Gluten Free Diet

Gluten Allergy Symptoms

Gluten allergies are relatively common. Some studies indicate that 1 in 167 apparently healthy children (0.6%) and 1 in 111 adults (0.9%) have a gluten allergy. When people with gastrointestinal complaints were studied, 1 in 40 children (2.5%) and 1 in 30 adults (3.3%) were found to have a gluten allergy. This makes a gluten allergy quite common, especially when people with chronically uncomfortable guts are considered.

Celiac Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome often has celiac disease as the root cause.  The cure is simple in this case. Too bad many doctors don’t realize this.

In this article, we will look at what irritable bowel syndrome is, how it is sometimes connected to celiac disease, and how a gluten-free diet may help.

Celiac Disease and Thyroid Disease

Celiac disease and thyroid disease are more linked than you might think.  If you have one, look out for the other.

There are two types of thyroid disease: Hashimoto’s disease (hypothyroidism) and Grave’s disease (hyperthyroidism).

Both are autoimmune diseases.  Celiac disease is also an autoimmune condition.

Celiac disease may be involved in both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

Gluten Allergy – How Do I Know If I Have One?

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.

Gluten Allergy and Arthritis Symptoms

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 Cure? Larazotide May Help Treat 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

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

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.

Gluten Allergy and Medication

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.

Gluten Allergy and Candy

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.

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