Settled science.
For those, like myself, who avoid the terrible Business Insider website, here is a direct link to the study:
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/05/gluten_sensitivity_may_not_exist.html
/johnny
Thanks. I am always amazed at the food/diet trends, but this gluten thing is just stunning. Folks are just convinced that removing gluten will solve everything, including global warming (must have something to do with farting).
And now we have the person most responsible for this trend actually being a scientist and studying it further, and finding that his original report was pre-mature, and there is something else going on.
My mom used the get the Readers Digest disease-of-the-month. I look at this as the same psychosis.
Thanks for posting this.
bttt
I call total BS on this.
Celiac is a well-known, serious illness induced by allergy to gluten. And now these aholes are trying to say: well, either you’re 100% allergic to gluten or 0% allergic. You know, sort of like how everyone is either seriously allergic to various types of pollen or not allergic at all, with nothing in between. Oh, wait ....
“Science. It works.”
HONEST science. IT works. Kudos to Gibson.
I had a doctor that was convinced that every malady in the world could be traced either to Lyme's disease or to gluten. Whenever one of my tests came back negative, she'd order a different type of test for the same thing. I was tested for gluten sensitivity 17 times in 3 months, and for Lyme 9 times during that same period. My gluten test results never changed, but one of the Lyme tests eventually came back ambiguous, so she started me on high-powered antibiotics, which had no effect whatsoever so she kept upping the dosage. By the time I finally got fed up and refused to take anymore, I was hallucinating and my liver showed signs of giving out.
I'm a lot more skeptical these days.
I’m at the market last week — in produce section — and there is a sign that says “gluten-free” over the display of cut-up cantaloupe and watermelon in plastic containers. I laughed -but then went home to double check on internet to make sure there is no gluten in “fruit.”
Sure enough, No. But — get this — the article did say something like — “beware of cut-up fruit in bowls at the market unless you Know where it was cut up. It may have been “glutenized” if cut up in the Deli section as the Bakery section is usually right next to the Deli at market.”
Perhaps gluten is airborne.
Gluten allergies are just another “look-at-me” fad. Man has been eating breads since the dawn of time and now we’re supposed to believe that thousands of people have suddenly developed allergies to its principal ingredient? Uh uh.
I’m sure some of these complaints are legitimate, but I’d guess the majority are hogwash.
Big Pharm can’t patent something that’s helping people, time to “debunk” it with their “studies”!
More stupid dog tricks, er, science facts:
1. The globe is heading towards a new ice age;
2. The population bomb will kill 10's of millions or even a billion;
3. Boys and girls are the same according to how they are raised (nature versus nurture). Oops, boys and girls have different brain pathways. Big surprise there for any parent or anyone who knows the simple process of hormones;
4. Thamaldahide (sp) will be the end of us all. Now it's considered a treatment for certain diseases;
5. The Ozone layer is disappearing and will kill us all. At 64, I'm still here;
6. Human industry CO2 output will kill Earth. The polar bears will die, yet more exist than ever. The Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking. Yet, certain places are increasing. Plus the Arctic has the biggest amount of ice in years. Where's the Northwest passage?;
7. Alaskan oil pipelines will kill the caribou. Yet, they flourish when hanging around said pipelines for warmth (seen the photos).
8. Einstein was right - Einstein was wrong according to current physicists;
9. Physicists know all until a new math theory pops up;
10. God doesn't exist. Then why can't the physicists explain their own "singularity" theory they propose about the ultra-condensed matter that exploded in the big bang?;
11. The universe is going to stop expanding because gravity will implode on itself. Now they say it will continue to expand forever. I actually feel sorry for astro-physicists because they have NO clue about what's behind this universe;
12. Dinosaurs went extinct because of an asteroid hitting somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. Again unproven theory;
13. Marriage is an institution for all of any sex. No, marriage is an ancient idea of a union between a man and woman. Anything else is a simple contractual agreement;
14. Fish oil (omega 3 acids) are good for you. Now not so much;
15. Vitamin supplements are good for people with poor diets. Now they are a waste of money.
16. Eggs are bad, bad, bad. Now not so much;
17. Red meat is bad, bad, bad. Now not if limited in fat;
18. Cholesterol is what clogs your arteries. Now, it's tryglycerides and ANYTHING that causes inflammation of the interior walls of arteries;
19. Aspirin will cause stomach ulcers. Now may reduce heart and stroke attacks;
20. Statins were good...now bad;
21. Alcohol bad. Now, in moderation, very good;
22. Cancer incurable. Now treatable depending on the source;
I could go on and on about the absolutes the scientists have predicted.
