What YOU should know about GLUTEN SENSITIVITY

Lactose intolerant means that you can't digest lactose. The result is foul smelling gas, loose bowel movements, vomiting, etc. If gluten produces the same symptoms, you would naturally consider yourself to be gluten intolerant. Seems like a simple conclusion.

I agree. I am lactose intolerant, but apparently not to gluten, and people who have issues with gluten complain about similar symptoms to mine.

Also, many people who don't eat gluten don't even know what gluten is. They're just following along with everyone else because it's cool. Like the cottage cheese diet in the 60s....or Atkins.

Not eating gluten is cool? That's funny… I beg to differ. I'd love to eat bread and pasta and cookies and muffins but I can't.

MOST people don't eat gluten free for the hell of it. MOST people who eat gluten free do it because they have a legitimate medical reason to… whether it's Celiac, Crohn's, insulin resistance, PCOS, diabetes, etc.

The people who eat gluten free because they think it causes weight loss… well, that's just silly obviously. Those are also the people who start eating gluten again faster than they stopped because they realize how big of a lifestyle change it is.

I understand that study involved 37 subjects. Not what I would consider scientifically conclusive. Also screw them.

This exactly.

There are 20 million people in the world who may have a gluten sensitivity. Therefore, a sample size of 37 doesn't mean jack-****. And let's not forget that ONE study is not enough evidence. In fact, there are more studies that prove gluten sensitivity is real.

I understand that study involved 37 subjects. Not what I would consider scientifically conclusive. Also screw them.

This exactly.

There are 20 million people in the world who may have a gluten sensitivity. Therefore, a sample size of 37 doesn't mean jack-****. And let's not forget that ONE study is not enough evidence. In fact, there are more studies that prove gluten sensitivity is real.

The only one I found with a quick google search was the original study by the same researcher from 2011. I'd be interested in other studies if you happen to have links.

Here we go… another person who tries to tell others that their physical symptoms aren't real.

Do you have Celiacs?

No. I have Crohn's and insulin resistance. Both of which require me to eat gluten free as gluten exacerbates the symptoms of Crohn's and insulin resistance.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/does-non-celiac-gluten-intolerance-actually-exist

This article admits celiac's exists and admits that cutting out gluten does help them. However, their follow up study with those who claim to have a gluten sensitivity found that cutting out the gluten did not help as much as the participants claimed it helped.

Interesting note from a guy who has celiac's disease. He said he was glad people have jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon because there has been an increase of the gluten free foods. So for them, they don't care.

ETA: they articles were a similar. just a different source, I guess.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/does-non-celiac-gluten-intolerance-actually-exist

This article admits celiac's exists and admits that cutting out gluten does help them. However, their follow up study with those who claim to have a gluten sensitivity found that cutting out the gluten did not help as much as the participants claimed it helped.

Interesting note from a guy who has celiac's disease. He said he was glad people have jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon because there has been an increase of the gluten free foods. So for them, they don't care.

ETA: they articles were a similar. just a different source, I guess.

I'm celiac and I care. There may be more food options, but people also dismiss the severity of celiac and assume cross contamination isn't an issue because they know 'gluten free' people who can have 'just a bite' or don't have to worry about sharing a toaster. I'd rather there were less food options but people took it more seriously, tbh.

All I know is that if loving WebMD is wrong, then I don't wanna be right!

Here we go… another person who tries to tell others that their physical symptoms aren't real.

Do you have Celiacs?

No. I have Crohn's and insulin resistance. Both of which require me to eat gluten free as gluten exacerbates the symptoms of Crohn's and insulin resistance.

Having Crohn's has nothing to do with gluten, nor has gluten been shown to exacerbate it.

Unlike the gluten-free diet for celiac sprue, which has a well-researched basis, and well-demonstrated track record for affecting the underlying mechanisms at work in the disease process, the SCD does not. Bottom line: it may be worth a try (there are plenty of other diets being touted in the marketplace), but do not abandon your conventional treatment, and keep in touch with your doctor.

http://www.ccfa.org/resources/diet-and-nutrition.html

As for insulin resistance and gluten, I can find zero research that shows going gluten-free helps PCOS symptoms.

You are free to your opinions, but not free to make up facts and state them as such.

I really don't care what you have to say or what research you're able to find or not find. You are not a doctor. All of my doctors told me gluten can exacerbate Crohn's and insulin resistance. That is why I eat gluten free.

P.s. You might want to do better research.

Our data support the beneficial effects of gluten-free diets in reducing adiposity gain, inflammation and insulin resistance. The data suggests that diet gluten exclusion should be tested as a new dietary approach to prevent the development of obesity and metabolic disorders.

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23253599

Although not all patients respond equally to diet, many simply remove symptom-provoking foods, such as dairy, wheat, corn and certain fruits and vegetables.

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20350266

Well, I am not celiac but I can prove that I am gluten sensitive but the foul smelling gas that is emitted from my bowels when I eat gluten .... take my word for it or come visit after a cheat ... your choice :-)

I fart basically all day long. I am sensitive to food, or maybe oxygen or something like that.

Bacon. The answer to all of life's problems.

Betcha didn't know lots of bacon has gluten used in preparation...

Betcha there are brands that don't because my sister has celiacs and can eat bacon

There are definitely brands of bacon that are gluten-free. When we thought I may be Celiac (before the test came about) we were eating gluten-free bacon... I can't remember the brand though :ohwell:

Edits:

Gluten-specific gastrointestinal effects were not reproduced.

This is confusing to me. On one hand they say gluten increased symptoms, on the other they say they couldn't reproduce effects?

This was a crossover study. In the first phase there were two participants whose symptoms worsened when consuming gluten, but not with placebo.

The same was true for the second phase.

But they weren't the same two participants.

Ok, that makes a bit more sense. Thank you

I can't believe this is all in her head. But every test says she does not have celiac or an allergy. What gives?

FODMAPs is what gives. Read the study again. I had been told, not self-diagnosed, but told by my GI specialist that I could be gluten-sensitive; yet the idea of FODMAPs being the cause (since it's also eliminated on a GF diet) makes sense to me.

I was told by a GI specialist, yet I am willing to sit on the fence about the issue and at least consider that the study could be right in that FODMAPs are the cause and my gluten-sensitivity may not exist at all. I can't understand why gluten-sensitive patients are getting all riled about this new study. So we were diagnosed with a non-existent illness? So what? Isn't it good news if it means they find the real cause of your symptoms? For those of us diagnosed with IBS and gluten-sensitive, this idea that FODMAPs can induce symptoms means nothing but good news for me; I may have cut out a lot of FODMAPs with cutting out obvious gluten, but there's also a lot of FODMAPs that I consume on a regular basis.