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To the Point

Going Gluten-Free: Science or Fiction?

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

 “Gluten-free” has become a $10 billion industry, but does avoiding gluten really make you healthier? We hear about food fads and new diagnoses.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Warren Alney. Thanks so much for listening to this podcast of To the Point,

0:04.0

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0:09.6

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0:12.9

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0:29.2

From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

0:36.9

New Crusade against gluten, health, hype, and big money.

0:45.0

Hello again, I'm Aronalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:48.7

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most. Grocery shelves are overflowing with

0:53.0

gluten-free food, an industry that's already

0:55.4

worth up to $10 billion. Critics call it a fad based more on fear than science, although 1% of the

1:01.9

population does suffer stomach problems from celiac disease caused by gluten. What about all that

1:08.0

food that's heavily advertised and labeled as gluten-free?

1:11.8

Some of it might be worse for consumers' health than the natural protein human beings have survived on for 10,000 years?

1:18.8

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