Anyone can stop eating gluten and feel better. Just because you think you are normal doesnt mean gluten is good for you or you are digesting it properly. Gluten is bad for you anyway you look at it.
You guys should see some real Celiacs tho. Not a pretty sight.

 

OMG this video is hilarious

 

There are a couple companies working on a coagulating enzyme for the brewing process that when finished, is supposed to render a beer to be gluten-free. Hop Dogma out at the coast is using it in some of the beers and has mentioned that the lighter pales and such using this enzyme should be gluten free. I can confirm that the beer is good, but I cannot confirm that it's really gluten free. If you make it out here, I would get you a beer to try it out. Worst case scenario if it's not gluten free, at least it's free gluten! But seriously they have mentioned that the manufacturer claims the beer will be gluten free but there are a lot of variables. They recommend someone to try it - like maybe have a 4-oz and chill for a bit since there doesn't seem to be a practical way to test it.

But yes all the storebought gluten-free beers I have tried tasted pretty bad. Udi's gluten-free "sandwich bread" is not bad - just have to remember to keep it in the freezer.

 

What's that supposed to mean? One of our friends in college had Celaics and he looked just fine?

 

At Pieology, if you order a gluten free crust, they will ask if you want them to change their gloves first and the crust comes on its own tray separate from the standard ones.

Presumably means when they eat gluten.

 

Thank you for that Info! that is really appreciated and good to know. We had to get into it with staff and management at BJ's once because of this. They offer some good gluten free options but neglect to change gloves, use different utensils and what not. After we were done the manager said they needed to make some changes and told us they would tell the cooking staff to be more conscious of this and to use fresh utensils and gloves. I don't believe they will and wont be going back because the hell my mother and I went through that night and the next day is not worth going through again.

 

Pieology's crust isn't too bad, but Patxi's is actually pretty good. Didn't ask them if they use different gear and gloves, but if you go there, you can ask them up front.

 

A ton of food and beverage products (including bread) these days also contain ingredients, additives and preservatives no one can spell, pronounce or understand (i.e. Subway used petroleum base additive found in yoga mats and tires). Going with better quality or non-processed items usually provides more natural ingredients and eliminates all that garbage...

...so unless someone actually has medical tests to back up their intolerance claims, it is hard to specifically attribute improvement to just a single ingredient when making healthy dietary changes. High fructose corn syrup is just as bad and also found in overwhelming abundance in majority of products these days. There always seems to be the search for the next singular scape goat or silver bullet solution.

 

Thanks again, Patxis is pretty good too.

 

This guy is on the ball

Here's an article along those lines saying that the sensitivity may be any of the other ingredients in a given food. AFAIK, other than performing a restricted diet test (which is what my chick did and how they figured out she was sensitive to gluten, which ultimately might be GMO wheat not actually gluten), there's not really a way to find out which ingredients that might be.

https://www.yahoo.com/health/when-wa...277123477.html

 

Allow me to elucidate some facts about the very real potential that gluten intolerance does not exist outside of true celiacs by introducing some of you folks to the fermentable oligo-, di-, and mono-saccharides And Polylols (FODMAP) as the true source of gastrointestinal distress in certain individuals, as opposed to gluten.
Gluten Intolerance May Not Exist - Forbes

 

This. Celiac's is the serious version, my cousin has it and she had to be hospitalized before they figured out that's what it was (this was years ago).

All this gluten intolerance stuff is certainly a result of the presence of greed and lack of care for people or the environment in the food industry. More than half the products out there are not good for you and you shouldn't be putting them in your body. Long term usage is causing all kinds of widespread problems today.

The lack of regulation and testing on what goes into food and how it will affect people long term is sickening. Ignorance is a big deal.

That said I have been having terrible stomach pain and diarrhea problems lately and just had a blood panel done to figure out what the hell is going on as I think it's linked to when I drink beer, which will suck if that's the case, but I'm hoping for the best while I wait for the results.

 

There is actually a test for Gluten Intolerance - it's just expensive
it's a "Fecal Cloning Test" They basically take your poo, clone some cells to get a consistent sample and start testing it with specific compounds to find out what kills the cells. Obviously way more complicated, but that's the jest.

There's no reason to think that Celiac disease/ gluten intolerence is an on-off switch. Most irritant related reactions work on a continuum. Look at how different people react to minuscule amounts of Bee Venom from a sting.
Some folks are barely effected, some folks go into anaphylactic shock/cardiac arrest.
BUT - anyone who gets stung enough (ie getting swarmed after stepping on a hive) will die from Bee Venom.

 

Looks fine on the outside. Follow him around for a day and youll see what i mean and wish you never develop that disease.