For the past decade, a pharmacist has been diligently working to solve the gluten epidemic.

Intolerance to gluten turns some of life’s greatest pleasures — beer, pizza and pasta — to gastrointestinal poison, while making the rest of us suffer through awkward dinner parties and menus clogged with little ‘GF’ symbols.

All that may soon change.

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The University of Alberta’s Hoon Sunwoo seems to have done his mate, and the planet, a favour by inventing a gluten-fixing tablet.

“My friend is coeliac. We haven’t had any entertaining with beers. So, that’s why I develop this pill — for my friend,” he told CBC News.

The pill would work by flooding the user’s stomach with egg yolk antibodies, which bond to the gluten they eat, neutralising the symptoms of bloating, gas, nausea and diarrhoea.

It’s not a cure, but a short-term work around.

“This is not treating the coeliac disease or curing celiac disease,” Associate Professor Sunwoo told CBC News.

“It’s just to try to help them improve their quality of life [for] when they want to socialise with peers or friends.”

Sadly, the pill is still in its early stages. It has passed safety trails, but won’t begin clinical trials until next year.