Association between maternal gluten intake and type 1 diabetes in offspring: national prospective co

[ringi]

See https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3547

The incidence of type 1 diabetes is highest in countries following a western lifestyle and, until recently it has been increasing at a rate of 3-4% per year, especially in children below 5 years of age in Europe. This increase is faster than can be accounted for by genetic drift, pointing to the importance of environmental factors.
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Now go and read the rest of the paper for yourself.

 

[ringi]

See https://mobile.twitter.com/zoeharcombe/status/1042661895726092288 for a discussion of this paper.

 

[EllieM]

So is there more gluten in modern diets compared to 50 years ago? I had sandwiches in my packed lunch as a kid....

 

[Brunneria]

So is there more gluten in modern diets compared to 50 years ago? I had sandwiches in my packed lunch as a kid....

Modern wheat strains have been selectively grown to be very high gluten (at least, I remember reading that a few years ago). The high gluten content is supposedly advantageous for cooking, although I can't remember any of the details.

Edited to add:
Although this link doesn't support that theory, and suggests that it is diet choice and an increase in wheat consumption that may be the issue
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573730/

 

[Deleted Account]

So is there more gluten in modern diets compared to 50 years ago? I had sandwiches in my packed lunch as a kid....

I had brown sugar sandwiches with white sliced bread in my packed lunch when I was a kid.
I am not convinced either have anything to do with my diabetes but it seems amazing now that anyone would consider it ... and my Mum is an amazing cook.

 

[ringi]

Think about how breakfasts has changed over the last 50 years........

 

[ringi]

If I understand it correctly that are many types of proteins in wheat and the term
Gluten covers many of them The mix of proteins in wheet changed with selecting beading in the 1950s to increase yield.

Also I expect that children eat much the same as their mothers and that gluten intake is also predictive of other food intake.