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Boron Elgar[_1_] Boron Elgar[_1_] is offline
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Default WTF is gluten-free!?

On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:21:34 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 07/07/2015 5:00 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2015 15:49:15 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags


>>>
>>> there are tons of articles and 'studies' both pro and con, here's a bunch.
>>>
>>> https://www.google.com/#q=gluten+may...e+pest icides

>>
>>
>> You said pesticides are "the REAL problem people are having digesting
>> gluten," and I asked for a citation that backs that up.
>>
>> What is the source of your claim?
>>

>Boron, like me, you've been trained to think critically. You know all
>too well that you will never get a reference to a valid study.
>One sees this all the time in the quack mags in "health food" stores.
>Articles praising some extract, homeopathy or acupuncture are replete
>with the phrase: "Studies show that...." but the references, if given,
>are to articles in other quack mags.
>Graham


Alas, the gullibility of the general public, along with its serious
lack of critical thinking and grounding in the sciences, coupled with
an inability to assess numbers, makes for a lot of profitable
quackery.

Bon