Gluten may be making you sick
Gluten is the talk of the town. The six-letter word is no stranger here at That's Fit and now that Hollywood's Jenny McCarthy has revealed that removing gluten from her autistic son's diet is helping him emerge from his disease, gluten-free diets may become all the rage. The whole gluten topic really has me thinking -- I admit, I was a bit in the dark about the whole topic prior to just now -- and what I'm thinking is this: Do I really need to be eating wheat?
Gluten -- the protein found in wheat products such as breads, pastas, pastries, rye, barley, and some oats -- isn't a problem for many people. But for those sensitive to it, gluten can cause a sickening reaction. In fact, experts believe an underlying allergy to gluten may be to blame for some neurological disorders. It may also be connected to problems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Celiac sprue.
Is wheat good for your health? Yes. Can it be bad for your health? Yes. It all depends on the person. In my case, there's nothing leading me to believe I have a gluten sensitivity, Still, this news still makes me want to pitch wheat from my diet. Just in case.
For more information on all-things gluten, hop on over to these sites:
www.livingwithout.com
www.csaceliacs.org
www.glutenfree.com
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-29-2007 @ 9:55AM
Lynn Neel said...
Is there a test to find out if you are gluten sensitive? If not, what is the best way to find out.
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11-29-2007 @ 2:19PM
BECKIE EVANS said...
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A TEST FOR
GLUTEN ALLERY.. COME ON PEOPLE, HELP US.
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11-29-2007 @ 3:37PM
Jacki said...
Patience, patience!
This is from www.foodintol.com/celiac.asp:
All Gluten intolerance is easily identified by an Elimination Diet. However many people turn to blood tests as a first investigation. Because the most common test for Gluten intolerance is still the old-fashioned Celiac test (blood tests and intestinal biopsy), most Gluten intolerant people return a 'negative' or inconclusive test.
And this, from a blogger investigating gluten sensitivity testing:
gluten-free-blog.blogspot.com/2007/06/celiac-gene-
test-curiosity-for-gluten.html
Enterolab offers a gluten-sensitivity gene test for $149.00.
Hope this helps!Jacki Donaldson
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