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Gluten intolerance in Non Coeliacs May not exist

  • 15-05-2014 11:43pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    So apparently Professor Peter Gibson, who actually headed the initial research into Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance in 2011, was unhappy with its results and has just recently finished a second study into the above and has found that it may in fact, not exist.

    As someone who works with food products and often deal with Coeliacs and those non-Ceoliacs who 'reliably' inform me if they so much as sit next to someone eating a dish with gluten in it their 'intolerance' flares up tenfold I would love this to silence some of the more vocal about their apparent non-issue.

    Linkz
    Science yo'

    What does AH think sure?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Jonny Blaze


    Is this meant to be a revelation? You'll be telling us that ADHD doesn't exist next and that in fact those kids are just suger loaded little ****s!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    I'm a little confused - does this mean that all those people who claim to feel better, have better digestion, and various other improvements from going gluten free are all actually experiencing a massive placebo effect and nothing more?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    I saw a great video before, they asked people if they have a gluten free diet and then asked them what gluten was. As you can imagine wheat and stuff was as much as they answered.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    I'm a little confused - does this mean that all those people who claim to feel better, have better digestion, and various other improvements from going gluten free are all actually experiencing a massive placebo effect and nothing more?

    I really want to see the people who quoted the earlier research when pressed for their "condition"

    Props to mah Coeliac homies keeping it real with an actual illness

    The worst was when I was informed that I couldn't give someone with "Gluten Intolerance" any confectionery with a Gluten content of 20ppm (parts per million) Despite the international regulation stating anything 20ppm or less is "LEGALLY GLUTEN FREE" and that 20ppm was far too high or them and their condition would flare up if they were t a restaurant and someone at the next table ordered a meal with Wheat in it.

    I have since printed the legislation RE: such and I brandish it openly to anyone with this "condition"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    Seems like everyone who goes to the doctors with an upset stomach comes out with a gluten intolerance these days


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭Wishiwasa Littlebitaller


    Gluten is just a term for things that are bad for you. Like calories or fat, that's all gluten.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    _Redzer_ wrote: »
    Seems like everyone who goes to the doctors with an upset stomach comes out with a gluten intolerance these days

    That's what I'm asking though, if they feel better following a change to a gluten free diet, is it purely a placebo effect they're experiencing, or is there something else (apart from gluten) in non gluten-free food which is causing them digestive problems?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Sorry I'm having trouble with the title.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    Timmyctc wrote: »
    I really want to see the people who quoted the earlier research when pressed for their "condition"

    Props to mah Coeliac homies keeping it real with an actual illness

    The worst was when I was informed that I couldn't give someone with "Gluten Intolerance" any confectionery with a Gluten content of 20ppm (parts per million) Despite the international regulation stating anything 20ppm or less is "LEGALLY GLUTEN FREE" and that 20ppm was far too high or them and their condition would flare up if they were t a restaurant and someone at the next table ordered a meal with Wheat in it.

    I have since printed the legislation RE: such and I brandish it openly to anyone with this "condition"

    Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!

    You obviously believe non-celiac gluten intolerance is a fad. You're wrong, but if that's your belief, fine. But the point is, the more people that pursue gluten-free diets, the more demand for gluten free products is created, thus driving down prices and creating more variety - which benefits celiacs.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭BearBanjer


    I'm a little confused - does this mean that all those people who claim to feel better, have better digestion, and various other improvements from going gluten free are all actually experiencing a massive placebo effect and nothing more?

    Part of it I'd say.

    Another part of it is that their obviously taking in better food - plenty of vegetables etc. Now, if they were to continue that and have some wheat or gluten - just less than before - I'm sure their 'intolerance' would magically disappear.

    I did/am. I still eat grains and gluten, just less and tons of veg. All it means is I was eating too much of one thing.

    Of course there are some actual cases, but nowhere near the amount some would have you believe. It's like some people want to be gluten intolerant so they can shout it from the rooftops.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    I should to to bed, thought this was a thread about garda intolerance of non Catholics.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    porsche959 wrote: »
    Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!

