I think a lot of things about the gluten free diet are BS . I have Celiac Disease I was diagnosed in 2003 . I have many blood tests to check my levels and an extra biopsy to check my villi etc. I am 1000 times worse on the gluten free diet for 2 years I was not too bad just stomach pains evet now and than .

But since I have had years and years of back problems , stomach problems , tiredness , Vitamin levels very very low.

I read how it can help tiredness , sleeping problems , stomach problems , joint pain pretty much everything . Yet 9 years on the diet and I still have stomach , back problems , vitamin deficiencies.

The media never reserach people who are on the GF diet and still struggle with health problems , the amount of people on Celiac problems who have double the amount of problems as me is very high .

I have always hated when non Celiac's go gluten free without having an allergy or intolrence because they bring the seriousness down of the disease.

Some people have lists of 10 + problems and claim after a day or 2 they are 100 % better it's BS. Celiac Disease is linked too many other health problems and complications , it's not as simple as go gluten free and you will be 100 % healthy :(

My coeliac disease was picked up because i had low iron and my aunty already had it... she unfortunately had to get skeletal before they accepted she actually had a disease. This subject is a pretty emotional one, looking at all the comments! Thankfully there are more food options now which is great but a fair bit of gluten free food is also processed and full of fat and sugar, that seems to be the way to make it taste good! The only thing i ask is that waitstaff get taught about the main allergies. My friend is allergic to dairy and people say to him "so you can't have eggs?" and people say to me "so gluten free means having pasta instead of rice?" However, at least it's a disease that appears to be fixed simply by a (annoying) diet!

I find it very interesting that those that have issue with Gluten cut wheat from there diet, why do I?? simple really, gluten is not only found in wheat..so when they cut wheat from their diet to "avoid" gluten and feel just so much better...., yep I am sure they do because they could be eating less wheat based products and more than likely more fruit & vege, however, if you have Coeliac Diease as do I, you have to avoid "all gluten containing grains, traces of and diriviative of..." and that includes things like not just the obvious, but things such as skin creams, prescription drugs, tootpastes, sports drinks, alchol and the list goes on....not to mention cross contamination...i.e own toaster, marge, jams etc.. I was diagnosed when I was 44yrs, and I can tell you that I eat very healthy and always did. My work mates always comment on my "healthy lunch box" but how I would give for the opportunity to swap...as a suffer you do not have choice, and I can tell you I cannot understand why you would choose it...I also wonder how many people that "choose" would fly from Auckland to London eating apples as the airline forgot to put your food on board...(and I couldnt even eat the nuts as they had a coating containing gluten)

It turns out that we're all intolerant of gluten, grains and dairy. Diseases like coeliac and other symptoms are the more extreme end of the scale. Grains damage us in ways that unfortunately society deems normal. We think bloatedness, weight-gain and even heart disease are inevitable with age when they are largely symptoms of a grain based diet.

Yes, people have been eating grains and bread for a few thousand years but this amount of time is a drop in our evolution's bucket. Physiologically we are no different from our so called "caveman" ancestors. These people had no agriculture and survived on meat that they hunted and killed with the occasional bit of fruits and veges they could forage. There is plenty of research showing that these people lived longer, healthier, less-diseased lives than the agrarian societies who followed.

Put simply, our bodies (and even the bodies of the livestock we eat) are not designed to digest grains and dairy (past infancy). They break down slowly with all manner of diseases and become overweight. There is good information about this by biochemist turned author, Robb Wolf and Dr Robert Lustig. Lustig's videos can be found on YouTube.

Articles like these annoy me!?! I am not Coeliac, however i did some free blood tests at my doctors after suffering from CHRONIC hayfever like symptoms and rashes. My hayfever was so bad i couldn't breathe, was on about 10x different anti histamines a day etc etc. Turns out i am NOT coeliac, however, i Am HIGHLY intolerant to WHEAT!! Have cut out ALL wheat from diet (and like most of you have commented this is bloody hard!! especially living in a tiny town with 1 small not well stocked supermarket) and have no symptoms now. If i eat anything with Wheat of any kind in it i get horrible stomach cramps, diarrhea, rashes, sneezing etc. SO...even though people may not be coeliacs, there are still many valid reasons to go gluten free - i mean, seriously, why would people want to fad gluten free diet with the limited range of choice and bloody cost??

Coeliacs should be glad that there are a lot of people that eat gluten free even though they do not 'have to'. They make it so much easier to find gluten free options and to eat in restaurants. My mum was diagnosed as a coeliac acouple of years ago at age 64. In hindsight she has probably suffered from it for 10-15 years before it was diagnosed and ended up with osteoporosis as well. In the Netherlands where she lives it is hard to find products and virtually impossible to go out for a meal, so she loves coming to NZ.

more and more genes are appearing. those hla dq type genes just happen to be the one the sars virus attaches too as well. funny how a weapon system can be built around .but not better testing

the below was taken of an iranian website doing gluten awareness

Newly identified genetic risk variants for celiac disease Six regions harbor genes controlling immune responses, including CCR3, IL12A, IL18RAP, RGS1, SH2B3 (nsSNP rs3184504) and TAGAP. Whole-blood IL18RAP mRNA expression correlated with IL18RAP genotype. Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease share HLA-DQ, IL2–IL21, CCR3 and SH2B3 risk regions.

there are blood tests and biopsies that diagnose coeliacs disease, but for gluten intolerance: the test costs hundreds of dollars and is not covered by our government. i couldn't afford it. and so, i just decided to do without... lo and behold: after 3 weeks without gluten my skin improved, my energy levels improved, my digestion improved. placebo? who cares!

Gluten free diet as a 'fad' annoys me. If it improves peoples health why should it be mocked? My sister was diagnosed with CD (after suffering for life from stomach and bowel problems) and as a result, immediate family had to get tested as its genetic. Turned out I also had it, despite having no symptoms other than low iron. I explained my eating habits to dietitian and she said I probably did not have symptoms as it sounded like I replaced a lot of foods automatically ie I enjoyed the taste of foods like macaroni, pizza, pies, but could never stomach very much of them. Now eating gluten free versions I can eat until i am full. This is no fad!

If you actually have it you know why you follow the diet; if you haven't and you're doing it then that's your choice. It's an education thing really.

If you're a Gluten free by choice, will you're lucky but don't belittle those that do it because they have too, it just shows your ignorance. I love the comment in the "comments section"; "They are just looking for attention"! Anyone with this attitude to a Ceoliac - Tip - You're totally transparent and interestingly it reveals you as not "Gluten Intolerant" but "Different Intolerant" and that's a really nice box to live in!