The reason (most) people go gluten-free isn't because they're allergic [View all]

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http://www.sciencealert.com/the-reason-people-go-gluten-free-isn-t-because-they-re-allergic

"Gluten-free bread. Gluten-free cookies. Gluten-free cereal. With all of the new options to avoid gluten, there’s got to be something about the ingredient that’s bad for you, right?

Wrong. As Alan Levinovitz points out in The Gluten Lie, the scary-sounding ingredient is not to be feared. Far from a dangerous toxin, gluten is a type of protein found in wheat and other similar grains, from hearty barley to bitter-tasting rye. It’s what makes bagels chewy and lets fresh-baked bread rise.

Still, a minority of people can’t eat the delicious stuff. Roughly 1 percent of Americans have coeliac disease, a genetic, autoimmune disorder that causes people who eat gluten to experience damage to their small intestine.

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So while cutting gluten may seem like it causes weight loss or clearer skin, in reality, something else is probably the real cause, like swapping fast food for cooking at home. Peter Gibson, Monash University Australia’s Director of Gastroenterology who’s led multiple studies on gluten, tells Levinovitz:

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So many food marketing fads get out of hand, and so many of us keep jumping on the next bandwagon?

Why don't we learn?