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Are gluten allergies more common now than they used to be?
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:01 pm
I figured this topic was appropriate on the FB. I swear 1 out of every 3 people I meet these days has to eat gluten free due to allergies. Usually its the heifer of a wife of one of my fellow soldiers complaining about the restaurant we are planning on attending. For the life of me I can't recall meeting one person in college or beforehand who complained of gluten allergies. Am I just a retard or is this a new epidemic?
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:04 pm to indytiger
Kids allergic to peanuts is another. I never knew of anyone allergic when I was growing up.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:05 pm to indytiger
Self diagnosed hypochondriacs
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:06 pm to indytiger
Gluten allergies are more common due to more people eating more processed foods from birth and living the majority of their lives indoors in AC instead of outside eating dirt and being exposed to allergens from the moment they could crawl.
Also, gluten-free diets (due to the fact that most sources of gluten are highly processed foods) are popular right now because they make the user feel great. Most people I know that have sworn off gluten immediately lost weight and any digestive problems they had soon ceased.
Also, gluten-free diets (due to the fact that most sources of gluten are highly processed foods) are popular right now because they make the user feel great. Most people I know that have sworn off gluten immediately lost weight and any digestive problems they had soon ceased.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:14 pm to indytiger
My doctor told me that most people don't have gluten allergies and that most people who claim to are full of shite. 
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:16 pm to indytiger
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Are gluten allergies more common now than they used to be?
Nope. I really don't think so. I also think the percentage of the population with any serious gluten problem is small. Now some people may change their diets to so called "gluten" free and "feel great", but the beneficial effects could be from things other than the gluten elimination.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 10:38 pm to indytiger
Seems like one of the worst food allergies to have.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:12 pm to indytiger
Another marketing scam that sheep are falling for. Much like the belief that organic is "healthier."
Posted on 3/25/14 at 8:47 am to indytiger
Yup, just like people with ADD/ADHD are more common.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 8:50 am to indytiger
<1% of people have celiac disease
Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:25 am to indytiger
All I know is that at our family Christmases, half the buffet is gluten-free. None of my family members have tested positive for celiac's, but about fifty years of anecdotal evidence in our family points to gluten being a trigger for IBS. I don't have the gluten-intolerance trigger (though I have other triggers for my IBS. TMI?), but my sister and mother do, plus a bunch of aunts, uncles, and cousins. We've been on that gluten-free train before it was cool.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:02 am to indytiger
IMO
The latest Fad illness for those who desperately need to have something to complain about.
I get queries all the time from consumers who demand to know if the face cream or acne treatment they have purchased is certified to be "Gluten Free".
A part of me thinks
If they die they die.
"The species becomes stronger when the weak die out"
But what I actually do is tell them that the product is gluten free, but they need to talk to their health care allergy professional about their serious allergy issues. At that point they often tell me they do not see a Physician with their gluten allergy (self diagnose).
The latest Fad illness for those who desperately need to have something to complain about.
I get queries all the time from consumers who demand to know if the face cream or acne treatment they have purchased is certified to be "Gluten Free".
A part of me thinks
If they die they die.
"The species becomes stronger when the weak die out"
But what I actually do is tell them that the product is gluten free, but they need to talk to their health care allergy professional about their serious allergy issues. At that point they often tell me they do not see a Physician with their gluten allergy (self diagnose).
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