{"id":50206,"date":"2015-04-28T22:41:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T04:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/the-unspeakable-evil-that-is-gluten-or-not.html"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T21:58:34","slug":"the-unspeakable-evil-that-is-gluten-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/the-unspeakable-evil-that-is-gluten-or-not.html","title":{"rendered":"The Unspeakable Evil That Is Gluten. Or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those few people who actually suffer from celiac disease, you have my deepest sympathies, because bread is one of the most awesome foodstuffs humanity has ever created, and it was created many, many millennia ago.<\/p>\n<p>For those whose basis for avoiding gluten has about the same scientific basis as worrying about an imbalance of humors &#8230; well, you have my sympathy, too, but please don&#39;t crowd my glutenous foods off the menu for a fear that has little to no scientific foundation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/04\/24\/how-the-gluten-free-movement-is-ruining-our-relationship-with-food\/?tid=pm_business_pop_b'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/cLHel8CuLNMUwarMR6h5unTreV4ByXLIwyVICG_8KPDAL2-HQ1w9LT8vNBGeWdleOlA_hPa7CvbK1qJSf7mmBHzjv6GXYrYdcJCHnrai2W-2TS_MzeYWSoOx=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/04\/24\/how-the-gluten-free-movement-is-ruining-our-relationship-with-food\/?tid=pm_business_pop_b'>How the gluten-free movement is ruining our relationship with food<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAmid the rise of the fall out of gluten, there is a growing sense, largely from those who are actually studying the physiological effects of the protein, that people are being a little ridiculous.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/1DYVqm7mJ6q'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those few people who actually suffer from celiac disease, you have my deepest sympathies, because bread is one of the most awesome foodstuffs humanity has ever created, and it was created many, many millennia ago. For those whose basis for avoiding gluten has about the same scientific basis as worrying about an imbalance of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/the-unspeakable-evil-that-is-gluten-or-not.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Unspeakable Evil That Is Gluten. 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There are others for whom going gluten-free seems to have become a near-religious experience. The evidence about gluten and why there seems to be such a surge in gluten allergies and intolerance is muddy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6600,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/13\/canon_law.html","url_meta":{"origin":50206,"position":2},"title":"Canon Law","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 13-Aug-04 12:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite sufficient disagreement with the Catholic Church on various matters both trivial and profound, I have a lot of respect for its centuries-old traditions and ritual (which is one reason...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Religion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Religion","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31418,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/marco-rubio-demonstrates-his-scientific-ignorance.html","url_meta":{"origin":50206,"position":3},"title":"Marco Rubio demonstrates his scientific ignorance","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 19-Nov-12 9:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"And this is the guy being touted as fresh new blood for the GOP. 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