This article is the second in a three-part series on gluten-related health conditions and the gluten-free diet. The first article in the series is “When Gluten-Free Eating is the Best Medicine.” The third article in the series is “Think Outside The Bread Box.”
It isn’t just your imagination: Wheat allergies and gluten-related health conditions, including celiac disease and gluten sensitivity, are much more common today than they were a few decades ago. There has been a real increase in their prevalence. The question is: Why?





