As someone with celiac, wheat protein is absolutely demonic. With 1% of the population suffering from celiac and up to 5 times as many from gluten intolerance, which can be very serious, the less wheat and barley, the better. Other proteins don’t have their very own autoimmune disease.
I'm curious if celiac and gluten intolerance are so common because grain proteins are so common? If pea protein ends up everywhere will a significant proportion of the population end up at risk from it as well?
Peas, lentils and beans are already quite common and don’t seem to pose a major allergy or immune hazard. Some people have soy allergies and intolerance, although problems with milk are far more common. Peas appear to provide many of the benefits of those foods without the drawbacks.
There is no other disorder like celiac disease. It’s the only autoimmune disease with a known trigger, which happens to be a food. There’s no way peas would begin to do that.
It is possible to have a rare allergy to soy or other foods that causes a delayed reaction with intestinal changes similar to celiac - I don’t recall if it’s type ii or iv food allergies.