    You obviously believe non-celiac gluten intolerance is a fad. You're wrong, but if that's your belief, fine. But the point is, the more people that pursue gluten-free diets, the more demand for gluten free products is created, thus driving down prices and creating more variety - which benefits celiacs.

    So you think that their condition flares up if someone in the vicinity is eating wheat?

    According to the research non-coeliac gluten intolerance may not exist. So call it what you want, but don't call it true ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭porsche959


    Timmyctc wrote: »
    So you think that their condition flares up if someone in the vicinity is eating wheat?

    ????


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    porsche959 wrote: »
    ????

    My gripe was with being told this is the case by a sufferer of Non Coeliac Gluten intolerance. You quoted my post on such and called me out on that. Now we're here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭38Flowers


    Read Grain Brain by Dr. David Perlmutter, US neurologist


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    It's the same type of pox research that made people stop eating eggs for breakfast.

    And it's the same type of scientific woo that has people following braindead paleo diets.

    There will always be a Doctor - who got their award cheaply - ready to put their name to some new piece of 'ground-breaking' research about diet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Gluten is like kryptonite to tossers


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    This thread is making me come out in a rash.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,193 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    I'll reserve judgement until his third study....

    It's fairly unreal that people can make money from research studies that go in circles. There's studies to discredit other studies and everybody's getting paid...the beauty is, if you have a hypothesis and enough know how. You can make the data represent whatever it is you want to prove


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 137 ✭✭Cazzoenorme


    Grains are harmful as far as I'm concerned.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Part of it I'd say.

    Another part of it is that their obviously taking in better food - plenty of vegetables etc. Now, if they were to continue that and have some wheat or gluten - just less than before - I'm sure their 'intolerance' would magically disappear.

    I did/am. I still eat grains and gluten, just less and tons of veg. All it means is I was eating too much of one thing.

    Of course there are some actual cases, but nowhere near the amount some would have you believe. It's like some people want to be gluten intolerant so they can shout it from the rooftops.

    This. People buy into fads like Paleo or whatever other nonsense restrictive diet is flavour of the week and cut out everything like bread snd sugar completely. As a result they eat more whole fruits and veggies and unprocessed meats and fish. They start to feel better and exercise more. Great for them, but they could do all this and still have a sandwich or mars bar or can of coke now and then and have the same results.

    Super restrictive to the point where you have to convince yourself your allergic to something to stop you eating it as often as you used to is just stupid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭ruth_wex


    I think a lot of the time, when people go off gluten, they end up eating less pre-packaged rubbish and more fresh food in general and therefore see an improvement in symptoms. But I also definitely think that, just as people can have issues with beans or dairy or whatever, people can have a sensitity to gluten.

    I put up with years of pains, skin problems and general feeling of crapness for years. I'm waiting to get the biopsy done to test for coeliac disease as the doctors are adament that I am, but in the mean-time I got a broad spectrum test done - gluten came up high but way worse was dairy. I notice that if I eat small bit of gluten-containing food then I'm relaively fine but any more and all of the symptoms come right back. I'd say most people with a sensitivity are the same. As for dairy, the tiniest bit and I'm in bits!

    I set up a gluten-free bakery a few months ago in Wexford (Rake of Cakes) and have noticed that a large proportion of my customers are intolerant, rather than coeliac.

    I don't really care if it's proven or not - my symptoms more or less disappeared, my iron levels have finally increased to a healthy level and I have a right little business on the go! Happy days!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    In fairness, a lot of people claim to be allergic to food that they just don't like.


    How many of the allergy diagnoses are done by non-medics, by 'alternative' or 'complementary' therapists?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭vidor


    And it's the same type of scientific woo that has people following braindead paleo diets.

    Wait, what's wrong exactly with a paleo diet?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    vidor wrote: »
    Wait, what's wrong exactly with a paleo diet?

