My wife is a coeliac (not an allergy, a disease linked to inflammation), and so doesn't eat wheat, but we end up talking to loads of people about wheat once the

My wife is a coeliac (not an allergy, a disease linked to inflammation), and so doesn't eat wheat, but we end up talking to loads of people about wheat once they hear that. I think most people would consider themselves to have a gluten intolerance, not allergy (at least here in the UK). Similarly my wife is not allergic to milk, but drinking it after now not having it for a long time now gives her a bad stomach and also a rash on the inside of her elbows. But if you tested her I'm sure she wouldn't show as having an allergy. Also - most gluten-free 'replacement' foods (pasta, bread etc.) have MORE calories than their gluten alternative. Note that people can be allergic (and anaphylactic) to wheat, which is a very different thing to coeliac disease.