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The medical profession has refused to consider the possibility that gluten causes problems other than celiac disease. Or perhaps there are other components of w
by mark-r 9y ago
The medical profession has refused to consider the possibility that gluten causes problems other than celiac disease. Or perhaps there are other components of wheat that cause those problems. I would be curious to know if some people on gluten-free diets would be just as well served by avoiding GMO wheat but allowing non-GMO - unfortunately that's a tough test to perform.
I know two people who claim to be sensitive to corn. I'm not about to argue with them, I know the corn we have today in the U.S. is nothing like our grandparent's corn.
- bitwize 9y ago> The medical profession has refused to consider the possibility that gluten causes problems other than celiac disease. Once the evidence rises above self-reported gluten sensitivity or self-reported improvement on a gluten-free diet, the medical community will consider that possibility. Until then, the plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
- boomboomsubban 9y agoThe medical profession refuses to consider things that have no evidence supporting them, which is why they aren't pointing the blame at GMO's. Yes, our corn is different. The change is partially responsible for millions of people being alive.
- shalmanese 9y agoThey've refused to consider the possibility that GMO wheat causes any special kind of harm in the wild because GMO wheat is not commercially available: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_wheat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_wheat
- mark-r 9y agoMy comment wasn't specifically limited to GMO, although I had assumed that based on corn that it was a likely culprit. Thanks for setting me straight. I still think there's a possibility that either gluten or some other component of wheat gives people trouble that doesn't involve celiac disease.