Interestingly enough, the same famine confirmed gluten as the cause of coeliac disease. Death rates for children with the disease dropped during the famine, as

Interestingly enough, the same famine confirmed gluten as the cause of coeliac disease. Death rates for children with the disease dropped during the famine, as flour was unavailable, and the children relapsed once they were given the first supplies of bread. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease#History