    It's a load of nonsense. That's what.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭vidor


    That's me told. I'm more inclined to go down the primal route but wouldn't knock someone for eating the paleo way. It does cut out some nothing foods (bread for example) with the added bonus of trying out a ****load of nutritious foods you might not have tried otherwise.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Sunny Repulsive StereoType


    Was reading it yesterday
    article headlines were different to article conclusions which were different to study conclusions, iirc


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Whinging about people who don't eat gluten is becoming as big a fad as not eating gluten was.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    vidor wrote: »
    That's me told. I'm more inclined to go down the primal route but wouldn't knock someone for eating the paleo way. It does cut out some nothing foods (bread for example) with the added bonus of trying out a ****load of nutritious foods you might not have tried otherwise.

    It does do that, but many of the foods in it simply wouldn't have existed, or would have only been available seasonally, or would have only grown too far away for your ancestors to access. If I remember an article I read a few months back correctly (I must see if I can find it) if you tried to live on a paleo diet that would actually consist of what had been available in your locality you'd probably wind up sufferinf from malnutrition.

    Sod the paleo diet, just increasing your intake of fruit, veg, and unprocessed foods is the best diet, but people always seem reluctant to do that unless you dress it up with a fancy name and sell them books and stuff.

    ETA: I think this was it. http://jonbarron.org/article/paleo-diet#.U3XRj2d8OUk


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Gotham


    Is this meant to be a revelation? You'll be telling us that ADHD doesn't exist next and that in fact those kids are just suger loaded little ****s!
    Actually the revelation is the other way around, sugar doesn't cause kids to go crazy.

    http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/busting-sugar-hyperactivity-myth
    I'm a little confused - does this mean that all those people who claim to feel better, have better digestion, and various other improvements from going gluten free are all actually experiencing a massive placebo effect and nothing more?

    Pretty much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭vitani


    Seaneh wrote: »
    This. People buy into fads like Paleo or whatever other nonsense restrictive diet is flavour of the week and cut out everything like bread snd sugar completely. As a result they eat more whole fruits and veggies and unprocessed meats and fish. They start to feel better and exercise more. Great for them, but they could do all this and still have a sandwich or mars bar or can of coke now and then and have the same results.

    Super restrictive to the point where you have to convince yourself your allergic to something to stop you eating it as often as you used to is just stupid.

    I'm currently off sugar and I wouldn't consider it that restrictive, tbh. It actually reminds me a lot of the paleo diet, except that some grains are ok. But that said, I do think that all of these diets are actually approaching the same issue from different angles - if you eat real, unprocessed food and drink lots of water, your health and digestion will improve.

    The one thing they all seem to have in common as well is that they reject the idea that low fat foods are healthier than full fat, and that all those vegetable oils and processed spreads are the better option.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    kylith wrote: »
    It does do that, but many of the foods in it simply wouldn't have existed, or would have only been available seasonally, or would have only grown too far away for your ancestors to access. If I remember an article I read a few months back correctly (I must see if I can find it) if you tried to live on a paleo diet that would actually consist of what had been available in your locality you'd probably wind up sufferinf from malnutrition.
    Indeed and many foods we eat are vastly different now then they would have been then, due to farming. As a basic example, here's what a wild unfarmed banana (i.e. what would have been eaten in the Paleo period) actually looks like: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Inside_a_wild-type_banana.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭Piglet85


    Ugh. Firstly, I hate to state the obvious, but if it “may not exist”, then the implication is that it may exist also. So this is the furthest thing from any kind of proof that it’s in people’s heads/a fad.

    I suffer from IBS. It’s debilitating and affects me every day of my life for the past three years. I’ve done the exclusion diets, and at one stage gave up gluten, sugar, dairy, meat and alcohol for four months. When I started reintroducing things, I had some issues with dairy, but nothing too dramatic. When I reintroduced gluten, my stomach swelled up immediately, so much so that I looked pregnant, and I was doubled over with cramps for three days. I WISH that was in my head, but it’s not. I would love nothing more than to eat gluten to my heart’s content. I love bread, cakes, pasta, etc., and I’d love not to have the inconvenience of reading the labels of everything that I eat, or quizzing the waiting staff when I go out. I still do eat it in small doses, and can tolerate very little amounts, but if I eat a portion of pasta, for example, I will have really negative effects. And yet I’m not coeliac.

