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"The trendiest health trend of 2010? Giving up gluten, apparently. I know lots of people who are going bread- and grain-free after suspecting intolerance issues. And a friend of mine told me she&amp;#x27;s giving up gluten (refresher: it&amp;#x27;s a protein found in wheat and some grain products) this New Year for an entirely different reason. &amp;quot;Why?&amp;quot; I asked her the reason, knowing that she doesn&amp;#x27;t have any gluten-intolerance issues (Celiac disease). &amp;quot;Because gluten is evil,&amp;quot; she said. Huh? Turns out, there may be some science to this, though it&amp;#x27;s very controversial ... Evil or delicious? You decide. &amp;quot;Something you&amp;#x27;re eating may be killing you, and you probably don&amp;#x27;t even know it,&amp;quot; cautions Mark Hyman, M.D., in a blog post on the Huffington Post. &amp;quot;A recent large study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that people with diagnosed, undiagnosed, and &amp;#x27;latent&amp;#x27; celiac disease or gluten sensitivity had a higher risk of death, mostly from heart disease and cancer,&amp;quot; he writes. &amp;quot;Another study comparing the blood of 10,000 people from 50 years ago to 10,000 people today found that the incidences of full-blown celiac disease increased by 400 percent (elevated TTG antibodies) during that time period. If we saw a 400 percent increase in heart disease or cancer, this would be headline news. But we hear almost nothing about this.&amp;quot; Despite Hyman&amp;#x27;s shocking (and, well, pretty convincing!) warnings about gluten, there are countless more physicians who do not believe that gluten is the evil one and would not recommend that you change your diet unless you&amp;#x27;re experiencing symptoms of intolerance. But, I will admit, Hyman&amp;#x27;s post leaves me a little bit intrigued and hungry to learn more. Even if I am hungry for a nice warm slice of bread, too. Let&amp;#x27;s discuss: What are your feelings on gluten and health? More reading: *Low carb diets, say some experts, could make you &amp;quot;ditzy&amp;quot;! *Kill a chocolate croissant craving with this... *A brilliant sandwich that is a dieter&amp;#x27;s best friend ... More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Photo: iStock *This post has been updated."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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