Gluten allergy – how do I know if I have one?  There are a few clues, but some of them are misleading. Pay close attention to this!

First, we have to look at possible gluten allergy symptoms, and what they can be confused with.  We also have to differentiate with a more serious condition triggered by eating gluten.

Does gluten in your diet cause arthritis symptoms?  There is a connection.

There is a difference of course between arthritis-like symptoms, and actually having arthritis.

We also have to distinguish between having a gluten allergy, and celiac disease.

Celiac disease may have something that comes close to being a cure.  Larazotide may ease the restrictions of a gluten free diet.

Alba Therapeutics announced further clinical trials of the drug

larazotide acetate, after earlier studies showed promising initial results.

Celiac Disease Associated Autoimmune Endocrinopathies, a scientific paper, discusses several diseases that are loosely coupled with celiac disease.

In other words, people diagnosed with certain diseases have a much higher chance of having celiac disease than the general population.

This is important because managing the celiac disease by going on a gluten-free diet will have a positive effect on theses other diseases, and will generally improve your health.

The diseases discussed in this paper are all autoimmune endocrine disorders as follows:

Celiac disease and type I diabetes, both autoimmune disorders, are more closely related than you might think.

Celiac disease is a condition where the body reacts against gluten.  Usually there are obvious symptoms in the gut.  Most people with celiac disease have symptoms such as stomach cramps and diarrhea to tip them off that something in their gut is not quite right.

But this is not always the case.  This can be of particular importance if you have type I diabetes.

If you have a gluten allergy, you need to check what’s in your medication.

In one way, this is no different from checking the ingredients in food, except that we often forget that not-food items such as medications may also contain gluten.

If your gluten allergy has you reaching for candy as source of comfort and gluten-free energy while you figure out what you can eat, be very careful!

Most candy is gluten-free, but this can lead to complacency, exposing you to gluten poisoning yet again.

Gluten allergy avoidance means sticking to safe foods.  Some foods are always safe.  What about potato chips?

This seems like a silly question.  Of course potato chips are gluten free!  Or are they?

For the first few years of my gluten-free diet, I assumed potato chips were safe.  It never occurred to me that this snack might have wheat added to it.

Gluten allergy can be confused with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity.

They are somewhat related.

According to the purist definition of an allergy, a gluten allergy is very rare.

If you take a broader view, it is more common than you might suppose.

There are reasons for understanding the difference between gluten allergy and celiac disease, and we’ll go into them in this article. 

The end result is the same though: you must go on a gluten free diet to avoid symptoms.

Arthritis is generally thought of as “painful joints”.  The connection between a gluten free diet and the reduction of arthritis is very interesting.

While a gluten-free diet does not help everybody with all types of arthritis, it is certainly the magic bullet for many, if only they knew it.