What YOU should know about GLUTEN SENSITIVITY

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 :-)

For those of us that don't have 'wheat intolerance' but get wind because we are ordinary humans .....

Help get rid of bloating by cutting out fizzy drinks and foods that cause wind.
Sit down to eat, don't talk when chewing, don't chew gum and take regular exercise.

For excess wind cut down on foods known to cause wind and bloating, such as: beans onions broccoli cabbage sprouts and cauliflower - but make sure you still get fruit and veg in your diet

Celiac disease is not gluten sensitivity. Totally different thing...because celiac disease is real.

You just made me giggle.

My family (genetically speaking) has tons of celiac. My dad, aunt, brother, and nieces all have been diagnosed as celiacs. (by both small intestine biopsy and blood tests).

Our family LOVES the emergence of the gluten-free trend. We don't care if it real or imaginary because it's opened up so many more options for eating out and buying food at a normal grocery store.

10-15 years ago, it was so hard to be a celiac and be part of 'normal society'. It was nearly impossible to go out to dinner as a family. We couldn't stay at hotels - we always had to rent places with a kitchen so we could prepare our own meals. We had to do most of our shopping at overpriced, natural food stores. My mom had to learn to bake with alternative flours and xanthan gum. Beer was off the menu.

It's so much easier for celiacs now! So, I say bring on the people that practice a gluten-free diet for whatever reason they choose!

It doesn't exist.

This has been proven by the researchers who originally provided evidence of its existence. Their followup research shows that there is no such thing.

http://www.businessinsider.com/gluten-sensitivity-and-study-replication-2014-5

Statistics fail. Any study involving 37 people might show it's highly likely to be falsely diagnosed but doesn't prove that it doesn't exist at all.

Do you even math?

Funny thing when I stop eating gluten all the pain in my hands, feet ,etc. went away. I stopped feeling sluggish and no gas!

"BACKGROUND & AIMS:

Patients with non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) do not have celiac disease but their symptoms improve when they are placed on gluten-free diets. We investigated the specific effects of gluten after dietary reduction of fermentable, poorly absorbed, short-chain carbohydrates (fermentable, oligo-, di-, monosaccharides, and polyols [FODMAPs]) in subjects believed to have NCGS."

My understanding of this is to test the effects of a low FODMAP diet in subjects believed to be NCGS (non-celiac gluten sensitive). To me, this says nothing of dispelling the idea of NCGS's existence.

...we found no evidence of specific or dose-dependent effects of gluten in patients with NCGS placed diets low in FODMAPs.

I read this as saying that there is no evidence of gluten effects in patients put on a low FODMAP diet.

In all participants, gastrointestinal symptoms consistently and significantly improved during reduced FODMAP intake, but significantly worsened to a similar degree when their diets included gluten or whey protein.

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?

Coincidentally, some of the largest dietary sources of FODMAPs -- specifically bread products -- are removed when adopting a gluten-free diet, which could explain why the millions of people worldwide who swear by gluten-free diets feel better after going gluten-free.

This makes perfect sense to me. Having confirmed IBS, and a low FODMAP diet allegedly reducing IBS symptoms, it makes complete sense that removing gluten and starches from my diet improves my symptoms drastically without having either NCGS nor a wheat allergy.


I'll remain on the fence about this one until more double-blind studies come out; about either NCGS or FODMAPs.

So, in other words, the media is misrepresenting the actual study findings.... yet again.

Go figure...

Science works. Unfortunately, so do yellow journalism and politics.

I've noticed a pattern in those who fight FOR the gluten existence. I'm not gonna tell what it is though.......:devil:

It doesn't exist.

This has been proven by the researchers who originally provided evidence of its existence. Their followup research shows that there is no such thing.

http://www.businessinsider.com/gluten-sensitivity-and-study-replication-2014-5

Actually, what that study shows is that there might be a lot of different stress factors in food, and that gluten may be one of them, or that gluten may be found in the same types of food as one of them, or that the other stress factors may lead to a reaction to gluten.

That isn't exactly the same as saying gluten sensitivity doesn't exist. What it does say (and I agree with) is that if you have the kind of symptoms which are today considered to be caused by gluten sensitivity, it's a good idea to reconsider your entire diet, and not just the gluten part. It may be that you will be able to tolerate gluten better if you remove other stress factors in your diet.

For us here at MFP, my take on this is that rather than thinking going gluten free is a miracle cure for everything, we should be more conscious about the general diet. To that extent I very much agree that the article is important. As for proving that gluten sensitivity doesn't exist? Nah, not convinced.

I've noticed a pattern in those who fight FOR the gluten existence. I'm not gonna tell what it is though.......:devil:

Please, do tell

I've noticed a pattern in those who fight FOR the gluten existence. I'm not gonna tell what it is though.......:devil:

Please, do tell

nope! nopenopenope! haha