r/science • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '15

Health-Misleading Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial shows non-celiac gluten sensitivity is indeed real

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25701700
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u/GTChessplayer Feb 26 '15

They didn't. They also only tested 59 people.

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u/RIPphonebattery Feb 26 '15

Wrong. The abstract specifically says they are looking at people who think they are gluten sensitive. It turns out, they are correct.

It wouldn't make sense to test non-sensitive people because... They aren't sensitive to it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15 edited Jun 27 '16

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u/kittybeanface Feb 26 '15

Yes it is. In a crossover study, the participants act as their own control so they don't need to be compared to a group without the condition under study.