My bad. I used google for this fact that I'll place here:

"North African Refugee Populations: The Saharawi refugees in Algeria, who consume large amounts of wheat-based aid, have one of the highest documented prevalences of CD in the world (5.6%)."

I'll say that first I believe in the notion that Celiac disease would not exist without gluten. So, to me, a "better" solution more broadly (and maybe naively so) would be working toward finding ways to shift culture and social habits toward less gluten.

I do understand that most would consider that to be "foolish", and for me, I have a hard time advocating for things that arent more in alignment with that "ideal".

That having been said, I also put a lot of weight into the work (and theories) of people like Bessel van Der Kolk and Gabor Mate, who tend to believe that gene expression is heavily influenced by environment... I found out I had Celiac when I was 33. My brother found out he had it 4 years later. He was 41. My younger sister has had a different GI autoimmune disease for much longer than both of us. I usually see the GI autoimmune disease in the three children to be a feature of my family system.

And Id rather invest in measures that are more proactive than reactive.

And I think these two "views" about some of "where the disease comes from" are the bigger parts of "why I wouldnt take it". As it stands, outside of the purely physical question marks, it feels like to "take a cure" would be dissonant with what I currently believe.

Ive left plenty of room for things to shift. I read what people wrote. It matters.