"A regimen once followed by those diagnosed with gluten intolerance or celiac disease (a serious autoimmune disorder), gluten-free diets have become a panacea, prescribed not only by gastroenterologists, but also by dieticians, nutritionists, naturopaths, trainers, psychiatrists, and neurologists. Believing that eliminating gluten is healthier or that it will help them lose weight, droves of people are adopting a gluten-free lifestyle--and the food industry has responded with shelves of gluten-free products. Yet [Green posits that] there is little scientific evidence to substantiate this trend and [that] the latest medical findings have shown that much of what is commonly accepted about gluten is wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
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