I just send my crap out the back door. Works every day (except when I’m dieting).
"Autointoxication was the Global Warming of the early 1900s," Matthew Fuller commented.
There’s a pony under the pile of gluten horse stuff — a real disease caused by gluten sensitivity.
About 1% of people have celiac disease, an autoimmune disease, triggered by gluten, that destroys the lining of the small intestine, resulting in all kinds of serious intestinal problems, including a huge increase in the incidence of potentially fatal lymphoma. Even a tiny amount of gluten, measured in single digits of milligrams, can cause the body’s immune system to attack and destroy the villi in the small intestine.
My wife has celiac. Our household is totally — and I mean totally — gluten-free. The ingredient label of every food item being considered for purchase is scoured for wheat ingredients (and other sources of gluten) and for potential cross contamination. If it’s even made in a “facility that also processes wheat”, it doesn’t enter our house.
After an ER visit that eventually led to the diagnosis of celiac, she has lost 35 pounds and is healthier than she’s been in years.
Food sensitivities are real — and it’s not just peanuts. Many people have varying degrees of food sensitivities, and would be much healthier if they went to the trouble of figuring out which ones, and then went to the additional trouble of avoiding them. There is no single food to avoid. Avoiding gluten is no panacea. But if you’re having chronic problems — physical or mental — that no doctor seems to be able to figure out, you ought to consider food and/or chemical sensitivities as a possible cause.