As most of you know, I have Celiac Disease, which means my body cannot tolerate gluten.
I was looking at a gluten free website, and it had the following information. It definetly interested me!
Top 20 Things You Should Know About the Impact of Gluten (in no specific order)
1. Gluten can be undermining your health without any symptoms.
2. Gluten often underlies autoimmunity through inciting excessive zonulin production – 80% of the human population produces zonulin which develops into haptaglobin 2.
3. Replacing gluten with other highly glycemic, highly processed “replacement” foods is not the path to optimal nutrition.
4. Gluten can have a dramatic impact on psychological wellness and may be at the root of many cases of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
5. Gluten can interfere with children’s academic performance and school readiness.
6. The stricter the GF diet, the greater the potential benefit.
7. Gluten is highly addictive through the opioid peptides it contains and the excessive zonulin production it incites. Zonulin allows these opioids access to the bloodstream and the brain.
8. Grains are highly glycemic and aren’t a healthy food for anyone.
9. Gluten-induced illness can take many forms, including more than 200 diseases, syndromes, and conditions.
10 Gluten can contribute to the onset and development of a variety of cancers.
11. It is not a sacrifice to give up gluten. It is a gift to understand the need to give it up.
12. Osteoporosis can be reversed when it is caused by gluten.
13. Neurological disease is often caused or exacerbated by gluten.
14. Dementia, when driven by gluten, can be reversed with a gluten-free diet.
15. Wheat germ agglutinin can bypass tight epithelial junctions even in the absence of gluten sensitivity or celiac disease.
16. A variety of human tissues are damaged just from direct exposure to gluten in a Petri dish.
17. Our digestive tracts lack the length, enzymes, and other features that would signal human adaptation to eating grains.
18. Skeletal remains of people who adopted grain agriculture show that they are shorter in stature and have abnormal bone structures suggesting nutrient deficiencies.
19. Depression is the most common symptom of celiac disease.
20. Avoiding gluten just makes good sense for anyone who isn’t starving.
21. A brief trial of a gluten-free diet can’t hurt, and the harder it is to follow the diet, the more likely you need to avoid gluten.
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1 comment:
"Grains are highly glycemic and aren’t a healthy food for anyone." Ummm... not according to the Word of Wisdom. From what I understand, some grains, particularly wheat, have been genetically engineered to contain more gluten, and this has caused health problems. Some of the things in that list may be true, but I would be a little distrustful of that site. Of course it's never a bad idea to add more fruits and veggies to a diet. :)
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