[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.

[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?

[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

[NaughtiusMaximus]

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

[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.

[davisfh]

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

[pabianice]

Mr. Carlin: "I think I'm overcoming my fear of wheat."

Bob Hartley: "That's good.

Mr. Carlin: "But I'm still skitish around oats."

Bob Hartley: "Yes, ah, oats can be a killer."

From The Bob Newhart Show

[operation clinton cleanup]

According to the latest figures, around three million Americans, a little less than 1 percent of the population, currently suffer from gluten intolerance, although estimates suggest that 97 percent of celiac sufferers remain undiagnosed and go untreated.

Gosh, I'm sure I must be part of that 97%, I would hate to have an undiagnosed intolerance of some sort and not know it.

[elkfersupper]

Lord love a duck.

The search goes on for food-free food.

[dfwgator]

Care for a mint?

Is it 'wafer thin'?

[Old Professer]

"According to the latest figures, around three million Americans, a little less than 1 percent of the population, currently suffer from gluten intolerance, although estimates suggest that 97 percent of celiac sufferers remain undiagnosed and go untreated. 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, findings that present an opportunity for the development and marketing of gluten-free foods, said Packaged Facts."

America is the only nation where healthy people line up to be the next person elected to be named a sufferer of some novel, but stylish disease.

[zeaal]

Know a young man that was diagnosed with Celiac while serving in the Navy. He was medically discharged because the Navy could not provide him with the glutton free diet aboard ship. He continues to struggle with the disease due to living in a small town and not having access to glutton free foods.

[restornu]

If we would stop over processing our products we would not need all these bandaid solutions.

It seems the Creater had the right forumula for majority of the people.

If we as a people have trouble with the natural design, could it not be because there is a disturbance in the genetic and not the original DNA?

[longtermmemmory]

GLUTTEN FREE CURES YOUR BRAIN CLOUD!!

Just ask Joe!