Can gluten pass through breast milk and cause the same symptoms as if it were taken in by someone with a gluten allergy?

Today in class my professor said that many people may be more prone to having an intolerance to gluten nowadays due to modern farming and hybrid selective breeding (if i may) with wheat. The farmers are producing these wheats with 300 percent more gluten than they would "normally" have. Gluten makes foods more fluffier, and taste better. yet people are taking excessive amounts which is harming the body. There are approximately 60 illnesses that point to gluten as the cause. My professor's resource was Dr. Mark Hymen. He has a book particularly on just this topic (Gluten).

Hope that helps.

VM

I just had my physical and discussed symptoms I was having with my doctor. I had what felt like swelling/squeezing in my neck and tongue, lightheadedness/dizziness, swelling in the legs and ankles, constant pain in the shoulder and neck feeling like a pulled muscle or strain that won't go away, depression and stress and resently vision problems where my eyes won't focus together. I thought it could be a link to diabetes when I did a symptom check on a medical site. He did a blood test of the last 90 days and I'm not diabetic, but then put me on a gluten free diet. My response was, "But I'm a wholegrain junkie! How can that be bad?" He said that when you have a gluten intolerance, your body desires/craves it. So today I was just diagnosed. I'm getting a lot of great info here! I have never heard of this disorder until today and reading up on this, I've learned 'That's Me!' I thought I was going nuts! I thought I was doomed at 44 yrs old to incurable health issues. Today I see an insight to peace. Thank you for enlightening me.

I have been suffering from severe gas, diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pain and this weird itchy feeling especially in my hand and feet. The doctor has diagnosed me with diverticulitis although I have not had a colonoscopy. Any suggestions? My family seems to think it either gluten allergy or celiac.

In patients with celiac disease, gluten injures the lining of the small intestine. This injury results in weight loss, bloating, diarrhea, gas, abdominal cramps, or vitamin and mineral deficiencies. When patients totally eliminate gluten from the diet, the lining of the intestine has a chance to heal.

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i suffer from pressure in the throat and gurgling. it is so annoying and very depressing. i read that it is caused by gluten. does anybody else suffer with this or have you heard of this before? just want help to understand my diet now. just rung sainsbury`s helpline to ask about a tin of vegetable chili and they where so helpful. please help me. thanks.

how can celiac be diagnosed? as i have had a sore stomach for a few years and the doctor thinks it could be celiac. please let me know thanks

to #39, what #36 is trying to say is that the cause of that disease could be the chemical from the pesticides and fungicides instead of the gluten itself.

#36. Try having this disease and then let us know whether pesticides are the culprit. Gluten is gluten no way around it. It does not come from chemicals. The web site about celiac disease should give you some delightful insight.

Is too much gluten bad for you?

I have a customer that is allergic to gluten. She can't eat or use anything with gluten in it. Can someone tell me the name to look for in products in every day use? She said that some times it has different names.

With regards to Celiac Disease - can anyone tell me if farmers treat the rye, barley and/or wheat they grow with chemical pesticides or fungicides? If so, perhaps the negative effects of ingesting these foods later on in the form of flour doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the gluten but rather with the pesticides and/or fungicide residue grown into the grain.

Thank you, this site and all the questions and answers were very helpful to me. I wish that there were more answers in there but I am starting to understand what this wheat intolerance is all about and that many people are suffering/coping with it.

Kathi

RE:Posted by: anon30214

Not sure where you get your ideas on 'concrete evidence'...you must own a bakery or something. Ask anyone with a gluten intolerance the life change they experienced when they gave it up - the change for me was extraordinary, and I was a complete skeptic. No more gas, bloating..healthy movements and weight loss (even though i'm eating plenty!)

what is gluten, its chemical composition?

It seems that there is no concrete evidence for any symptoms caused by gluten, except for maybe, Coliacs disease. J Brown

I have been told by friends that gluten is not good and that it makes fat. Is it true?