Sad to say, I just don't trust scientists anymore like I used to when I was young. Seemed they were more into empirical evidence than their government funded studies. Still, the biological sciences have made found cures, treatments, and extended our lifespans. It's the junk science that I don't trust.
I buy gluten free Bologna ,I think I get more Bologna
My sister was told by a quack doctor she had a gluten intolerance...after she had eaten the same way for nearly 60 years. My sister was gluten free all while dying of undiagnosed kidney cancer, nearly two years. I guess a gluten free diet does not treat kidney cancer. I am still very angry and feel that stupidity killed my sister. She had symptoms of something being wrong, and it was cancer. When she finally got really sick her husband took her to the ER and they were able to diagnose her kidney cancer in a matter of hours. The quack doctor had no clue.
Been a while since I posted this list!
Other things to worry about:
Asteroid Impact, Same Sex Marriage, Massive gamma ray burst from an outside the solar system event, BSE nvCJD, SARS, Smallpox, Ebola ,Flu- (human, bird, swine, duck, chicken), Salmonella, Carbs, Fat, Protein, Terrorists, Anthrax, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Too little ozone, Too much ozone, Global warming, Global cooling, Global Warming Chaos, Pesticides, Deer ticks, Nerve gas, Dirty bombs, Haliburton, SUVs, Guns, Acid rain, Too much Rain, Too little Rain, Nuclear power, Non-nuclearpower, Nuclear war, Conventional Wind Turbines shredding endangered birds, Obesity, Starvation, BCS, The Yankees with A’Rod, NCAA Basketball Tournament Selections, Pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes ,Doberman Pinschers, Chow Chows, Great Danes, St. Bernards, Akitas, green ketchup, MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), Pet spiders, Yard Sale Congestion, Red King Crabs, Shadow people, Cattle mutilations, Junk Science, Supersize fries, ”Our worst fears were confirmed”, steroids in baseball, microwave popcorn, HIV, Peak Oil, Cholesterol both LDL and HDL, second hand smoke, Google Telephone Searches, backyard nuclear reactor, Nitrogen pollution, Carbon Dioxide Reported at Record Levels, Dangerous’ Curry Colourings Cataracts from computers, brain tumors from cell phones, fire ants, killer bees, killer tomatoes, killer clowns the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Terrell Owens and Ron Artest, Exploding cell phones, cryptococcus gattii, methylisothiazolinone (MIT), “holiday heart,” , U.S. Teens Are Among the Worst at Math, picking your teeth in public”The Hamdog.”, Plastic Wrap in a Microwave, mercury, perfluorooctanoic acid, Teflon, KFC frying oil, Starbucks high calorie coffee drinks, Southern San Andreas fault waiting to explode:, Study Says Earth’s Temp at 400-Year High, Earth hottest it’s been in 2,000 years,strong electromagnetic currents, everything spinning out of control, more women are clinically depressed than ever before, Warming May Make ‘Perfect Storm’ of Disease, Tofu ‘may raise risk of dementia, Researchers Say Popular Fish Contains Potentially Dangerous Fatty Acid Combination (Tilapia) , More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global Warming , Earth likely to disappear in two centuries, warn experts,. Reusable bag riskGlobal warming of 7C ‘could kill billions this century’’,Jumbo Slice” pizza joints,New York, Boston “Directly in Path” of Sea Level Rise, The next crisis has already begun, Earth Losing Atmosphere Faster than Venus, Mars.... Winds weaker in U.S.? Study creates a storm (No Wind power now Global Warming’s fault), AP Alarmism:’Some Say’ an ‘Increase in Violence from Whites’ on the Way),Climate Change Will Displace Millions In Africa Scientists Say ‘Super Volcano’ May Be Brewing Beneath Mount St. Helens, FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE,CO2 Levels Highest in Two Million Years (Women and children hit hardest),Warming will ‘wipe out billions’(Women and minorities hit hardest), Climate could warm to record levels in (pick a year),gluten is bad, gluten is not bad,Eggw,red meat, MERS....