More and more people are noticing that they feel tired after eating bread. Here are three possible reasons:
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Wheat allergy problems seem to be getting more common. This is not to be confused with a gluten allergy or celiac. If you have a wheat allergy, you may be OK with rye and barley. If you are allergic to gluten or have celiac, then you must avoid rye, barley and probably oats as well (highly advisable).
This section contains information about wheat allergies. See the table of contents below for specific articles about a variety of related topics.
An allergy or intolerance to wheat is more common than most people realize. Many people find it quite hard to digest.
There are several different problems that people can have with wheat, including:
A true allergy (type I intolerance to wheat may be relatively rare. However, many people complain of having various undesirable symptoms when they ingest wheat. Either way, it is well worth avoiding if you have this problem.
In a class by itself, celiac disease is a reaction to gluten that causes damage to the intestine, and numerous complications as a result.
The sections below go into much more detail about specific aspects of a wheat allergy.
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Yeast-containing foods can be avoided when you know what to watch out for.
If you need to eliminate yeast from your diet, there are many foods to watch out for. And not just food either. Some brands of vitamin B are derived from yeast.
This is a partial list of foods that contain yeast. Over time it will grow. I have already replaced the original article with this one.
If you are allergic to yeast, or otherwise need to eliminate yeast from your diet, use this guide help you avoid foods that contain yeast.
According to one of the comments below, if you find disodium guanylate on the ingredients, this ingredient can be derived from yeast, especially if it is listed as a vegan source of the ingredient (thank-you lori e).
There are three sections to this article:
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Whenever I see an article about eliminating wheat from the diet for any reason, it catches my eye. So when I saw an article in the newspaper recently about autism and wheat, I had to read it.
This has inspired me to start a new section on this website about health in general.
The first article is about wheat and autism. There may be a link between diet and autism. Some parents and teachers report an improvement in autistic children when they eliminate gluten and milk from their diet.
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An article about autism in the Globe and Mail says it all with just one headline: Science disputes autism’s diet link*. This one headline conveys that there may be a connection between diet and autism, and that some scientists have rejected the idea. (*Note: no link to article, because it’s free availability on the web is short-lived).
The Globe article features Tina Szenasi, a mother of three boys in Barrie, Ontario. The article implies that all three of her children are autistic. According the the article, her sons improved within weeks of starting an elimination diet – a reasonable time frame to expect.
Many parents with autistic children feel that by changing their child’s diet (specifically, eliminating wheat and milk, the GFCF diet), they can notice a difference in their child’s behaviour. Results reported by parents and teachers seem to vary from subtle to dramatic.
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This section contains articles about other health issues, not necessarily allergies. They do relate to many of the ideas discussed elsewhere on this website, such as the effects of diet, mould, dust etc. on your health.
Ultimately, seeking to manage allergies is just a part of improving your overall health. Anything relating to health but not necessarily allergies can be found here.
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This article about Common Household Cleaners provides some statistics about the effects of chemicals we often bring into our homes and pollute our own personal environment with.
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Allergy symptoms, I seem to have them! Could it be that I might have allergies? you might ask yourself.
This is a good question because it is easy to assume that your symptoms might be an allergy when it isn’t, or isn’t an allergy when it may well be.
Allergy symptoms are the clues that indicate that your immune system is reacting to allergens.
There are many clues which might indicate allergies, but they are often extremely hard to read. Just because one person has certain symptoms, does not mean to say that someone else with those symptoms is allergic to the same thing, or in deed anything at all. Two people with the same allergy may have different symptoms.
Here are a list of symptoms to look out for. Just one or two symptoms may or may not mean anything. If you have several symptoms that don’t make sense when taken together, it could be an indication that you have allergies. There could be other causes as well of course.
Feel free to leave a comment with any symptoms missing here.
* There are conflicting views as to whether eczema is an allergy symptom or not.
Note: See the Bristol Stool Scale to evaluate different types of stool. Not pretty, but when you notice, you should know.
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I recently asked visitors to this website what they thought of testing themselves for allergies (providing the allergies are not life-threatening).
So far, the results are as follows:
To those of you who voted, thanks for sharing your opinion. For those of you who haven’t, the poll is still open.
There is information about allergy self-testing on this website.
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One of my favourites
This is a bit of topic for an allergy website, however I just had to share this with you! Check out this vegetable art!
Unfortunately, the site owner has not told us who the artist is. Maybe it is in fact the site owner, who is just shy?
I’ve chosen my favourite, although really they are all excellent without exception. Which one do you like best?
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