    I should point out that I have similar reactions to a lot of other foods, including apples, onions, kale, spinach, and lots of other very healthy foods, so it’s certainly not just a gluten problem, and it’s also not just a need to up my vegetable intake.

    I do think some people see it as fashionable to be gluten intolerant, and use it as a way to lose weight/gain attention etc. This is really annoying, to the point where I’m embarrassed now letting people know I can’t eat gluten because I know they’re probably thinking I’m one of those types. Ultimately, though, as pointed out, at least the outcome is more widely available and cheaper gluten-free options (although I stay away from a lot of these as they’re often full of crap).

    Really, though, what’s it to anyone else if someone says they’re gluten intolerant? So what?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭vidor


    kylith wrote: »
    It does do that, but many of the foods in it simply wouldn't have existed, or would have only been available seasonally, or would have only grown too far away for your ancestors to access. If I remember an article I read a few months back correctly (I must see if I can find it) if you tried to live on a paleo diet that would actually consist of what had been available in your locality you'd probably wind up sufferinf from malnutrition.

    Sod the paleo diet, just increasing your intake of fruit, veg, and unprocessed foods is the best diet, but people always seem reluctant to do that unless you dress it up with a fancy name and sell them books and stuff.

    Tbh I don't think there's that much money in Paleo books/whatnot. The money is in the processed crap on the shelves. You say to someone that you're having butter every day and they'll scorn at you. Tell them that you're having Flora every day and they'll mention how good it is for your cholesterol. Same goes for having eggs for breakfast. Probably better off telling them that you're eating cereal/toast each morning just to save yourself a headache.

    I get what you're saying regarding the availability of certain foods but I think following something along the lines of the paleo diet isn't necessarily a bad thing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    vidor wrote: »
    Tbh I don't think there's that much money in Paleo books/whatnot. The money is in the processed crap on the shelves. You say to someone that you're having butter every day and they'll scorn at you. Tell them that you're having Flora every day and they'll mention how good it is for your cholesterol. Same goes for having eggs for breakfast. Probably better off telling them that you're eating cereal/toast each morning just to save yourself a headache.

    I get what you're saying regarding the availability of certain foods but I think following something along the lines of the paleo diet isn't necessarily a bad thing.

    'Along the lines of paleo' basically just means increasing fresh fruit and veg and cutting down on carbs, which any dietician would tell you is a good idea but, like I said, a lot of people seem uninterested in following good dietary advice unless you put a fancy name on it.

    I'm betting that there's at least some money into flogging paleo stuff. Just searching for 'buy paleo' brings up online grocery stores and cookbooks.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,799 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Timmyctc wrote: »
    So apparently Professor Peter Gibson, who actually headed the initial research into Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance in 2011, was unhappy with its results and has just recently finished a second study into the above and has found that it may in fact, not exist.

    As someone who works with food products and often deal with Coeliacs and those non-Ceoliacs who 'reliably' inform me if they so much as sit next to someone eating a dish with gluten in it their 'intolerance' flares up tenfold I would love this to silence some of the more vocal about their apparent non-issue.

    Linkz
    Science yo'

    What does AH think sure?
    The good old Nocebo effect

    Some people will genuinely experience adverse symptoms if someone tells them that they are suffering from an illness even if they are perfectly healthy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭ruth_wex


    Piglet85 wrote: »
    Ugh. Firstly, I hate to state the obvious, but if it “may not exist”, then the implication is that it may exist also. So this is the furthest thing from any kind of proof that it’s in people’s heads/a fad.

