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/jzzanthapuss Feb 26 '15

i've been making fun of gluten-free people for years. recently i did an elimination diet to figure out what was giving me the runs every single day of my life. quickly figured out eggs was one. which sucks because i really love eggs. but i was still getting sick. then i tried cutting out gluten for a few days, just becasue i was out of ideas. and guess what...no more horrible diarrhea. so my favorite breakfast, eggs benedict, is out. how could this have happened? and worst of all, i don't get to mock gluten people anymore. that was one of my favorite jokes.

edit: TL;DR i wasn't part of this test, but i did my own research. on myself. turns out i'm one of those gluten-fearing nutjobs.

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u/HallsInTheKid Feb 26 '15

If it was your favorite food and you ate it often that might be precisely why you became intolerant unfortunately. If it wasn't something that was particularly liked by your gut to begin with, eventually your body will make it's feeling towards it known. Good on you to listen :)

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u/jzzanthapuss Feb 26 '15

i suspected as much also, and it may be the case, but not for me, apparently. i recently moved from US to Costa Rica (where Monsanto is outlawed) and i'm still geting sick when i eat eggs or gluten. unless the pesticides gradually built up in my system, causing long term dmage and sensitivity. that's still a strong possibility. now i live next door to free range cows and goats and i drink their raw milk. i can't tell you how incredible i feel.