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Saturday, 20 September 2014

Farewell to gluten free: Why we are so easily fooled by pseudoscience and marketing gimmicks when it comes to food | National Post

MSG and enriched flour products now make me sick as an adult. Being gluten free is not a choice. The temptation is to indulge in this gluten stuff, but my health is not good enough. My advice is to stay away from binges but not to tell you how to ditch the obvious health reducer. You will get sick, probably...

"But gluten has lately acquired a famously bad reputation among trend-savvy nutritionistas, who blame it for everything from irritable bowels and autoimmune disorders to bloating and lethargy, even diabetes, depression, autism and schizophrenia. A whole industry has risen up to capitalize on its wholesale rejection, in which gluten-free foods are often sold at a massive mark-up over "regular" products."



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