Isn’t This Taking the “Gluten Free” Thing Too Far?
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
United States
May 7, 2018 9:59pm CST
Today I received my quarterly shipment of medication from the VA. One of the things I get is nasal spray — salt water, if you will — for my rhinitis. It helps keep the dust, pollen, and everything else out of my nose.
As I was putting it away I noticed something on the bottle of nasal spray that made me hit the “now I’ve seen everything!” button.
Amid all the barcode and ingredients I saw two words:
GLUTEN FREE.
Really? Promoting a nasal spray as “gluten free”? Isn’t this going just a little too far?
Tune in next week, when I see a “gluten free” sticker on my socks.
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@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
8 May 18
Gluten free nasal spray??? Do they also have nasal spray containing gluten ??
it is getting a bit crazy
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
8 May 18
I guess they'll have to get a reduced-sodium version of the salt water, too....
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
8 May 18
@Marilynda1225 -- why, thank you! Tip you wait staff and drive safely. I'll be here all weekend.
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
8 May 18
Yes, this is funny as hell. I had to laugh. 
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
8 May 18
The most likely reason is a lawsuit back in the late 80s/early 90s, where a woman in Alabama successfully (oy) sued a McDonald's after she spilled hot coffee on herself. Now restaurants have to tell you that hot coffee may be hot! Or ice cream may be cold!
@Keyia120 (1219)
• United States
9 May 18
@FourWalls True a lawsuit could happen if someone ends up sick or something from products that carry gluten-free items.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
8 May 18
I rather people be more cautious than someone getting hurt or sick. Yeah, it might be silly, it is silly to see warnings like peanut nut butter containing peanuts and things like that. But the gluten-free thing is not just a fad, more and more people do have celiac disease and they literally stress out about everything.
I'm allergic to eggs, I can literally die if anything I put into my body has egg yolks in it. I would like to know a product that I am ingesting has eggs or not. Since nasal spray is something that goes into your body, it is good to know that something is risk-free.
It may seem silly at first, but I rather have extra words on a packaging that might not even need to be there, than worry if it has something or not.
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
8 May 18
In reality (taking the humor away), medication companies put notes like "gluten free" or "sugar free" on medicines to let the patient know. However, it's usually on pills (pills having gluten as a binding agent, I can see). Salt water is just salt and water.
But then, as I mentioned to someone else, with the lawsuits over someone not knowing their hot coffee was actually hot, you never know...
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
11 May 18
@FourWalls Yes, I know. As friends with people who do have multiple issues, they are always in a panic because they have no idea if something will harm them.
And I remember the lawsuits over the hot coffee and that is why all cups have to say caution Hot. It is an odd world we live in, but hey, we are paying for the packaging and labels anyway, might as well make them put more onto them haha
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
8 May 18
Oh geez..I think there is like 4 percent of the population that has gluten sensitivity or something..now the rest of us have to constantly hear about it..although I think stores are not selling as much of that stuff in general as they were.
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@crossbones27 (52984)
• Mojave, California
8 May 18
See, not always PC, but what they think that sells. Of course, even many liberals will say shut your pie hole, that's dumb. They say it is all coming from universities, but I disagree, its coming from rich folk who forgot what it is like to struggle. Yet we keep electing rich folk.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
26 Sep 18
It really is funny when you see "gluten free" on something that there's no way possible it could have gluten. I know this is a fad with a lot of people these days and heaven knows I wouldn't give up bread as good as I love it. But I'm trying to eliminate gluten as much as possible to see if it will help my IBS. So far, maybe some improvement?
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@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
8 May 18
It might seem like it's taking it too far but there is a logical explanation.
Nasal congestion is commonly thought of as the result of too much mucus in the sinus cavity, but it is mostly caused by inflammation in the nasal tissue. Your nasal passages are made of soft tissues lined with mucus membranes that help filter the air befor
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