Gluten sensitivity - another fad?

[OakLeaf]

Too bad Knott isn't still around to give you the lecture about how it isn't a fad ...

(I miss her an awful lot around here, not just for that reason.)

Just because cutting out wheat makes you feel better doesn't necessarily mean you're gluten intolerant, though. It could be one of the other proteins in wheat. As long as you don't react to very small amounts, I don't think it's terribly important to know.

[Wahine]

As long as you don't react to very small amounts, I don't think it's terribly important to know.

Totally agreed. It's funny though, when I talk to people about it, they often react very strangely and strongly. Like they just have to know what it is. I take a very laissez faire attitude about it, I know I can't eat bread and pasta, so I don't. I don't stress about trace amounts of whatever, it doesn't seem to make a difference. When I tell people this, they don't seem to think that's an adequate explanation.

It's the same when people ask me what kind of dog I have. When I tell them we really have no idea except that he's a good dog, they often try to categorize him, even though it makes absolutely no difference. In fact they often get kinda grumpy with me when I answer that he's a dog.