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> the title is basically common sense and I don't need a study to tell me that this applies to humans

Not sure how this is common sense. If it were mice engineered to have celiac disease or recently diagnosed humans, it might make sense. Extrapolating it to the general population of a different species in a part of the body not related to digestion is a bit of a leap.

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What I mean to say is that it is common sense to a celiac that gluten causes inflammation throughout the body and brain even of non-celiacs. I'm not extrapolating from the study, just saying that the study is concluding something that was already pretty obvious to many people.

> [I]t is common sense to a _celiac_ that gluten causes inflammation throughout the body and brain even of _non-celiacs_

(emphasis mine)

I don't follow how this is common sense. It looks like extrapolating from your condition (celiac) and projecting it onto those that don't have your condition (non-celiacs).

How is that common sense?

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