How long until you see the benefits of a gluten free diet?  This is an important question if you are on an elimination diet to test for a gluten allergy, or if you have been diagnosed with celiac disease and wondering how long it will take for you to feel better.

The length of time varies for each person.  You may see an improvement in a few weeks.  It may take longer, depending on how much gluten damage your body has to heal, and how quickly your body can flush itself of gluten-related toxins.

Might the behavior of your children improve after removing gluten from their diet?

Gluten is not the cause of all misbehavior in children, however it can play a major role in some cases.

To put it another way, gluten may have nothing to do with your child’s behavioral problems. But if your child has a gluten allergy or has celiac disease, going on a gluten-free diet will have a profound effect on their health, and most likely their behavior as well.

This makes me think of my niece, who was really a piece of work from day one, through to when she was about six or seven years old.

The benefits of a gluten free diet depend very much on your genetic makeup, and the state of your health.

For some, eliminating gluten from their diet is a matter of life and death.  That’s not an exaggeration.

Others notice little change, if any. For many people, the benefits are somewhere in between: more energy, better health.

Why the variation?  And is a gluten free diet right for you? 

Gluten intolerance is the general term for a collection of conditions that are triggered when you eat gluten.

Many people assume gluten intolerance is the same thing as celiac disease.  Often this is true, but not always.

A gluten allergy is a form of gluten intolerance.  Many people are much healthier and have more energy when they go on a gluten-free diet, although they may not actually have celiac disease.

The treatment for a gluten intolerance is simple but challenging: stop eating gluten-containing foods.

A gluten free diet may benefit many diagnosed with lupus.

The symptoms of celiac disease, not to be confused with a gluten allergy, can be similar to lupus.

Both diseases are hard to pin down, having multiple and varied symptoms that can be quite different for each patient.

Both diseases can effect all organs in the body.  So if you have a rash, fatigue, and poor weight gain as a child, you may be diagnosed with lupus, and that may be the correct diagnosis.

However, a surprising number of people diagnosed with lupus are actually gluten intolerant, meaning they have celiac disease

A gluten free diet is a must for those with a gluten allergy or if you have celiac disease.  But what if your symptoms get worse when you start eliminating gluten?

Let’s first look at a short list of reasons for eliminating gluten, then look at why symptoms may become worse when starting a gluten free diet.

Gluten allergy problems can be tricky to avoid at restaurants. Here’s an example I came across recently: fried onions contaminated with wheat flour.

This was hard for me to understand at first, but when I finally got the whole story, I realized why I seem to set off my gluten allergy when I eat out, despite my best efforts to avoid wheat and other evil substances.

Gluten allergy can really cramp your style when you need to eat out.

I find most restaurant food pretty risky (with some exceptions), even when the staff try very hard to make sure my meal is gluten-free.

Each time I have to go out for lunch, I weigh the risk versus benefit of exposing myself to potential gluten contamination in the food.

Sugar allergies may be uncommon, but a negative reaction to sugar is quite common.  You may not notice it, depending on how attuned you are to your body, and if you have other health issues masking the sugar problem.

Allergies can definitely affect your memory. If you feel like you’re becoming senile at age 20, then it could be an allergy symptom.

I have a better memory now, since eliminating allergens, than I did when I was 20, even though many years have passes since then.

There are two aspects to memory: storing the memory and recalling the memory.

There are also two types of memory: short-term memory and long-term memory.