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The GF diet might be a popular fad in the general population, these days, but among doctors, and journalists who write about medical issues, the hottest trend seems to be going out of their way to avoid implicating gluten as a trigger for inflammatory bowel disease. Ever notice that? Take the article at the following link, for example:
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/he ... oughs.html
The writer points out, (presumably based on the information gleaned from the interview with the doctor),
Well whatta ya know, by some strange coincidence, those demographics seem to sorta match the origins of gluten-sensitivity, don't they.Some groups are at higher risk of Crohn's disease than others. "Doctors have long recognized higher incidence of Crohn's in people of Scandinavian descent and the Ashkenazi Jewish population, which is Jews of Eastern European origin," says Babyatsky.
"Western European Jews have a lower incidence."
And they even recognize a dietary link. But do they name gluten as a possible trigger? Noooooooooooo, of course not - they implicate fiber and dairy products as "common triggers". At least they're careful not to list them as the "most common" triggers, since that distinction almost surely belongs to gluten, and they don't dare mention that.
Nothing like "good", biased reporting.Keep a dietary chart.
The triggers for Crohn's are different for everyone, and keeping a chart can help identify your pattern. High-fiber foods and dairy are two common triggers.
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