On 7/7/2015 8:23 PM, cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 7/7/2015 6:05 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:22:36 PM UTC-7, graham wrote:
>>>> http://www.iflscience.com/health-and...-free-diet-rea
>>>> lly-healthier
>>>
>>> It is healthier for you if you have an allergy to gluten or even a
>>> sensitivity.
>>>
>>> If you don't have a gluten allergy or sensitivity then why bother?
>>>
>> Because it's trendy. Gluten free seems to be the big thing right now.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I think that is true. I will grant some folks do seem to have a real
> intolerance (not celiac, but issues yet the same) I suspect many who go
> 'gluten free' are following a trendy diet idea.
>
> Carol
>
It seems that way to me, Carol. Merely because it's being talked about
so much, and only in recent years. I'd never heard much about problems
with gluten. Then there was a recent explosion of gluten-free products.
Everyone's talking gluten-free. Um. Remember when eggs were bad for
you? Then they weren't? That's about the way I feel about the
gluten-free thing. All you have to do is wait a minute, popular opinion
will change.

I've only ever met one person who actually had celiac disease. She was
an executive at the company where I worked. She flew in from corporate.
She told me she really wished she could try cornbread one day but
couldn't find a recipe that didn't call for flour. Granted, this was
around 1997 and she obviously wasn't very proficient with computers.
Back then I couldn't find many references to celiac or recipes. I did
find her a recipe for cornbread that did not contain wheat flour. No
idea if she ever tried it.

Jill