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Health benefits of Gluten-Free diet

Have you heard of a gluten-free diet? It is slowly becoming the latest trend in the food industry. Basically gluten is a special protein found in grains like wheat, barley and cereals.  Many people can’t digest gluten rich food. Such food causes allergy, making their small intestines inflammatory.  It is known as a Celiac disease. These people go for a gluten-free diet to control their allergies. Today more and more people are getting diagnosed with it. They are adapting to this diet which consists of rice and millet in place of wheat and barley. 
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This day in Science & Technology History

Telescope
The first US patent for a telescope design was issued to Alvan Clark of Cambridge in 1851. Clark was a painter but interested in astronomy like others. As a hobby, he manufactured small lenses and mirrors. Due to his expertise to detect the small residual errors in best lenses, he gained a reputation in Europe & then the American orders started to come in. His company – The Alvin Clark Company became one of the foremost producers of some of the largest lenses for telescopes in the 1800’s. Read More…