Gluten Free
Has anyone done a gluten free diet to treat candida?
I have been almost totally gluten free for 2 1/2 years. I'm getting the TG IgG test so I have to eat gluten for it. Not much, just a few things over the next few days. I wonder if its an accurate test?
According to my sons endochronologist (sp?) my son neded to eat gluten products for 6 months straight before the test. My son was gluten free for yrs before he was tested.
So my initial question is the following. What will they do if they find you are indeed allergic to gluten? If they merely recommend you avoid it, then what's the point, you avoid it already. If it will lead to something else, then perhaps its a good idea.
I don't know how accurate the test is, but at this point I'm incredibly skeptical about most tests.
I'm trying to figure out if perhaps gluten is why I am so low in iron. I wont go as far as the biopsy. I know now where I have been getting gluten w/out knowing it so I can truly be gluten free. The test is more for my own curiosity really.
Gluten intolerance, otherwise known as Coeliac disease is an allergic reaction to Gluten which damages the lining of the small intestine.
The damage causes malabsorbtion of nutrients such that the patient suffers mineral and vitamin deficiencies, as well as chronic gastro-intestinal problems, including pain, bloating and diarrhoea.
Dysbiosis of the gut, with Candida overgrowth will generate similar symptoms, but is entirely curable with the right therapy, whereas Gluten intolerance can only be treated by total avoidance of the triggering agent, namely gluten.
Lack of iron is very much a symptom of Candidiasis, since the yeast needs iron for its own metabolism and growth and has an enzyme which traps iron and removes it from the gut, causing a deficiency in the patient.
The best way to check for Glten intolerance is total abstinence. If all symptoms are alleviated when Gluten is completely removed from the diet, then a Coeliac Disease diagnosis would be appropriate. If not, look elsewhere
Celiac is NOT an alergy to gluten. Even having one gram of gluten for a Celiac person can cause major problems. Having a gram is no different than having 10,000 grams. Celiac people can die of malnutrition. The villi in the intestines are not absorbing the vitamins and giving them to the body. Many think that Celiac is an alergy, but it is a disease. I do not know one person who truely have Celiac who can every get any gluten at all. Go to Celiac.com and read all about Celiac. You can also find support groups in your local area to find others who have the disease and support each other. The meetings are informative. We even have regional conferences and national conferences.
In the case of Dysbiosis, where Gram Negative Anaerobic Bacilli are present, Gluten and Casein may well be broken down into extremely powerful peptides (pieces of protein built from amino acids). Formation of the peptides can lead to increased gut permiability, which allows more of the peptides to reach the blood stream and affect the brain and other organs, causing secondary symptoms that appear to be Gluten and Casein related, whereas the real villains are the Dysbiosis and whatever caused it.
Regarding Schizophrenia, an experiment was done in a lock down facility. Diet was changed in a control group. No gluten or casein. No script meds were given. After about two weeks schizophrenia symtoms disappeard in 70% of patients. When casein and gluten were reintroduced, the schizophrenia returned.
Hi Pace,
You wouldn't happen to have a reference to the work done on Schizophrenia would you?
Gluten and Casein metabolites have been implicated in Autism.
Hi Steve,
Try this one:
http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/reichelt.html#ten
It's not the original paper I read, but when I perused it, it looks like it touches on similar studies. I will do a little more digging to try to come up with the original reference.
Hi Steve,
Try doing a google search with key words:
brain allergy schizophrenia gluten casein
There is a a ton of stuff that comes up.
