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So....what is more important to people that actually suffer from celiacs/glutton intolerance.....able to enjoy decent breads/backed goods or the fact that science iso allowing them to?
It's already a given that the ones that have jumped on the bandwagon of what they see as the latest dietary fad will be screaming their heads off without even really knowing of they have the problem they are trying to cure and upset that gm would allow for a more duet...so therefore goes the martyrdom.
Interesting. Right now I can get pretty decent gluten free bread made with wheat starch (gluten levels below the legally required 200ppm (or 20ppms, can't remember which)) but its probably rather lacking in nutrients, particularly fibre, so a gluten-free strain of wheat would be an improvement on that.
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This is curious/interesting to me purely from a baking science perspective. It's interesting and surprising that that existing proteins or altered proteins in the GM wheat can mimic the structure and elasticity of gluten, at least to some degree, but that is doesn't cause the same health issues for Celiac patients. You'd think the structures of the resulting protein would be similar enough to still cause the same health issues (for those who actually have Celiac disease, that is - I totally hear what you're saying about the stupid no-wheat bandwagon that people are unnecessarily on, thinking that they are being "healthy").
This would be a tough moral dilemma for me if I had Celiac disease, I think. I have a couple of close friends with it, and it's a huge bummer how much they wish they could enjoy delicious breads and pastas with me (I shamelessly do not deny myself the pleasures!). The existing substitutes just don't cut it for them in a way that is at all satisfying. I definitely tend to stand by the logic and evidence that GM products are trouble, but if I were them, I'd be pretty tempted by the innovation. Oh how I love my bread! I'm having dinner with both of them tonight. I'll have to ask them what they think!
Interesting stuff, at any rate. Thanks for sharing!
Need an app for this. I bluetooth-attached sensor for your phone that you stick in the food and it shows if it is gluten free!
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Nice typo! 
I'm having dinner with both of them tonight. I'll have to ask them what they think!
