that helped was giving up gluten. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #76

Such stories on the Internet really don't mean a lot. HuckleB Nov 2015 #78

Lol. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #85

All the women in my wife's family have gluten sensitivity and no doctor disagrees with it. cbdo2007 Nov 2015 #81

People are sensitive to whatever they are sensitive to. As a kid, I'd get a rash from tomatoes. merrily Nov 2015 #77

Big Gluten clearly paid for this study. n/t Goblinmonger Nov 2015 #88

I eat straight gluten out of spite Prism Nov 2015 #99

I can't stomach those who don't stop at diagnosing themselves as gluten sensitive meow2u3 Nov 2015 #106

Berkeley is super special Prism Nov 2015 #107

I live in Pennsylvania. Fortunately, few health wackos here meow2u3 Nov 2015 #109

LOL! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #113

"Asshole sensitivity." 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #114

I don't know what gluten is MrScorpio Nov 2015 #105

Gluten is a protein that gives elasticity to dough, helping it rise and keep its shape Electric Monk Nov 2015 #108

If companies started putting big happy 'NUTRITION FREE!!!' labels on their products Matariki Nov 2015 #111