Guardian article today

[urbangirl]

Interesting article in Guardian's G2 today.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyl...

[SilverDreamMachine]

Thanks for posting this urbangirl,

Very thorough well balanced article.

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Hi Urbangirl, thanks for posting the link and an interesting article. It's very interesting what they say about 15% of households avoiding gluten, this is an amazing figure as is the growth of gf products in the US.

I bet Coeliac UK did not like Katherine Busby saying she hadn't bothered with prescription food for 7 years, because she can buy gf food anywhere.

I reckon that a lot of issues are because modern dwarf wheat is much higher in gluten than wheat grown 50 odd years ago as well as the Chorley wood process. I do wonder what we have done to the food chain in the name of profit...

[Penel]

Thanks for posting. I particularly enjoyed the South Park take on the dangers of gluten!

Hopefully, it's good to have more awareness and more products (although I don't buy ready made food). Even the little restaurant were I eat regularly has recently expanded its gluten free menu, due to demand. But if the gluten free cakes have sold out, I've heard people say " never mind, I'll have an ordinary one..." I find that a bit of a worry. Are we now going to have to explain even more how important it is to not have gluten in our food, and that we aren't on a fad diet?

There is one part of the article I do disagree with, where the writer says the "alarmist ... books have linked gluten to autism, depression etc". The research by Alessio Fasanno has shown that gluten affects a wide range of health problems, not just gut related issues.

[Mabes in reply to Penel]

Re: ' But if the gluten free cakes have sold out, I've heard people say " never mind, I'll have an ordinary one...'

That really annoys me too.

I also find it quite unacceptable when places do run out, or else sometimes have options but other times do not (and yet advertise as if they always will have something)... The reason I find it unacceptable is because we are just as worthy customers as everyone else and they don't run out of regular options do they? It's like if a gluten eater walks into a tearoom or coffee shop and asks for a drink and a cake or sandwich and they said: sorry we haven't got any cake (or bread) today. That wouldn't happen, so I don't see why it should happen to us either.