{"id":4393,"date":"2013-04-22T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T22:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/health.glutenfreeworks.com\/?page_id=4393"},"modified":"2020-07-01T15:36:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T19:36:56","slug":"gluten-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/gluten-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gluten\u00a0– Not a Friendly Protein<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gluten is\u00a0a protein found in grains.\u00a0 Research has shown that the gluten that is in grains of wheat, barley, rye,\u00a0and oats (to a lesser degree) is toxic\u00a0to\u00a0many individuals.\u00a0 While gluten is essential for the make-up of these 4 grains, our bodies do not need it. Is it healthful?\u00a0 The\u00a0protein in today’s wheat is poorly digested and can be harmful.\u00a0\u00a0An estimated 95% of prepared foods on the grocery shelves contain the toxic forms of gluten.<\/p>\n

Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: When Gluten Gets into Our Bloodstream<\/a><\/h3>\n

Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity is an immune\u00a0response to gluten that can happen to anyone.\u00a0 This type of response\u00a0is not inherited like Celiac Disease. \u00a0Rather, it involves a normal response to the abnormal appearance of gluten in the body.<\/p>\n

Health problems\u00a0result from\u00a0eating too much gluten in the diet (overload) and\/ or the development of a common condition called “Leaky Gut Syndrome.”\u00a0 Mild problems include fatigue and anxiety.\u00a0 However, if the overload of gluten or\u00a0the intestinal “leakiness” is\u00a0prolonged, gluten can wreak\u00a0havoc with consequences like migraine, arthritis,\u00a0and ADHD.<\/p>\n

Celiac Disease: When Gluten Harms\u00a0Our Digestive Tract<\/a><\/h3>\n

Celiac Disease is\u00a0an inherited susceptibility to physical and mental harm from eating gluten.\u00a0 Once triggered, an auto-immune response\u00a0causes inflammation and\u00a0damage to\u00a0vital tissues lining the small intestine, which in turn, results in failure to absorb nutrients in\u00a0food.\u00a0 Various degrees of damage may occur at any time and at any age.<\/p>\n

In the majority of people born with the susceptibility, there are few telltale signs, so that most of us are not aware that we carry this genetic capability to make auto-immune antibodies.\u00a0 Left untreated, active Celiac Disease can lead to serious health consequences.\u00a0 Making the connection to Celiac Disease may be difficult, unless there are\u00a0classic\u00a0problems like\u00a0abdominal bloating, pain, heartburn, or diarrhea.<\/p>\n

Health Condition Search: Manifestations of Gluten Damage to Our Bodies<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gluten can cause hundreds of seemingly unrelated signs, symptoms, disorders and complications. Health issues commonly thought to be disease states in and of themselves can actually be caused by gluten. Inflammation from gluten can affect organs and structures throughout the body. In celiac disease, a multitude of symptoms stem from nutrient deficiencies due to malabsorption. These symptoms worsen in a cascading effect as one deficiency causes another deficiency and one symptom influences other symptoms.<\/p>\n

This section details the many different and seemingly unrelated effects that can be caused by gluten damage.\u00a0 The Treatment<\/strong> Guide Health Condition Search<\/strong><\/a> identifies manifestations in an easy to access format.<\/p>\n

Testing for Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitive Disorders<\/a><\/h3>\n

Diagnosis starts with a high degree of suspicion, meaning the doctor needs to look for symptoms based on an accurate health history and a complete physical examination.\u00a0 Testing begins with blood work looking for the presence of 1) auto-immune antibodies that are produced against our own cells because of gluten and 2) specific antibodies that are directed against gluten itself. If blood tests show antibodies are being created by the immune system against gluten, gluten sensitivity is diagnosed. If blood tests show enough auto-antibodies are being made, testing continues with an endoscopy with biopsy of the small intestine. If the biopsy results show villus atrophy (blunting), a positive diagnosis of celiac disease is made.<\/p>\n

Treatment<\/a><\/h3>\n

The essential treatment for Celiac Disease and other gluten sensitive disorders is a gluten-free diet.\u00a0 More than this,\u00a0here you can learn the following\u00a0six key elements for better management\u00a0as advanced by the National Institutes for Health:<\/p>\n

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  • C<\/strong><\/span>onsultation with a skilled dietitian<\/li>\n
  • E<\/strong><\/span>ducation about celiac disease<\/li>\n
  • L<\/strong><\/span>ifelong adherence to a gluten-free diet<\/li>\n
  • I<\/strong><\/span>dentification and treatment of nutritional deficiencies and other manifestations<\/li>\n
  • A<\/strong><\/span>ccess to an advocacy group<\/li>\n
  • C<\/strong><\/span>ontinuous long-term follow-up by a multidisciplinary team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gluten\u00a0– Not a Friendly Protein Gluten is\u00a0a protein found in grains.\u00a0 Research has shown that the gluten that is in grains of wheat, barley, rye,\u00a0and oats (to a lesser degree) is toxic\u00a0to\u00a0many individuals.\u00a0 While gluten is essential for the make-up of these 4 grains, our bodies do not need it. Is it healthful?\u00a0 The\u00a0protein in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[948],"tags":[1999],"class_list":["post-4393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gluten-disorders","tag-gluten-disorders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4393"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19161,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393\/revisions\/19161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreeworks.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}