> not gluten obviously that’s a crock of shit
Celiac disease [1] is a real and potential serious autoimmune disorder. Whether non-celiac gluten intolerance is a real thing is another question, though there's some evidence for it.
Celiac disease [1] is a real and potential serious autoimmune disorder. Whether non-celiac gluten intolerance is a real thing is another question, though there's some evidence for it.
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity is not believed to be fictional-- rather, experts disagree about the details of what it is, how it works, how it is identified, how we should classify different presentations, etc. So yes, the science is shaky, but there is plenty of evidence that it's "a thing"... or "some things".
[0] 1 out of 133 according to https://www.beyondceliac.org/celiac-disease/facts-and-figure...
The prevalence is on the same order of magnitude as peanut allergies.
[1] https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(20)35165-9/...
My kid got diagnosed with celiac and it's hereditary so me and my SO had to get tested. I didn't have it, they do. Undiagnosed for decades.
Switched to gluten-free diet and they feel SO much better now. But the thing is that humans are really adaptive, you don't know what "good" feels if you've been feeling bad all your life - that's your normal level.
I get _really_ bloated if I eat "industrial" wheat bread. Like beach balloon levels of ridiculously bloated.
Sourdough wheat bread: pretty much zero issues. Same with rye bread with no other leavening agents than yeast.
I think this is part of the reason why people feel better when they leave out gluten, it's not the gluten per se but all the other stuff that usually comes with glutinous grains.