motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
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so....just use clarex?
so....just use clarex?
I have celiac disease (diagnosed a year ago). I am really sensitive: multiple trials showed a reaction to walking into a bakery (without eating anything). I often react to foods made on shared facilities. I would guess I'm sensitive to around the 10 ppm level for a typical serving size. I may be less sensitive now, as I calculated all that stuff around the 6 month mark and I would guess I've healed a lot since then.
A couple weeks ago I was visiting family in Portland and got to try the Omission beer (both the lager and the ale). I drank about one bottle each time, and didn't get sick from it. So here's at least one celiac who didn't get a reaction from it.
As for doing a blind study, I've had a poor correlation between thinking I'd get sick and actually getting sick, and my reaction is strong when I do get glutened, so for me it doesn't seem susceptible to the nocebo effect, and thus wouldn't require a blind test.
It's difficult to extrapolate my experience to others, though, unless we knew that the enzymes broke down hordein into very short peptides. It could easily break it down enough to test negative (down to 5 ppm sensitivity) with the ELISA tests, but still be intact enough to react in vivo for some (even if it didn't in others). But at least I can provide one test case of trying it and not having a reaction.
By the way, this is my first post. I was just getting into brewing before I got diagnosed, so I'm thrilled to find this subforum. I'd love to get back into brewing.
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