Which two statements from the passage best illustrate the central ideas? Gluten is a general name for protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and triticale. Some Americans just happen to react more severely than others to gluten. The gluten-free lifestyle has recently become a hot topic in the United States. Eating gluten has recently been discovered to contribute to such medical issues Eating in restaurants or in other people's homes is challenging for people with celiac disease

The two statements best illustrating the central ideas are the ones that begin with "The gluten-free lifestyle..." and "Eating gluten has...". (options C and D)

What is a central idea?

Whenever we write or speak, we have a most important message that we wish to convey to our audience. That message is what we call a central idea. It is possible, however, for a text or speech to contain more than just one central idea.

In the text we are analyzing here, called "The Case of Modern Wheat," two central ideas are that:

The gluten-free lifestyle has recently become a hot topic in the United States.

Eating gluten has recently been discovered to contribute to such medical issues.

With the information above in mind, we can select options C and D as the correct answers for this question.

The complete text can be found attached.

Learn more about central ideas here:

https://brainly.com/question/17610102