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can you breath in gluten from food?

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if you breath in the aroma from gluten foods - can that make you sick?

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No.  But if you hang out in a bakery for a long period of time, then maybe yes.  Some people report feeling ill by smelling bread, but that might be psychosomatic.  I know just shooting past the flour packages in the grocery store makes me nervous even though I know that my chances of getting a gluten exposure are slim to none.  My brain  is  like the character  robot from the  1960’s classic, Lost in Space: “Danger, Will Robinson!” 
 

With the pandemic, more of us are careful about what we touch or breathe.   I guess there is a silver lining in every cloud.  

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No, but airborne flour can if you are breathing that in...eyes, ears, nose, and mouth all lead to the same place.

 

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