| Gluten allergy, wheat allergy and wheat lectin | | | | wheat proteins. Where there is wheat, there is |
| intolerance can easily be confused. | | | | gluten, so it is possible to confuse the two |
| A gluten allergy is the body's immune response to | | | | situations. If you're blood is type O, you should |
| proteins in gluten. Gluten should be harmless to | | | | avoid wheat as much as possible, although gluten |
| the body, or so one would think. This is not | | | | is not necessarily a problem. It may be, and of |
| always the case, as I will explain later in this | | | | course if you are celiac you must avoid gluten |
| article. Some people's bodies decide that gluten | | | | anyhow, which includes wheat. |
| proteins are foreign invaders and this triggers an | | | | But for those people with type O blood and who |
| immune response, leading to an allergic reaction. | | | | are neither celiac nor allergic to gluten, wheat is |
| An intolerance to wheat lectin is a different | | | | still a problem. |
| matter, and it is far more common than you | | | | Wheat is not the only food that type O people |
| might think. Anyone with type O blood can not | | | | must avoid. And blood types A, B and A/B have |
| tolerate wheat lectin. It causes the blood to clump | | | | their own list of foods to avoid. With gluten |
| together, which is a bad start. Then the immune | | | | allergies being such a high-profile topic these days, |
| system attacks the clump, including blood cells and | | | | it is worth noting the truly huge number of people |
| lectin, in an attempt to get rid of it. | | | | world wide that should be avoiding wheat. |
| This sounds very similar to an allergic response to | | | | |