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For people without coeliac disease, a large cohort found gluten intake was not linked to heart disease — and cutting it often means fewer whole grains, the foods tied to lower cardiovascular and mortality risk.
Two double-blind crossover studies in people who had put themselves on gluten-free diets failed to reproduce a gluten effect. One found a different wheat carbohydrate did it instead.
The American College of Gastroenterology suggests a positive diagnostic strategy over a diagnosis of exclusion, with two blood and stool tests doing most of the ruling-out that is actually warranted.