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A comment on The opioid effects of gluten exorphins: asymptomatic celiac disease (2015). Parent comment

Re:The opioid effects of gluten exorphins: asymptomatic celi... by jamesgeck0 on Friday December 18, 2020 @12:52PM (#25469800)
> If eating gluten is that unpleasant for you why wouldn't you get the biopsy?

Because getting the test would require about a month of agonizing pain with constant diarrhea, perhaps? Just to get a formal confirmation of something they're already pretty sure of.

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Re:The opioid effects of gluten exorphins: asymptomatic celi... by elhudy on Saturday December 19, 2020 @10:55AM (#25478161)
Did you read my post? If you get a biopsy you don't necessarily need to eat gluten because the damage is visible.
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