Comments on: Happy Gluten Free New Year! http://holdthegluten.net/2009/01/15/happy-gluten-free-new-year/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julia http://holdthegluten.net/2009/01/15/happy-gluten-free-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Julia Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:33:44 +0000 http://holdthegluten.net/?p=240#comment-1134 I actually wonder that myself on occasion when smelling something gluteny... we were at the local science museum and I was smelling those really doughy pretzels (which I used to LOVE) and that thought hit me again (it wasn't the first time). So you're definitely not the only person to wonder this. Though we may be the only two ;D. I actually wonder that myself on occasion when smelling something gluteny… we were at the local science museum and I was smelling those really doughy pretzels (which I used to LOVE) and that thought hit me again (it wasn’t the first time). So you’re definitely not the only person to wonder this. Though we may be the only two ;D.

]]> By: Mike Johns http://holdthegluten.net/2009/01/15/happy-gluten-free-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 Mike Johns Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:39:05 +0000 http://holdthegluten.net/?p=240#comment-1132 Regarding inhaled gluten: I think there's some evidence that it is possible to react that way. Some of the pasta will dissolve in the water and end up in the water vapor as it boils, though probably not very much. I guess "is it possible?" and "is it likely?" are two different questions though. Here's an abstract that seems a little bit relevant, though I suspect these guys were inhaling a lot more than a couple of breaths' worth of pasta vapor: http://www.celiaccentral.org/Research/Research_News/Celiac_Disease_Research_News/130/vobId__1488/ Regarding inhaled gluten: I think there’s some evidence that it is possible to react that way. Some of the pasta will dissolve in the water and end up in the water vapor as it boils, though probably not very much. I guess “is it possible?” and “is it likely?” are two different questions though.

Here’s an abstract that seems a little bit relevant, though I suspect these guys were inhaling a lot more than a couple of breaths’ worth of pasta vapor:

http://www.celiaccentral.org/Research/Research_News/Celiac_Disease_Research_News/130/vobId__1488/

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