    I suffer from IBS. It’s debilitating and affects me every day of my life for the past three years. I’ve done the exclusion diets, and at one stage gave up gluten, sugar, dairy, meat and alcohol for four months. When I started reintroducing things, I had some issues with dairy, but nothing too dramatic. When I reintroduced gluten, my stomach swelled up immediately, so much so that I looked pregnant, and I was doubled over with cramps for three days. I WISH that was in my head, but it’s not. I would love nothing more than to eat gluten to my heart’s content. I love bread, cakes, pasta, etc., and I’d love not to have the inconvenience of reading the labels of everything that I eat, or quizzing the waiting staff when I go out. I still do eat it in small doses, and can tolerate very little amounts, but if I eat a portion of pasta, for example, I will have really negative effects. And yet I’m not coeliac.

    I should point out that I have similar reactions to a lot of other foods, including apples, onions, kale, spinach, and lots of other very healthy foods, so it’s certainly not just a gluten problem, and it’s also not just a need to up my vegetable intake.

    I do think some people see it as fashionable to be gluten intolerant, and use it as a way to lose weight/gain attention etc. This is really annoying, to the point where I’m embarrassed now letting people know I can’t eat gluten because I know they’re probably thinking I’m one of those types. Ultimately, though, as pointed out, at least the outcome is more widely available and cheaper gluten-free options (although I stay away from a lot of these as they’re often full of crap).

    Really, though, what’s it to anyone else if someone says they’re gluten intolerant? So what?

    I agree with everything you've said! It is definitely embarrassing asking for gluten-free options in restaurants, especially as someone who hates "causing a fuss" or being the centre of attention! I sometimes suspect waiters and chefs are sneering behind closed doors which doesn't feel nice but the inevitable misery experienced by saying nothing and eating whatever's going is not worth it! I must say though most restaurant staff I've encountered are really understanding, especially if you ring ahead and (as us Irish do) apologise over and over unnecessarily for being awkward!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    kylith wrote: »
    'Along the lines of paleo' basically just means increasing fresh fruit and veg and cutting down on carbs, which any dietician would tell you is a good idea but, like I said, a lot of people seem uninterested in following good dietary advice unless you put a fancy name on it.

    Dietician might say it but a Nutritionist saying the exact same thing would be listened to quicker :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    OP, why the rage? It's a little bizarre, and it sounds like telling people they are not ill, (or not as ill as you) has become somewhat of a hobby for you.

    I have chased my tail for a diagnosis for extremely worrying neurological symptoms for over two years, and gluten has revealed itself to have played a huge part. Gluten Ataxia can be extremely debilitating, causing lesions on the brain (which I have) and when I eliminated it from my diet, my severe memory loss improved, as did my slurred speech and ability to concentrate, and my over all mood, which was very low.


    The tsunami of new gluten ataxia/intolerance and coeliac disease diagnoses is a direct result of the hybrid grains used today, which have a much higher gluten content than traditional grains. Thus, those with an intolerance are tipped over their level of tolerance and end up on the gluten free conveyor belt with their coeliac diseased counterparts, some of whom have absolutely no sympathy for them. As you are so well read in all things gluten, I'm sure you knew this.


    The thing is, in many cases, they have suffered for years without a diagnosis, all the while symptoms worsening, as there is no simple test to reveal what's going on.

    Show a little solidarity! Do you really think there are millions of people who would miss out on pizza and pasta voluntarily? :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Dietician might say it but a Nutritionist saying the exact same thing would be listened to quicker :pac:
    “A Dietitian is to a Nutritionist, what a Dentist is to a Toothiologist!” - Dara O'Briain.

    ... but I take your point!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Gotham


    sadie06 wrote: »
    OP, why the rage? It's a little bizarre, and it sounds like telling people they are not ill, (or not as ill as you) has become somewhat of a hobby for you.

    I can sort of understand him being upset. I'd be upset if other people were unfoundedly claiming they had illnesses I had too, because it belittles the very real conditions of people like OP and yourself. Serious things like depression are very commonly and unfoundedly claimed for sympathy's sake.

