From: Raven <nwraven@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Subject: [MedicalConspiracies] Kidney and adrenal dysfunction - Benefits of a Gluten-Free Diet
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Benefits of a Gluten-Free Diet
Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease - Not Just a Digestive Problem
A gluten-free diet is a way of life for the person with celiac disease, a digestive disorder due to severe gluten sensitivity. No one needs to tell someone with the disease to stay off gluten, the protein component in many grains.
However those suffering with joint pain, brain fog, loss of balance or other neurologic and auto-immune disorders may also benefit from a similar diet as some studies have linked these and other illnesses to gluten consumption.
One out of every 133 healthy adults in the United States has celiac disease and the accompanying digestive problems if they eat anything containing gluten, according to the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Program.
Genetic inheritance, infections and liver function can influence this type of sensitivity.
According to the recent medical literature, people with the following conditions may benefit considerably from a gluten-free diet:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Neuromyelitis (inflammation of the nervous system)
- Peripheral neuropathies
- Seizures
- Autism
- Ataxia (loss of balance)
- Late-onset Friedreich ataxia
- Down's syndrome
- Cognitive problems (brain fog)
- Osteoporosis
- Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes
- Anemia
Gluten-Free Diet
A gluten-free diet means completely avoiding foods that contain wheat (duram, triticale, kamut), oats, rye, spelt and barley. Foods and products made from these grains are not allowed and a person with celiac disease, as well as other diseases, should avoid most grain, pasta, cereal, beer or many processed foods.
Despite these restrictions, people with celiac disease can include in their diet a variety of foods designed to aid people with this condition. You can now buy gluten-free bread, pasta and even gluten-free beers are available in larger supermarkets and health stories. Naturally, fresh fruits and vegetables are all gluten-free.
Futher dietary options include potato, rice, soy, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, or bean flour instead of wheat flour, reports the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Currently, wheat and grain growers have an incentive to increase the amount of gluten in their products because grain with a higher protein content brings a higher market price. At the same time, more and more companies are looking at how to best market gluten-free products and the taste and quality of their gluten-free foods is improving.
Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) For Gluten Sensitivity
In addition to dietary changes, people with gluten-related symptoms can look to Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) for help with shifting physical pain and loss of function. IMT practitioners are seeing evidence of what could potentially be called a gluten-sensitivity epidemic. Physical indicators of a problem digesting and processing gluten include, positive myofascial mapping. This is an IMT diagnostic procedure assessing the connective tissue at the ileocecal valve and cecum, the first part of the large intestine near the right hip.
There is also evidence of the presence of allergy related circadian rhythms in the large intestine, according to Sharon Weiselfish-Giammatteo, a PhD Physical Therapist and the developer of Integrative Manual Therapy. She has written a self-care book entitled "Elimination Diet - A New Health Care Tool." .
Other indicators of gluten sensitivity are deficiencies in zinc, manganese and chlorophyll. There is often skeletal muscle and smooth muscle weakness seen in neurologic and autoimmune disorders linked with the large intestine and gluten. Considerable evidence in the medical literature links nutritional deficiencies, gluten sensitivity and other disease processes.
The Swedish Epidemic
Gluten sensitivity affects people with a diverse genetic make up differently. From a 2005 study, A. Ivarsson noted "Sweden has experienced an epidemic of symptomatic celiac disease that has no likeness anywhere else in the world. This is quite unique for a disease that is genetically dependent, immune-mediated and chronic." The article - published in a journal primarily read by gastroenterologists or doctors specializing in digestive function (Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol) - continued, "half of the epidemic was explained by an increase in the proportion of infants introduced to gluten in comparatively large amounts after breast-feeding had been ended. Moreover, children born during summer had an increased risk for celiac disease, possibly as they were mostly introduced to dietary gluten during winter when infections are more common."
The Range of Diseases Associated with Gluten
According to Living Without (Woodward 2007), a magazine for people with celiac disease, the following conditions are commonly associated with gluten consumption: iron-deficiency anemia, diarrhea, failure to thrive, abdominal distention.
Less common features include: short stature, delayed puberty, gastrointestinal features, recurrent abdominal pain, osteoporosis, vitamin K deficiency, athropathy (joint dysfunction), polyneuropathy (various kinds of nerve dysfunctions), ataxia (loss of balance), epilepsy (seizures), infertility, recurrent abortions, anxiety, depression, and alopecia (hair loss). Conditions associated with gluten allergies include: dermatitis herpetiformis, IgA deficiency, Type I diabetes, autoimmune thyroid disease, Sjogren's syndrome, microscopic colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Down's syndrome, and IgA nephropathy.
The Living Without article, "All in your head" lists the following as conditions possibly associated with gluten: congenital heart disease, recurrent pericarditis (inflammation of the sack around the heart), lung disease, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune hepatitis (liver disease), primary biliary cirrhosis (gallbladder dysfunction), Addison's disease (kidney and adrenal dysfunction), systemic lupus erythematosus (an autoimmune disease), vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels), polymyositis (inflammation of the muscles), Myasthenia gravis (another autoimmune disease) and schizophrenia.
Research is showing that many people with these conditions do better, have less symptoms and faster recovery if they are on a gluten-free diet. Improved digestive health can also accelerate healing simply by ensuring that more nutrients are available to areas that have been damaged.
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