| When I discovered I was gluten intolerant and | | | | leads to damage to hairs in the intestine which are |
| started cutting it out, I found I started to lose | | | | used by the body to absorb certain nutrients, so |
| weight. This was a bit alarming at first, but I've | | | | celiac sufferers end up deficient in nutrition, and |
| done some research, and written this week's | | | | may lose weight or have difficulty gaining weight. |
| article as a result. | | | | But not everybody's body reacts the same way |
| The Establishment always denies anything that | | | | to things (which is why some people can use |
| doesn't match the current dogma. Look what it | | | | certain pharmaceutical products that others can't). |
| did to Galileo for saying the Earth went round the | | | | Instead of losing weight, some undiagnosed celiac |
| Sun. That's probably why there's so much | | | | patients experience cravings and hunger pangs, |
| misinformation out there about obesity and its | | | | even just after eating. This is their body's |
| connection to gluten intolerance. | | | | response to a lack of certain nutrients. But they |
| There are many people that say, if you're not | | | | don't know that, they just know they need to |
| allergic to something (that is, that your immune | | | | eat more to stop themselves feeling hungry. This |
| system doesn't react to it), that means you can | | | | is how gluten intolerance can lead to obesity. |
| eat it whenever you like. | | | | If you are overweight, and have tried all the diets, |
| Tell that to migraine-sufferers who would love a | | | | had some success and then the weight just piled |
| chocolate bar, but would rather not get the | | | | back on again, you may be gluten intolerant, or |
| penalty of giving in to that temptation. | | | | maybe even an undiagnosed celiac. Certainly, if |
| Food intolerance is real. Maybe you can't do a | | | | you are concerned about this problem, and have |
| blood test for it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't | | | | found no solution, it is worth finding out for |
| exist. But it's probably best if we leave this | | | | yourself. Don't let the dogma of the medical |
| attitude in the past where it belongs while we | | | | profession hold you back. If it can't be repaired |
| focus on reality. | | | | with an expensive operation or drugs, they aren't |
| The only problem with the attitude that "gluten | | | | interested, anyway. |
| intolerance=celiac" is that misunderstanding of | | | | Other symptoms of gluten intolerance are: |
| certain known facts connected with celiac disease | | | | depression, aches and pains in bones and joints, |
| leads to a belief that if you are obese, you cannot | | | | diarrhea (or sometimes, constipation), and irritable |
| be suffering from gluten intolerance (which, | | | | bowel syndrome. Not everybody who is gluten |
| remember, they believe to be the same as celiac | | | | intolerant will suffer from all the symptoms, |
| disease). | | | | though some will. |
| The reason they think this is that celiac disease | | | | |