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Originally Posted by photon
The thread title reports what a study said, how can that be offensive at all?
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Except "gluten sensitivity is fake" isn't what the study said at all. The results of the study suggested that the participants with bowel problems who reported improvements after removing gluten from their diets are likely benefiting more from the removal of FODMAPs.
John Gibson, who was the doctor who ran the study said the following:
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What our study has shown is that, in people with gut symptoms who have had some relief with the gluten-free diet, it is not the gluten that is the culprit, but it is more likely to be FODMAPs. It does not say that there is no such thing as non-celiac gluten sensitivity. It is just we could not see any evidence of it in the 37 patients we studied, all of whom fulfilled the current definition of NCGS.
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Since his study was released last year he has done another one which focused on gluten's effect on the mood of people with NCGS. The findings from that study suggest that while gluten had no clear effect on gastrointestinal symptoms of the subjects, there were indications that it did have an effect on their mood, and more specifically it induced feelings of depression that weren't shown in the placebo group. Gibson hypothesizes that that may be why some people report feeling better when removing gluten even if other symptoms remain.