Is Gluten-free food and cooking just a fad

It seems like everyone knows someone these days who is ?gluten-free?. Is this a fad? Why is ?gluten? all of a sudden such a buzzword? One reason is because (some) American doctors are finally considering gluten intolerance and Celiac disease as a culprit for a host of maladies in children and adults such as indigestion, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, mouth sores, failure to grow and thrive, inability to concentrate and mal-absorption.

It can also cause seemingly unrelated symptoms such as joint pain, headaches, ?brain fog?, irritability, weight loss or gain, intensely itchy rash, frequent colds, anemia and arthritis. Gluten intolerance is correlated to over 100 different symptoms. Unfortunately, some people are asymptomatic. Those are the unlucky ones because in some people, untreated, on-going exposure to this protein can cause havoc in the form of lymphoma, osteomalacia (rickets) and/or rheumatoid arthritis.

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