Summary: This <a href="http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/healthy-eating/natural-beauty-green-beauty-queen-rosanna-davison-31462750.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">is the original article</a> where Rosanna Davison claimed that gluten was responsible for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and arthritis, and <a href="http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/exclusive-rosanna-davison-writes-on-gluten-criticism-diet-alone-is-never-a-cure-all-31482051.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">here she backtracked</a>, claiming that she merely suggested that ‘gluten-free diets can play a role in helping to manage … auto-immune and neurological disorders’; my emphasis. <a href="http://www.rosannadavisonnutrition.com/about/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">This is the website</a> where she visually and verbally promotes her qualifications, from from the <a href="http://www.naturopathy.ie/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">College of Naturopathic Medicine in Dublin</a> and the US-based <a href="https://www.functionalmedicine.org/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Institute of Functional Medicine</a>. Neither offer any recognised qualifications.<br> Here <a href="http://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/08/25/glutens-responsible-for-autism-schizophrenia-and-arthritis/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Arthritis Ireland</a> rebutted her claims, and <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149291813001847" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">here is a scientific study</a> discounting gluten in the treatment of autism.<br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/deirdre-n%C3%AD-fhloinn/18/a46/597" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Deirdre Ni Fhloinn</a> is a solicitor and PhD candidate in the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin.<br> Dr <a href="https://twitter.com/lorcansirr" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Lorcan Sirr</a> is a lecturer in housing studies, urban economics, and research methods in the School of Real Estate and Construction Economics at the <a href="http://www.dit.ie/surveyingconstructionmanagement/staff/drlorcansirr/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Dublin Institute of Technology</a>.<br> <a href="http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/B007/treidy" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Dr Theresa Reidy</a> is is a lecturer at University College Cork.<br> <br>
