(fully fifty-five diseases are known to be caused by gluten {Farrell and Kelly 2002}. Among these are heart disease, cancer, nearly all autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders, gallbladder disease, Hashimoto's disease {an autoimmune thyroid disorder responsible for up to 90 percent of all low-functioning thyroid issues}, migraines, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis {ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease}, neuropathies {having normal EMG readings}, and most other degenerative neurological disorders as well as autism, which is technically an autoimmune brain disorder.)