Reviewer’s report
Title: 
Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity: Rationality and Irrationality of a Gluten-
Free Diet in Individuals affected with Non-Celiac Disease
Version: 
0 
Date: 
02 Apr 2020
Reviewer: 
Hilary Jericho
Reviewer's report:
While the topic of this review peeked my interest, the manuscript is too long,
needs to be significantly more concise and would like benefit from re-organizing
it into sub-catoegories. Currently the manuscript appears to run on and on and
over sophisticated language is being used leading to confusion with the authors
meaning behind many portions of the manuscript. 
I do not at all feel that my initially perceived purpose of this manuscript was
acocmplished. In reading the title I felt that this article would focus on NCGS
and then discuss the literature to support or refute it's use in patients with NCGS.
The first portion of the manuscript focused way too heavily on celiac disease,
given that celiac disease is not even mentioned in the title. The rest of the
manuscript was then way too lengthy and lacked clarity in defining the goals of
the manuscript and achieving them in a precise way. 
I would work to better organize, and then provide evidence to support the 2
points of your manuscript's title "The rationality and irrationality of the GFD in
individuals affected with NCGS."
Quality of written English
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Reviewer’s report
Title: 
Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity: Rationality and Irrationality of a Gluten-
Free Diet in Individuals affected with Non-Celiac Disease
Version: 
0 
Date: 
02 Apr 2020
Reviewer: 
Hilary Jericho
Reviewer's report:
While the topic of this review peeked my interest, the manuscript is too long,
needs to be significantly more concise and would like benefit from re-organizing
it into sub-catoegories. Currently the manuscript appears to run on and on and
over sophisticated language is being used leading to confusion with the authors
meaning behind many portions of the manuscript. 
I do not at all feel that my initially perceived purpose of this manuscript was
acocmplished. In reading the title I felt that this article would focus on NCGS
and then discuss the literature to support or refute it's use in patients with NCGS.
The first portion of the manuscript focused way too heavily on celiac disease,
given that celiac disease is not even mentioned in the title. The rest of the
manuscript was then way too lengthy and lacked clarity in defining the goals of
the manuscript and achieving them in a precise way. 
I would work to better organize, and then provide evidence to support the 2
points of your manuscript's title "The rationality and irrationality of the GFD in
individuals affected with NCGS."
Quality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Declaration of competing interests
Please complete a declaration of competing interests, considering the following
questions:
1
. 
Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or
salary from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially
from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?
2
. 
Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way
gain or lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now
or in the future?
3
. 
Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the
content of the manuscript?
4
. 
Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an
organization that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of
the manuscript?
5
. 
Do you have any other financial competing interests?
6
. 
Do you have any non-financial competing interests in relation to this
paper?
If you can answer no to all of the above, write 'I declare that I have no competing
interests' below. If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.
I declare that I have no competing interests
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understand that my name
will be included on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted
for publication, my named report including any attachments I upload will be
posted on the website along with the authors' responses. I agree for my report to
be made available under an Open Access Creative Commons CC-BY license
(
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
). I understand that any comments
which I do not wish to be included in my named report can be included as
confidential comments to the editors, which will not be published.
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal
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Reviewer’s report
Title: 
Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity: Rationality and Irrationality of a Gluten-
Free Diet in Individuals affected with Non-Celiac Disease
Version: 
0 
Date: 
02 Apr 2020
Reviewer: 
Hilary Jericho
Reviewer's report:
While the topic of this review peeked my interest, the manuscript is too long,
needs to be significantly more concise and would like benefit from re-organizing
it into sub-catoegories. Currently the manuscript appears to run on and on and
over sophisticated language is being used leading to confusion with the authors
meaning behind many portions of the manuscript. 
I do not at all feel that my initially perceived purpose of this manuscript was
acocmplished. In reading the title I felt that this article would focus on NCGS
and then discuss the literature to support or refute it's use in patients with NCGS.
The first portion of the manuscript focused way too heavily on celiac disease,
given that celiac disease is not even mentioned in the title. The rest of the
manuscript was then way too lengthy and lacked clarity in defining the goals of
the manuscript and achieving them in a precise way. 
I would work to better organize, and then provide evidence to support the 2
points of your manuscript's title "The rationality and irrationality of the GFD in
individuals affected with NCGS."
Quality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Declaration of competing interests
Please complete a declaration of competing interests, considering the following
questions:
1
. 
Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or
salary from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially
from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?
2
. 
Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way
gain or lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now
or in the future?
3
. 
Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the
content of the manuscript?
4
. 
Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an
organization that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of
the manuscript?
5
. 
Do you have any other financial competing interests?
6
. 
Do you have any non-financial competing interests in relation to this
paper?
If you can answer no to all of the above, write 'I declare that I have no competing
interests' below. If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.
I declare that I have no competing interests
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understand that my name
will be included on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted
for publication, my named report including any attachments I upload will be
posted on the website along with the authors' responses. I agree for my report to
be made available under an Open Access Creative Commons CC-BY license
(
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
). I understand that any comments
which I do not wish to be included in my named report can be included as
confidential comments to the editors, which will not be published.
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal
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