Gluten can cause real emotional suffering for those with celiac disease or a gluten allergy. The reasons are complex. Understanding them can ease or eliminate the pain.
There are two main reasons, as I see it, for the emotional pain that comes with having a gluten sensitivity.
First, there are the symptoms themselves. Some of them reduce your performance, which is very frustrating. Others cause depression, anxiety, brain-fog, and a host of similar symptoms that lead directly to emotional pain.
Secondly, there is the day-to-day dealing with people.
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Salicylate-containing foods can be a problem for people who are allergic to phenol. Salicylate is a salt or ester of salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is made from phenol.
If you are allergic to phenol, you may react to some foods that have salicylate in them.
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Phenol is a toxic organic chemical found in many foods and chemicals in our environment. Some people have an allergic reaction to phenol.
Because phenol is found in so many chemicals, products and foods, you are likely to have quite a high exposure to it at times. This depends on your lifestyle, job and another of other factors.
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Quinoa does not seem to agree with me all that well. This is a disappointment, as it seems like an ideal food for a gluten free diet.
I’ve been eating wheat-free for a couple of decades, and gluten-free for probably the last 3 or four years. Quinoa has been a staple food for longer than I can remember, well over 15 years.
But it doesn’t look like it agrees with me all that well.
I can’t say you shouldn’t try it – or continue to use it. If you’re OK with it, as I have been for years, then keep eating it.
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Gluten free diet, for most people who need it, but be strict. Cross-contamination of food can be a real problem.
Let’s assume the basic ingredients are gluten-free and uncontaminated. Does that mean the food made from it is safe?
Not necessarily. Here’s why.
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Gluten free diet cross-contamination can be a problem. You can reduce or eliminate this problem by knowing the sources of gluten contamination.
If you are on an elimination diet to see if you have a gluten allergy, this test will not be accurate if the food you think is gluten-free actually has gluten in it.
If you are on a gluten-free diet because you know you have a gluten allergy, or you have celiac disease, then cross contamination could be one reason why you don’t feel great as often as you should, despite all the hard work you are already putting into avoiding gluten.
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Gluten free diet elimination tests can be helpful if done properly, but they can also be misleading if your food is cross-contaminated with gluten.
In short, this means that you may go on a gluten free diet, only to conclude that it doesn’t do anything for you and stop.
But what if the reason the diet didn’t work was because it wasn’t really a gluten-free diet?
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Gluten free diet as an experiment to see if you (or your children) feel better, can be beneficial, but this approach can mask underlying celiac disease.
The gluten free diet can be recommended by pediatricians for children with GI (gastro intestinal) complains. In the short run, this may solve the problem. Long term results need to be considered more carefully.
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Celiac disease, if left untreated, leads to a much higher chance of getting cancer.
The reason for greater cancer risk for those with celiac disease is not yet known, although there are some theories. The theories are not covered in this article.
Celiac disease affects many organs in the body. The biggest and scariest complication is cancer.
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