re: Gluten free food options

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That's absurd and just a placebo effect. Gluten isn't bad unless you have a medical issue with it. Unless you have celiacs or a sensitivity, strictly abandoning gluten doesn't do much of anything. If staying away from gluten means you're not eating pizza or burgers or other not so healthy foods that just so happen to include gluten, then you're feeling better because you're eating healthier, not because you're not eating gluten.

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So, let me get your point straight:

1. It's not the reduction of the gluten that makes you feel better.

2. It's the not eating the unhealthy foods that contain gluten.

Right?

So, taking it a step further -- if I don't eat pizza, but I instead eat just the tomatoes that make up the sauce, the cheese and the meat that I put on top -- and then I am healthier than before, what was it exactly that I eliminated from my diet that caused the change?

You basically contradicted yourself by stating that not eating pizza or burgers or other not so healthy foods is what makes you feel better. Do you know what the difference between a hamburger and a piece of meat is? The bun (which is made of wheat).