Rather, seeking out gluten-free pizza, cookies and sandwich bread is a pastime connecting both sides of the aisle. “Contrary to the common stereotype, we found no evidence that the political left is more likely to report being gluten sensitive,” Malone wrote for The Conversation. Few studies, as Malone and Norwood write in their research paper, have pinpointed the relationships between political persuasion and consumer attitudes. According to the results of a Gallup poll last year, liberal Americans are 5.5 times more likely to be vegetarian and 2.5 times more likely to be vegan than conservatives. “The contention that gluten sensitivity goes along with liberalism takes the debate even further,” Malone writes.

Source: National Post November 26, 2019 17:15 UTC