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Gluten free?

In my understanding it means there is no trace of gluten in that product.
Recently I had two major reactions from so called “gluten free” products. I
found out (the hard way) that most of GF flours and products labelled as
gluten free, they are not. I don’t know who came up with the idea that 20
ppm is tolerable to us. That is not true for me and most of us. It just
gives industry loophole getting away with contamination. It should be two
different labeling: One would be 100%% gluten free, the other should be
labelled as: low gluten. This could allow some contamination within present
regulation.

 I am trying very hard not to consume those “gluten free” products with
little success. Recently I bought dry prunes labelled as “gluten free”
despite the fact that prunes are naturally GF. I ate three of them. The
result: bad stomach pain and sleepless night. It takes me about 6 weeks to
completely recover from that kind of accident. I am just wandering when
will industry take us seriously; not before well published class action?

The problem is that we are trying to fight biggest industry in North
America and most of the world. However we shouldn’t give up so easy. It is
no wander that for some people GF diet does not works. Gluten is mysterious
substance; even molecules of it could make some people sick. It is cruel
world out there. It is not easy live healthy lifestyle; but it is worth,
despite of inconvenience. I am 84 years old without any health issue. I do
not have to take any medication to keep me pain free. However I mill my own
flours and there is no gluten in my house. What I missing most, is smoked
products. I use to love them, until they introduced “liquid smoke”, which
contains gluten.

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