    Here is one big problem I have, people are buying gluten free produce because they believe gluten is bad. Perhaps its good for serious sufferers like you or OP in the long run because your food becomes cheaper, but I think perpetuating lies is much worse. My evidence for this is that many shops have a gluten free section, even small Centras and Londis shops I've seen have these sections.

    Now I'm not saying such a section is a bad thing, but there cant be that many coeliacs in the area for them to keep stocking fresh gluten free bread - so from this I suspect the population at large are consuming it because they believe there's a benefit to it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    Gotham wrote: »
    I can sort of understand him being upset. I'd be upset if other people were unfoundedly claiming they had illnesses I had too, because it belittles the very real conditions of people like OP and yourself. Serious things like depression are very commonly and unfoundedly claimed for sympathy's sake.
    .

    But can it not be accepted that there is a spectrum of issues caused by gluten, coeliac disease being one of them? Many conditions in life range in severity. Take asthma for instance. You may have a person who expects to have many severe attacks a year, but rarely mentions it, yet another for whom it is rarely bothersome bangs on about it constantly and uses it as an excuse to duck any from of activity.

    That's life, and down to personality. You will always have difficult and/or manipulative people who use a condition to their advantage, but that's no excuse to lable all who have it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Part of it I'd say.

    Another part of it is that their obviously taking in better food - plenty of vegetables etc. Now, if they were to continue that and have some wheat or gluten - just less than before - I'm sure their 'intolerance' would magically disappear.

    I did/am. I still eat grains and gluten, just less and tons of veg. All it means is I was eating too much of one thing.

    Of course there are some actual cases, but nowhere near the amount some would have you believe. It's like some people want to be gluten intolerant so they can shout it from the rooftops.

    So in essence, the truth about gluten intolerance could be very simply that we as a society in general consume disproportionately more bread etc than is good for us, regardless of individual intolerances etc? That seems plausible enough


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Gotham


    sadie06 wrote: »
    But can it not be accepted that there is a spectrum of issues caused by gluten, coeliac disease being one of them?
    That's the whole point of the article, it cant be accepted if the study is correct.

    You are claiming the study is incorrect and I would implore you to contact the author and give him your side of the story. Follow it up, he might be very interested to meet you. I know if I were in your shoes it would be a top priority, I would feel honored to contribute to health research breakthroughs.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 137 ✭✭Cazzoenorme


    Gotham wrote: »
    That's the whole point of the article, it cant be accepted if the study is correct.

    You are claiming the study is incorrect and I would implore you to contact the author and give him your side of the story. Follow it up, he might be very interested to meet you. I know if I were in your shoes it would be a top priority, I would feel honored to contribute to health research breakthroughs.

    There are countless studies that show that gluten is harmful.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Gotham


    There are countless studies that show that gluten is harmful.
    There are countless studies that show that nuts are harmful too... to people who are allergic to them.

    Show me the studies.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 137 ✭✭Cazzoenorme


    Gotham wrote: »
    There are countless studies that show that nuts are harmful too... to people who are allergic to them.

    Show me the studies.

    robbwolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3868

    Chris Kesser has some good info on it.

    chriskresser.com/50-shades-of-gluten-intolerance


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    kneemos wrote: »
    Sorry I'm having trouble with the title.

    OK Sir


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Gotham


    robbwolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3868

    Chris Kesser has some good info on it.

    chriskresser.com/50-shades-of-gluten-intolerance


    What you linked to me is not about gluten, just to be sure I checked the links.

