Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Quote of the week for you here, which just about says it all... “Maize is used as an alternative to wheat to elaborate foodstuffs for celiac patients in a gluten-free diet. However, some maize prolamins (zeins) contain amino acid sequences that resemble the wheat gluten immunodominant peptides… analysis indicated that other zeins contain similar sequences, …
A great pictorial reminder here for us today from Dr O at the Gluten Free Society on which grains can still give jip to people trying to get well off gluten. These grains are cross-reactive to gliadin too (ie. you eat them and your body still thinks it is gliadin and reacts the same). This …
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Saw an article here today that reminded me how confusing gluten illness is for people. Most people only consider coeliac disease, but it is much more complex than that, as my TrulyGlutenFree intro page here explains. Types of Gluten Disease Are you just not digesting gluten down properly? Are you IgE allergic to gluten or …
Two-thirds of people with a gluten sensitivity experience neurological symptoms instead of gut symptoms. This is because the tissue most affected by a gluten sensitivity is nerve tissue.The majority of Hashimoto’s [autoimmune hypothyroid] patients are gluten-sensitive or have celiac disease, which means gluten can play a role in their depression and anxiety.Gluten cross reacts with dairy, meaning the …
Just a reminder here that gluten sensitivity symptoms do not just occur in the gut. In fact, you probably do have gut involvement, but you are also likely to have: Neurological symptoms - headaches, migraine, anxiety, depression, restless legs, twitching, brain frog, as I call it. Actually, many gluten experts now think of it as …
This study is about sensitivity verification really but it does raise the point that many people who test negative for transglutaminase may well still be coeliac, especially if they are not yet presenting [classic] symptoms. (I put the brackets there because, of course, they will only be looking for classic coeliac symptoms, but we know …
Most people - and physicians - think gluten illness stops at coeliac disease and problems with the gut. That is a BIG mistake. Gluten related disorders including non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) are rife, certainly according to my clinical experience - and I must have tested at least 300 people by now for gluten reactivity. And …
I'm motoring along with the test reviews for you. It's quite fun, actually; I like to feel I'm on top of what's best for us! I've completed the new Gluten Tests page for us today. Have a peek - and I hope it helps you through the maze of how to test - properly - …
About flipping time people started looking into the fillers that we find in many meds - and even some supplements, I'd say! It is the bane of many of our lives. Researchers in the US have recently published their warnings about the potential of these fillers for causing reactions in those sensitive to them. “Inactive” …
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It’s been 6 months since my last confession (or big post in the Healing Series anyway!). At that point, we were discussing brain retraining techniques to add to our calming-amygdala strategies and I was wishing I had time to devote six months to getting better. Well, the good news is: I didn’t need to… THE FOODS …
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