Posted on 03/26/2025 10:03:27 PM PDT by logi_cal869
People who report being gluten intolerant but do not have coeliac disease may be experiencing gut symptoms unrelated to gluten intake, new research suggests.
A study involving individuals with self-reported gluten sensitivity has found that they experienced gut symptoms such as bloating and abdominal pain regardless of whether or not they consumed gluten.
Assoc Prof Jessica Biesiekierski of the University of Melbourne, one of the study’s senior authors, said the findings were significant in light of popular blame on gluten as a trigger for various symptoms.
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“Coeliac disease is a well-defined medical condition. It has a clear diagnostic pathway,” Biesiekierski said. For people with coeliac disease, a gluten-free diet is the only effective treatment option.
However, about 10% of the population self-report being gluten sensitive. “We’ve got this large number of people who are following a gluten-free diet, possibly unnecessarily,” Biesiekierski said.
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Individuals with gluten-sensitivity reported increased fatigue after both the gluten and placebo yoghurt compared to healthy controls. They also reported increased pain and bloating with both the gluten and gluten-free muffins.
Urine, blood and saliva samples taken for cortisol levels and markers of inflammation showed no differences after gluten ingestion.
“Participants continued to report gastrointestinal symptoms, but these symptoms didn’t appear to be specifically triggered by gluten,” Biesiekierski said. Researchers believe the response to gluten may be explained by a nocebo effect, the opposite of the placebo effect, in which a negative outcome results from an expectation that the treatment will be harmful.
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Thanks. I’ll check it out.
That’s a lot per appointment, and I get that they are providing a great service and need to earn their living, but still...... That’s a lot to swallow.
But I am by default suspicious about people who demand full payment up front. It just doesn’t sit well.
It is more likely caused by histamine intolerance.
Same with IBS.
If people would try two enzymes as supplements, they could possibly find the cause.
1. Alpha galacto sidase, it’s available at Walmart, $5 for 100 tablets.
It’s the same ingredient in Beano. It chops long chain sugars such as polysaccharides and disaccharides into short chain monosaccharides that the body can digest. This prevents fermentation problems in the intestines. It’s a natural pancreatic enzyme for digesting starches.
2. Diamine Oxidase. It’s an enzyme that degrades histamines in the body that cause inflamation, congestion, joint pain, brain fog, stomach acid issues, and digestion.
Never tried GF. Sometimes I feel a bit too tired after a meal and I know that some people cannot tolerate that and choose GF because of it.
It is really difficult to pinpoint the problem and to find a single part in your diet that is to blame.
The secret is experimentation, observation and patience. There are more than enough healthy food choices, and getting the quantities right combined with moderate exercise should solve most problems.
Well, there goes that industry!
The problem with gluten free stuff, imho, is that it needs GLUTEN!
[Thanks, John Pinnette...]
Being bloated after eating wheat grown on n the USA (GMO) is a slight allergic reaction. You won’t get that reaction when eating pasta milled and grown in Europe. (Non GMO).
The gmo wheat grown here is modified to grow faster which grows harder which makes it harder for your body to digest it.
I have went off USA flour years ago and now have a nasty reaction to it. However, European flour and wheat, I’m fine. Several other friends with similar reactions are fine eating European wheat.
It well not convince the true believers.
Being gluten free is far more a cult then other wise.
Wheat allergy is real and may be what many people who have “gluten sensitivity” actually have. Food allergies are common. Symptoms of an allergy to one food may be different than the alletgy symptoms of another food.
“Being gluten free is far more a cult then other wise.”
Those I’ve known who are theatrical about being GF are focused more on attention than actual issues. They also find other ways to get the attention they want/need.
Probably those with legit gluten issues manage their diets quietly. without fanfare, and live their lives.
Many people feel better going GF just because their diet is changed. These days GF products seem to have more chemicals and calories than old school GF where you just do without certain food groups.
No particular gut problems but on an elimination diet nowadays tbe behest of a functional medicine doctor. Odd excema/psoriasis outbreak.
No flours. No grains no seed oils No dairy. No sugars.
Selected beef and chix and veggies
Appears to be marginally improving.
Giving it 3 months
Certain proteins can also induce the same symptoms..............
They altered the wheat to make it more productive, in order to feed the world. The stalks are top-heavy with kernels and bred to be short, so that they won’t break. This “dwarf wheat” is the stuff we eat nowadays. However, no attention was paid to the potential of other alterations accompanying the effort to make the stalks more productive. Thus, we now have all these medical problems tied by some to modern wheat.
If you have a gut issue - which imho is likely based upon your brief description - be sure to have the test which also checks for parasites etc. (it’s comprehensive...and expensive. >$400 out of pocket).
Otherwise, you may be wasting your time, and the symptoms will reappear. We’re all unique in some respect genetically and symptoms will vary. In my case it manifested in adult acne (among other weird symptoms), overlapping also as a reaction to foods I now enjoy (save for one poison I avoid perpetually: Palm oil).
And, btw, it will take much longer than 3 months to permit gut healing. Fair warning. I hope you achieve your goal.
>>THAT!!!
THREE DAYS???!!!
You’re quite lucky. I had systemic candida for over 30 years (a retrospective analysis revealed that fact).
It took me a full year to eradicate and then another full year to heal my gut. Symptoms finally started dropping off after a number of months (not days). Now 100% normal, zero allergies and >60 individual impaired health symptoms reversed.
Kudos to you...and your doctor. We are 2 rare birds.
And something tells me that GF had nothing whatsoever to do with your recovery ;-)
I did not have that luxury.
I did, however, put the entire experience - and all supporting research - into a 4-volume book (unpublished).
I’ve since decided not to publish as a book per se (long story), but possibly to pursue a higher degree (a longshot) or secure a credentialed co-author to publish in a format for physicians.
Even celiacs sometimes need to go further in their restrictions to heal the damage done to their gut. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is very helpful for those who have experienced some success on GF but still don't feel 100% better.
Some people are genetically predisposed to develop coeliac disease, an immune system reaction within the gut itself.
But I believe for many the disease is preventable, triggered within the gut on the basis of the patients’ own actions.
I am a firm believer in the idiom ‘all things in moderation’ and that our food system is nearly irreconcilably toxic.
If consumers don’t make good choices to change market demands - including prodding their congresscritters...another discussion altogether - nothing will ever change for the bulk of the populace.
Truly Russian Roulette...but in most cases with a very, very slow poison.
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