Egaeus

I stopped by yesterday after getting the latest email from Mike Adams. I was appalled at the abundance of alarmist garbage and pseudoscience being promoted. I was curious as to just how bad the problem was. I saw almost nothing but bad advice. Acupuncture for allergies, recommendations of NDs, integrative medicine. Yes, that's all Bad Advice. What...

You're worried about bad advice? And you're here?

The fact that you're going to an "integrative medical practice" suggests that you're not being sufficiently skeptical. The fact that you were given anything that is supposed to prevent a reaction to gluten if you have celiac disease suggests that you are being taken advantage of by an incompetent, though I'm sure nice and well-meaning, boob.

I'm not a fan of Outback's restaurants because of the company's politics, but sometimes you have to make exceptions so that you can enjoy a night out with your friends, or can eat safely in a strange city (as is often the case with me). As I can walk down the flour aisle without getting sick, I try to eat places that attempt to provide food that I can safely...

I think people are missing an important point. Distilled vinegar isn't fit for consumption, so why worry about it? That being said, most vinegars, with the exceptions noted above, are gluten-free. The distillation process should remove the gluten from all vinegar regardless of source as it does from alcohol.

Luckily (for very small values of lucky), I don't respond, at least with gastrointestinal distress, to small amounts of gluten (I can pick the croutons off the salad). However, I have been glutened by carelessness, both on my part, and the part of the kitchen. For example: An Indian restaurant (Nirvana) in Arcadia, CA glutened me with their "rice" pudding...