Low-Gluten Diet Alternatives Have Reached A New Frontier: The Catholic Church

SAM P.K. COLLINS

In recent years, people inconvenienced by celiac disease have increasingly turned to gluten-free food alternatives as part of an effort to lead a normal life while avoiding the protein composite that triggers symptoms of the disorder.

But just when many thought they have seen the height of the diet’s popularity, it has reached a new frontier: the Catholic Church. Observers of the Catholic faith can now adhere to doctor’s orders without worry when they take low-gluten wafers with their wine during the Holy Communion.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/12/29/3607228/low-gluten-communion-wafers/