Gluten Intolerance News Category

First you must separate gluten intolerance into three distinct categories: Celiac Disease, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity and a Wheat Allergy.

Celiac Disease occurs when the proteins in gluten (glutenin and gliadin) trigger your immune system to overeact with strong and unusual anitbodies. Over time, such antibodies wear down the little hairs called villi which line the walls of your intestine (a process called villous atrophy). These finger-like tiny hairs grab and absorb nutrients as foods pass through your lower digestive tract. As celiac disease symptoms slowly destroy these villi, you become less and less able to process any nutrition from your food. This sets off a domino-effect of increasingly serious health problems.

In a vast majority of cases, gluten intolerance symptoms will be systemic and will be a result of consuming gluten over a period of time. But symptoms of wheat intolerance will instead manifest themselves more like you perceive a typical allergy: quickly and with single exposure.

For example, if you eat a large, dense piece of gluten-rich bread and have immediate reactions, you are more likely experiencing wheat intolerance symptoms or a wheat allergy rather than symptoms of gluten intolerance which specifically represent celiac disease symptoms.

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A number of people have pointed out the following celiac video report running on CNN.

While I really appreciate the mainstream news media covering the serious issue of gluten intolerance symptoms, I want to note that some may find this report a little alarmist while others might find it vague:

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I’ve always been a little frustrated with how little coverage Celiac Disease and gluten intolerance receive in the mainstream media. So I was glad to find this article by Anna Seaton Huntington in the New York Times.

Does the following sound familiar to you?

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I haven’t been great about keeping up with my blog, but hopefully visitors have noticed all the work going into the rest of my site. Gluten Intolerance Symptoms has grown from a simple little site to an authoritative collection of detailed articles on understanding and living with gluten intolerance.

The front page has been expanded to address the controversy surrounding celiac disease and non-celiac gluten intolerance.

I’ve expanded and refined my gluten-free pantry. I hope this makes it easier for all of you to enjoy your favorite foods without suffering those all too familiar repercussions. I also added a recipe to my gluten-free bread recipes. Enjoy!

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With Gluten Intolerance Symptoms, I will investigate and discuss the latest news on this growing concern.

While Gluten Intolerance Symptoms will provide you with the latest and most accurate information on determining whether or not eliminating gluten from your diet will improve your health, I am not a medical doctor and I will always advise you to seek professional counsel before making drastic changes to your diet or lifestyle.

Celiac Disease — the result of gluten intolerance — is difficult to diagnose and both failing to recognize it and assuming you have it without proper diagnosis can lead to a wide range of dangerous repercussions. Don’t just jump on a bandwagon because you start to experience the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Symptom. But don’t ignore the symptoms — especially in children — when proper steps need to be taken to preserve your health.

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