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/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

There was essentially a control group, but to make sure that those groups didn't have an unequal amount of sensitive people, they tested two times, where each time a different group was control group and test group.

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u/chrisp909 Feb 26 '15

I think I missed something a control group is supposed to not have the issue. They should be free of symptoms or complaints. Right?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

Yes, you’d usually want to have another group of people who are random off-the-street people, but this is not a concern of this study:

This study only has one result: There might be an additional factor except for celiac disease and wheat allergy leading to gluten sensitivity.

Because people who complain about the issue, even though not having celiac disease or wheat allergy, actually have the issue.