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Should someone be on a gluten free diet, even if they are not diagnosed with Celiac disease?
| Undedr: Coping with Food Allergies
That said it all…
Gluten has a lot of potential results unrelated to celiac, for example, migraines, acne, arthritis, and many other symptom sets. It's also implicated in a fair number of mental disorders.
Families that have celiacs in them often have other gluten intolerants with other conditions as well.
Some people go gluten free to test whether their symptoms (not celiac) go away, find they do, and stay gluten free.
January 26th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I took a class with a girl who was gluten-intolerant, and she did not have Celiac. If you have problems you think may be related, give it a try. A gluten-free diet will not hurt you, except finding gluten-free products can be time-consuming and expensive, and not all of the products are good. This girl was trying to develop gluten-free cookies to sell locally here in RIchmond, VA, and the ones I tried were awesome. I will try to see if I still have her info and will update my answer with it if I can find it.
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January 26th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Gluten is a protein that is not easily digestible for a lot, if not most people. I would hazard to guess that most people who have a degree of gluten intolerance, aren't even aware of it. How many times too, is fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, ADD, depression…actually a reaction to gluten?
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Nurse, and personal expieriance for 20 years.
January 26th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
If gluten intolerant, of course. If not sure about gluten drop wheat from the diet. For one thing it is the most common source of gluten in the diet and the symptoms are similar. It it is not gluten then you have more choices. I can eat breads and pastas made with spelt flour but I still don't over do it. Besides I just feel better on a lower carb food plan.
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January 28th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Gluten has a lot of potential results unrelated to celiac, for example, migraines, acne, arthritis, and many other symptom sets. It's also implicated in a fair number of mental disorders.
Families that have celiacs in them often have other gluten intolerants with other conditions as well.
Some people go gluten free to test whether their symptoms (not celiac) go away, find they do, and stay gluten free.
References :
http://www.glutenfreedietbook.com