Why Can I Eat Bread?

I have been categorically unable to eat bread and gluten-containing things for about fifteen years now. At first, my body’s reaction to gluten foods was mild and so I merely limited my intake of those things, but as you’d imagine things got progressively worse. Then much, much worse. An errant gluten-noodle in my spaghetti bowl could send me ping-ponging between the bathroom and the bed for days. It was debilitating and caused me no end of anxiety for the most common sorts of eating you could im...