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by gib444 24 days ago
> You know how celiac disease was first discovered?

> Wheat shortage in the Netherlands during WWII. Suddenly kids that were trending towards death got much better. Then after WWII, they suddenly got sick again. Someone put two and two together.

It was the link to wheat specifically that was discovered in the Netherlands, not the discovery of celiac disease itself.

The disease has a much longer history [0] [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease#Etymology_and_...

[1] https://www.beyondceliac.org/celiac-disease/celiac-history/