On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 07:18:28 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 9:44:48 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >I think most that say they are celiac aren't.
> >
> > Why in the world would you say that? Do you know what kind of testing they
> > have to go through to be diagnosed? I am thinking, no. If you did, you
> > wouldn't say that.
>
> Anybody can *say* that have celiac, even if they haven't been through
> the tests to get the actual diagnosis.
>
> That said, I doubt many people are actually saying "I have celiac" when
> the don't. People on the gluten bandwagon are just saying "I can't
> have gluten" or "I don't eat gluten".
>
I don't know one single person who says they have celiac, but I do
know people with a range of symptoms from aching joints to eczema that
they know acts up after eating a product containing a significant
amount of wheat, like a bagel... particularly after days of eating
wheat and it's much better or non-existent when they don't eat wheat.


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