Is gluten harmful to everyones health?
At the moment, it’s believed that gluten is only harmful for some of the population, although the percentage affected seems to rise by the day. There are various different things that can make gluten a problem. The first and most obvious is celiac disease, which is an auto-immune disorder triggered by even the slightest speck of gluten. Dermatitis herpetiformis is a less well known disorder closely related to celiac disease. Next, there are people who have what is sometimes called non-celiac gluten intolerance. These may be suffering from the silent form of celiac disease (which doesn’t show up in tests, hence the name), or may be intolerant for other reasons. The range of symptoms that can be caused by gluten is huge, and rather than list them all here, I suggest you check the list given here. There are also disorders not directly related to gluten but which nevertheless seem to improve when gluten is excluded from the diet – Lyme disease is one of these. Finally, though extremely rar
