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minton
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Okay so I have this favorite local health food store that carries tons of gluten-free food but also millions of herbal supplements. Well, like most stores, I've been there hundreds of times and still not seen everything they carry.

But I took my friend there the other day and we found this pill...It claims that it provides a chemical/hormone/something that allows gluten to be digested by gluten intolerant/celiac people thus allowing us to safely ingest gluten. I should have written down the name of the product but I was in a hurry. I will go back there and get the name later. _It claimed that celiac people don't have a certain peptide digester thingy and that the pill contained that peptide digester! Brain fart!-

I didn't buy it because I'm pretty sure its a hoax and because it was $23.99 and therefore out of my budget for the week.

Is it possible that this product might not be a hoax? Is it really possible that there might be a pill that lets us eat gluten? Have any of you seen this?

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lizard00
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If it's glutenease or something along those lines, it's an enzyme that's supposed to aid in the digestion of gluten. The makers of Glutenease do not claim that their product is safe for celiacs, but rather those who either have a harder time digesting wheat, or are gluten intolerant for an underlying reason. And even then, only in small amounts.

I take digestive enzymes, but I don't venture into the world of glutenease. IF I were ever to use it, it would only be when my risk of CC would be high and unavoidable. (That's a debate around here) But only as a precautionary measure and not as a license to eat gluten containing foods.

I would be very skeptical of that product. Celiac is more complicated than lack of an enzyme. Otherwise, we'd all be cured. :blink:

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killernj13
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Could be one of those supplements that does not have to go through the FDA. If that is the case they don't have to prove that it does what it states.

Probably a scam.

minton Contributor
minton
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lizard00-thanks for clarifying. i think it is glutenease. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has heard of it. Honestly it sounded too good to be true and was too expensive to just try it out. Besides, the question in the back of my head was, "what if it only masks the symptoms and the damage still occurs?"

killernj13-it probably is one of the products that doesn't need reviewed by the FDA. I notice no grocery stores sell it, most unlike the lactose products...

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