    This link is the only on i'm having trouble with because I cant seem to find where it's peer reviewed, and it does claim a lot of things about gluten being bad.
    http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/EvolutionPaleolithic/Cereal%20Sword.pdf

    Phytic acid not gluten
    http://www.ajcn.org/content/79/3/418.abstract

    gliaden not gluten
    http://gut.bmj.com/content/56/6/889.extract
    http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00365520500235334?journalCode=gas

    This is about gluten in children with type 1 diabetes
    http://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2005/10000/Effect_of_Gluten_Containing_Diet_on_Serum_Zonulin.232.aspx

    This study is about glucose, not gluten and is generally talking about a different topic
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/h7628r66r0552222/

    This study is about lectins not gluten.
    http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0007114500000271

    This one is actually about gluten.
    "This study investigates the validity of the suggestion that food allergy is relevant to the manifestation of schizophrenic illness."
    It says "Antibodies were detected in only a minority of patients."
    The antibodies they are referring to are the cause of the schizoprenia they are studying, and concluding that a minority of the subjects were affected.
    http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0033291700043312

    Nothing to do with gluten, study on bleach in flour.
    http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0022172400016624

    Link seems broken
    http://content.karger.com/produktedb/produkte.asp?typ=fulltext&file=000220416

    This one is about coeliacs, who would have guessed they would be adverse to gluten
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=immune%20cross%20reactivity%20in%20celiac%20disease%20anti-gliadin%20antibodies%20bind%20to%20neuronal%20synapsin%20i.&cmd=correctspelling

    This is about "Triticum aestivum", not gluten
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12409286?ordinalpos=&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.SmartSearch&linkpos=1&log$=citationsensor

    This one is not about gluten either, it's about insulin sensitivity, C-reactive protein and blood pressure
    http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/39

    This one is about gluten again, but sadly it's actually about coeliacs.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16423158

    This is about Vegetable Protein, Not a single mention of gluten.
    http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/9/2973S.long

    Gliadin not gluten.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1774976/?tool=pubmed
    http://www.jimmunol.org/content/176/4/2512.long

    This one is about coeliac disease.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886850/?tool=pubmed

    Gliadin not gluten.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653457/?tool=pubmed

    This is a copy of a previous link
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852815

    This is about coeliacs
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323203/?tool=pubmed

    Gliadin not gluten.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2923621/?tool=pubmed

    Lectins not gluten
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1326203/?tool=pubmed

    This is about agglutinin, not gluten. (this ones cool, it talks about how agglutinin can be used for tumour treatment).
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19332085

    Broken link
    http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/gwadley/msc/WadleyMartinAgriculture.html

    There is no mention of gluten in these articles.
    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0015213
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/x2184e/x2184e05.htm#ant
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02506.x/abstract;jsessionid=BCB040A11084442B8198907569C101DE.d03t01
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20136989
    http://jn.nutrition.org/content/116/11/2270.full.pdf
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21508840

    Lectins not gluten
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1933252/?tool=pmcentrez

    So I took the time to check it out, so let me post some stuff to the contrary.

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthy-kitchen-11/truth-about-gluten
    http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e7907
    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23851-what-if-your-gluten-intolerance-is-all-in-your-head.html?full=true.

    "CONCLUSIONS:In a placebo-controlled, cross-over rechallenge study, we found no evidence of specific or dose-dependent effects of gluten in patients with NCGS placed diets low in FODMAPs."
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23648697

    "Fourteen children who were put on the diet for at least four weeks were then given snacks containing gluten, casein, both or neither. The researchers evaluated the children for changes in attention, sleep, stool patterns and characteristic autistic behavior. The study did not show significant changes in any of these symptoms for any of the groups. "
    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Autism/gluten-free-casein-free-diet-remedy-autism-study/story?id=10690766#.Twi7129SQsI

    "Available research data do not support the use of a casein-free diet, a gluten-free diet, or combined gluten-free, casein-free (GFCF) diet as a primary treatment for individuals with ASDs."
    http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/125/Supplement_1/S1.full

    "a review of recent and past studies concluded there is a lack of scientific evidence to say whether this diet can be helpful or not."
    http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/gluten-free-casein-free-diets-for-autism


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭BearBanjer


    robbwolf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3868

    Chris Kesser has some good info on it.

    chriskresser.com/50-shades-of-gluten-intolerance

    It's hilarious. People post that link all the time, but obviously have never bothered to look at the studies.


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