Gluten-Free Market Set to Explode

Gormet Retailer ^ | JULY 10, 2006

[sully777]

No Mr. Creosote, we're speaking on the subject of gluten, not the subject of gluttony. Care for a mint?

[ConorMacNessa]

As the parent of a celiac child, this comes as no surprise to me - My kid eventually normalized - at least from the celiac, so we no longer have to search for gluten free food - when he was young, it was difficult to find.

[defenderSD]

Is that from "Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life"? I remember that scene where the fat man eats a mint and explodes.

[SteveMcKing]

Here we go again.... Last time it was carbs, now it's "wheat = fascism".

Lemmings.

[sully777]

Yes, that is from Meaning of Life. This photo is the cleanest I could find.

[mylife]

Indeed, it is estimated that the number of known sufferers of celiac disease will increase worldwide by a factor of 10 during the next few years,

and what precisely is that prediction based on?

[JRandomFreeper]

Disease of the moment syndrome. Every time someone has a screaming, battery-acid bowel movement (because of excessive JD and Coke) it will be listed under the disease de jour column.

Food is my life, professional and private. And I extend my sympathies and technical expertise to those that actually are afflicted. But Gluten is here to stay.

Aside: "Do you know the difference between glue and gluten?" Ans: "5 seconds in a microwave". Bada bing. Make sure to tip your server. I'll be here all week....

/johnny

[mylife]

the belief that certain major allergens and food components also play a role in exacerbating a wide range of other health conditions, from migraine to menstruation.

The idea that bread is resposible for PMS is giving me a headache

[JRandomFreeper]

Don't go dissing lemmings. They have enough problems, what with cliffs and stuff.

/johnny

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Is there celiac or gluten or whatever-the-hell it is in whiskey?

[clyde asbury]

and what precisely is that prediction based on?

Um, marketing?

[mylife]

I cant imagine a world without bread.
I feel bad for folks that have allegies to the most common things in life

[Overtaxed]

Dunno about whiskey. My aunt has celiac sprue and she can't have beer. Wine's okay, though.

[JRandomFreeper]

No gluten in whiskey. Gluten is a (family of, but we won't go there) long chain molecules that bind liquids.

Ethanol ain't it. Drink freely, knowing that you are safe.

And do yourself a flavor, and have a toasted pastrami on rye with sauted onions to go with it. It just might save your stomach lining.

But the marriage is over. Duct tape couldn't fix that...

/johnny

[LK44-40]

I am extremely skeptical of fad diseases (e.g., chronic fatitude, epstein-barr), many psychiatric diagnoses, and all fad diets. When a couple of years ago a sickly and toothpick-thin acquaintance at work told me that he and his wife had figured out that Ciliac's disease was his problem and had gone glutten free, well, I was skeptical.

Over the next few months, I saw this fellow pork up like a miracle. Admittedly it is only one case, but it sure did make me -- pending further evidence -- buy into at least this one health fad.

[JRandomFreeper]

LOL! Perzactly!

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

What is one's proper weight? Am I too fat or too thin? Who decides?

I've been in a fight with family and Uncle Sam, because at 45, I remain whip-cord lean, and strong as a horse.

What with the lard-a$$es in the US becoming the norm, everyone says I look way too thin.

I eat 5 meals a day (not large meals) and am healthy. I'm not fat.

But well meaning busy-bodies insist that there is something wrong with me, because I'm 'skinny'. I've got a record from the USAF dated to 1980, showing my original sign-up weight. I'm 17 lbs heavier, according to my last USAF physical.

Maybe the busy-bodies need to quit munching on bon-bons while they sit on the couch.

/johnny

[Coldwater Creek]

What do you mean normalized??

[davisfh]

All of these imagined ailments are wearing. Stop the planet!! I want to get off!!

[LK44-40]

Maybe you should try a glutten-free regimen for a while. You might be able to get healthy.