| Learning about the gluten free diet... | | | | people with celiac disease put any gluten products |
| Grains are good for you, right? | | | | into their body, their immune system reacts with |
| NOT if you have a gluten sensitivity! | | | | it and the fragile villi lining their small intesting are |
| In the US alone... about 1 out of every 130 people | | | | damaged. What is so bad about that? Well, |
| have, or show signs of, celiac disease, with the | | | | without these villi hairs in the intestine, you cannot |
| numbers only increasing. "Now the research | | | | absorb nutrients from your diet. |
| indicates that celiac disease is as common in the | | | | Types of Celiac Disease |
| United States as it is in Europe and is also found in | | | | Celiac disease has now been categorized into 4 |
| Africa, Middle East, Asia, New Zealand, and | | | | main classes according to the NIH consensus |
| Australia." (Lee, Anne) Learn more at | | | | conference. |
| What are we doing wrong? | | | | - Classical celiac disease includes those symptoms |
| Celiac disease, sometimes known as gluten | | | | commonly associated with the disease in the past, |
| sensitive enteropathy (GSE), celiac sprue, or | | | | diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pain, and weight loss. |
| coeliac disease, is a relatively unknown | | | | - Celiac disease with atypical symptoms includes |
| autoimmune disorder that is growing more and | | | | those extra intestinal symptoms of osteoporosis, |
| more common. Over the past 50 years, there | | | | neurological involvement, and little or no abdominal |
| has been large growth in the number of | | | | symptoms. |
| autoimmune suferrers, and even a fast increase | | | | - Silent celiac disease includes those individuals who |
| in the number of autoimmune disorders. Doctors | | | | are asymptomatic yet have both positive |
| are being faced with new disorders that did not | | | | serology and biopsy. |
| even exist when they were in medical school. | | | | - Latent celiac disease includes positive serology |
| Recent reports say that the list of disorders has | | | | and negative biopsy, but may later present with |
| grown to over 80 known autoimmune disorders. | | | | positive symptoms or intestinal changes. |
| As you may be able to tell, I think that this is | | | | Glyconutrients and Celiac Disease |
| unfortunate, but truly fascinating at the same | | | | According to the medical industry, there is no |
| time. | | | | treatment to control or manage this disorder, |
| What exactly is Celiac Disease? | | | | aside from just staying completely away from all |
| - It is a digestive disease that causes damage to | | | | gluten proteins. "It takes only a l/8th of a |
| the small intestine and inhibits the absorption of | | | | teaspoon of flour to cause visible damage to the |
| nutrients. | | | | intestinal mucosa." (Lee, Anne) |
| - It is a type of autoimmune disorder. | | | | But recently, there have been a number of |
| - It is a real hassle. | | | | people who have reported great results from |
| Autoimmune disorders occur due to a lack in | | | | glyconutrients products. Many have reported being |
| cell-to-cell communication. When your own cells fail | | | | able to eat normal diets of whatever they like, |
| to recognize neighbor cells as "self", this is not | | | | after only 4 to 6 months using the supplements. |
| normal... and results in an immune response | | | | This is how I heard about this...from people that I |
| AGAINST your own cells. This is not good! | | | | have met that are so greatful to be able to eat a |
| Celiac Disease Culprit? | | | | normal diet finally. Foods, cheap vitamins, |
| Research says that the actual cause is still | | | | medications, and even things such as postal |
| unknown. There is new research that indicates | | | | stamp adhesive, can have gluten in them. With all |
| that celiac disease is strongly associated with a | | | | of the foods that contain gluten proteins, and all |
| group of genes on Chromosome 6. These genes | | | | of the other applications of gluten proteins, it is |
| (HLA class II antigens) are involved in the | | | | hard to maintain a gluten-free diet. In the Columbia |
| regulation of the body's immune response to the | | | | University "Celiac Disease Center", they have |
| gluten protein fractions. So this information shows | | | | even studied the social and emotional impact that |
| that it may be genetic. With Celiac disease, there | | | | the strict gluten-free diet can have on people. |
| is a certain protein known as "gluten" that has | | | | Nutritional therapy for celiac disease has always |
| been shown to be the trigger. Gluten is the | | | | been centered around food allowed and not |
| common name given to the specific proteins in | | | | allowed on a gluten-free diet. If this seems like |
| some cereal grains that are harmful to people | | | | too much of a hassle for you, and you would like |
| facing celiac disease. When the gluten is broken | | | | to know how glyconutritionals can help you, then |
| down inside the intestine, gluten peptides that bind | | | | feel free to contact me to learn more about the |
| to HLA-DQ8 or HLA-DQ2 trigger an inflammatory | | | | research and studies behind glyconutrition. |
| T cell response. | | | | Glyconutrients are all natural and completely safe, |
| The gluten proteins make up about 80% of the | | | | but there is only one glyconutrient manufacturer |
| proteins that make up the inside portion of the | | | | that creates the advanced glyconutritionals that |
| following prohibited grains | | | | have all of the eight glyconutrients. Some |
| - wheat | | | | companies use a wheat type of binder, to bind |
| - rye | | | | the product together, or as an extender, or in |
| - barley | | | | order to assist the cells in assimilating (absorbing) |
| - triticale | | | | the glyconutrients, but you will want to use a |
| With that in mind, one needs to be careful to | | | | product that is a gluten free glyconutritional, in |
| watch the nutritional quality of the gluten-free diet, | | | | order to be completely safe. "Rice starch" is a |
| as it may lack in iron, calcium and fiber | | | | gluten-free product that can be used to help the |
| consumption. Although celiac disease was first | | | | cells assimilate (absorb) the glyconutrients, but I |
| described as early as 50 AD by Aretaeus, it | | | | have only found one company that seems to |
| wasn't until 1950, that Dickey identified grains, | | | | have researched and used this method. |
| wheat in particular, as the toxic factor. When | | | | |