Since you neither write that your relative has Coeliac or that gluten affects you, I am directing this to any FReeper who has fallen for the Coeliac/gluten-free trap as laid by the American Medical Association and MDs across America:
Coeliac disease is curable and “gluten-free” is a bullshit gimmick that is destroying the health of millions of Americans out of greed and sheer ignorance.
Wow, right? But it’s true. A person needs only to set aside any (confirmation) bias and read the linked article at bottom very, very carefully.
One particular note: Any “diet” is a medical treatment and, with all medical treatments, should be defined in scope & term, meaning NOT perpetual. In the case of treating Coeliac and other intestinal disorders such as fungal overgrowth (one aspect egregiously-absent from some patients’ testing despite the OBVIOUS symptoms of such), these treatments require judicious application by the patient for a YEAR or more. In the absence of a clinical setting for that entire period, the patient becomes their worst enemy (cheating) and this is repeated daily across the country, leaving people in a perpetual state of disease.
I encourage this to be shared. I clearly outline all the details in my still-unpublished book which explains not only how to address ALL outlier intestinal disorders (Coeliac is but one of many) but addresses potential “causes”, as the greatest tragedy second only to maintaining a perpetual state of disease by perpetually-engaging a “diet” is returning to the diseased state by repeating actions which brought the disease in the first place.
Coeliac was curable 70 years ago; it is still curable today. And by “curable”, I mean consuming gluten once again without negative impact, including antibodies. The reasons for this are complicated and I’m not diving into the morass here.
Thank you for your post.
I am sick and tired of all this fake gluten free crud being foisted on us as well as all the people whining about their gluten free diets.
It has been a couple years but I ended up reading a few medical reports about the very tiny percentage of people who had problems with gluten and how the whole gluten scare is just another way for certain groups and companies to make money.
The BPA scare was another hoax created by a stay at home female blogger. Made her famous and put cash in her pocket.