There are people with celiac, and then there are those with wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, and gluten sensitivity. The celiac people do everyone else a diss

There are people with celiac, and then there are those with wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, and gluten sensitivity. The celiac people do everyone else a disservice by making light of anyone in the other categories. My mom, myself, and 2 daughters all have tested positive for gluten antibodies, after dealing with Hashimotos, Parkinsons, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, chronic sinusitis, and bipolar in our family. Friends with diabetes, osteoporosis, gall bladder problems, and out of control children have tested positive for gluten antibodies, with a range of different doctors and tests. None of us have had an invasive, risky, expensive biopsy, which is the only way to "prove" celiac, but going gluten-free has changed us all for the better, and cured the easier sicknesses including the bipolar. This is a silent and much more widely reaching epidemic than most people realize, and causes serious health problems, which drive our collective healthcare costs up. No one needs bread to survive, more people should see if gluten ails them, too. Celiac is just the tip of the iceberg, subclinical gluten intolerance affects up to 30% of Americans. I could quote dozens of legitimate research studies that back this up, having researched this issue over the past 5 years. Learn the facts - this is not quackery. Thank you New York Times! One last thing, if gluten is a problem, your intestinal bacteria are likely unbalanced and you probably have nutritional deficiencies. Get tested, and fix these problems before your problems snowball into cancer, autoimmune Disease, etc.