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Can eating a gluten free diet if not diagnosed coeliac then cause a reaction when eating gluten in future. eg can u make urself intolerant by avoidi?

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No: Gluten sensitivity is a genetic disease. You cannot give yourself a genetic disease or downregulate the gene for gluten metabolism sufficiently by avoiding gluten.

Dr Juchau agreed

Answered 3/7/2015

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