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Originally Posted by GirthBrooks
My dad has a gluten allergy due to an auto-immune disease and for people that have an allergy it is no joke. Response is immediate and severe.
Do you believe that gluten free diets promote health benefits to people that do not have an allergy? If so, why?
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Biggest benefit I see from it for people who dont need to be gluten free, is that it forces them to actually look at what they are eating. This leads to increased awareness of what they are putting into their body and *maybe* will curtail poor nutrition habits.
That being said, there are plenty of people that still get fat and eat like shit while being "gluten free" so it isnt exactly just going gluten free that will promote a healthier well being. But that can be said for every diet and fad diet out there. There will be camps that can provide evidence to discredit, and camps with evidence that add credit.