Several hypothesis try to give a reason of why hay fever or allergic rhinitis is touching more and more people in development world: hygiene hypothesis, genetic predisposition, polluted environment, ... but, what if food plays a determining role as trigger?

Several hypothesis try to give a reason of why hay fever or allergic rhinitis is touching more and more people in development world: hygiene hypothesis, genetic predisposition, polluted environment, ... but, what if food plays a determining role as trigger?

For my youngest daughter’s birthday I prepared her favorite cake: the brownie. I adapted the recipe to be gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free.
I covered it with icing sugar and to make words I just melted some chocolate and wrote them with a device for baking decorations

gluten-free, dairy-free, eggs-free, baking powder free

 

Exquidia offers a mix for bread that gives very good results. In this mix there’s already a little bit of “gomme de guar” that makes the gluten functions.
I’ve modified the recipe that Exquidia suggests in the label because olive oil is sometimes not very well tolerated by some people, and because animal fats are more suitable for cooking at high temperatures instead of vegetable oils.

gluten-free, dairy-free, eggs-free, nuts-free

 

When we talk about gluten-free products we think rather in wheat, barley and rye, because the protein that they contain is the origin of celiac disease. But in fact, the definition of gluten is "a substance present in cereal grains, especially wheat, that is responsible for the elastic texture of dough" (Oxford dictionary), that is to say, that all grains contain gluten in more or less quantity.
But is that the gluten in all kind of grains as bad?
Can the gluten represent a problem not only to celiac persons but also others?
What is gluten sensitivity?