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Originally Posted by curves2000
I don't mean to derail the thread, but a lot of the gluten, stomach and other digestive issues we face here in North America are very much a North American problem overwhelming.
A lot of people who have issues with eating pasta, pizza and other such foods containing gluten here just don't have the problem overseas when eating the same foods. We've destroyed our food system with the crap we are doing to our food.
I am not saying these conditions don't exist in other countries, but here it seems a LOT more people have gluten and other food sensitivities here. The trend of millions of people not being able to eat breads, pastas, pizza and other such foods is just so foreign to certain European cultures like French, Italian's, Greek's, Spaniards etc
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That's not true at all. Italy has rates as high as 1.6%. They also are very good at recognizing it, testing children, and generally having the best GF food you can find. it's not a "foreign" concept at all in Europe, there is GF stuff everywhere. Have you traveled as or with a celiac? Now, if you want to argue the concept is more foreign in places like Cambodia then I'll accept that. But even Vietnam I found it was recognized. Just, uh, not really understood as well. No, you can't boil my rice noodles in wheat noodle water!
https://www.beyondceliac.org/researc...ng-prevalence/
If a country has lower rates, it's probably due to under-diagnosing.
This is an older graphic, but you get the point. I don't know why this myth exists, but it is just that, a myth.