I've one Q. Is the gluten type or kind of Borke or ham? Lolaty

Gluten *cannot* be removed from wheat bread by any method -- period. Bread made with wheat flour contains gluten no matter how much you kneed it, no matter how you bake it. There is no such thing as gluten free wheat bread nor gluten free wheat flour.

Hi! I don't know anyone personally that have allergies or Celiac's Disease. I was just doing my dishes and I have a leg ham defrosting on the sink which says "gluten free" all over it.

If gluten is a protein found in wheat and such, is it also a protein found in meats? I haven't seen anywhere that gluten is a naturally occurring protein in hams or other meats, but often see meats advertised as gluten free? If anyone can enlighten me, it would be much appreciated.

Is there gluten in sugar?

Anon 22881- Gluten is a vegetarian ingredient. The protein does not come from animals, but is found naturally in the grain. Gluten itself is the binding together of two separate proteins within the grain to form a sort of matrix that can hold things tightly in shape (which is why bread stays the shape it is as opposed to falling). The gluten is always present within the grain, kneading and jostling it with water just lines the proteins up into a more rigid form.

Is Gluten A vegetarian product or the protein content comes from animal?

to anon 4190- cornmeal does contain gluten!!! (just look at the labeling on a "cornmeal pizza" or even the box of corndogs that says "cornmeal." Gluten (wheat flour) is added to cornmeal to make it thicker!! Be aware!! ;)

I just want to know what is the bad effect of eating products that contain gluten in a normal person?

So, my mom started a low- carb diet and it turned into more of a wheat free diet. She really started noticing a difference in her digestive system and even in her mood. So I decided to give a gluten/wheat free diet a try just because I know it's genetic. I am feeling the same results!! The thing is, is my mom has been depressed for as long as I can remember and her mood seems to be getting better with her new diet.

Should she get tested for celiac disease? If she gets diagnosed with it, and she changes her eating habits 100% does this mean she could potentially cure her depression?

Oats do not actually contain the gluten protein, but quite often the product streams get contaminated. Therefore the oats that do not effect the celiac are the oats that have had special care taken to make sure there is no contamination with wheat or wheat products. The others have a chance that they have been contaminated with wheat.

How some one can explain that the wheat has 15-17 % of protein and the regular baker’s wheat flour has only 4-6 % of protein. Where is the missing protein?

I started to make bread from extra high protein wheat flour, using old ancient bakery procedure and no one could believe that most of the gluten allergy and intolerance were gone. I asked for laboratory test but every one refusing that. This way I decided to collect customers appreciation certificates from my customers having medical diagnoses for Celiac Disease, that they can eat my bakery products without problem. Now the Doctors are in little trouble, their diagnosis was incorrect? No, just there is only one small different explanation. The missing % of protein or gluten is acting as food poison, resulting the allergy, intolerance for gluten and the Celiac Disease.

I have already 200 customers with allergies and 7 customers with Celiac, the Celiac customers sign for me the certificates.

Hi- my son is currently having tons of urinary and prostate problems. His sister had headache and stomach problems since toddler age- We put her on a gluten free diet in 1999- I have been waiting and watching to see if any of the other kids needed that diet too. I believe this "inflammation" problem he has could well be from gluten but I haven't been able to find much on it. Women's infertility can be blamed on it- so it seems probable. What was outcome for rfortner?

How would someone with Celiac swell up from a corndog that is coated in cornmeal breading which is gluten free?

My son is autistic and I've just found that a large number of autistic people process gluten and caseine (from milk) into Gluteomorphine and Caseomorphine at a much higher rate than non-autistic people. These opioids can cause a doped up demeanor, clumsiness, and high levels of pain tolerance. Possibly with dietary adjustment some autistic people will be less severe on gluten and caseine free diets.

did you peeps know that my cousin, Linda, has that diasese that celiac diasese. When she eats food like that her face swells up and it's all red!! One time we were at a fair and she ate a corndog and she almost died!! It was so scary.......

I don't understand! does gluten free products allow one to lose weight and what are the effects good and bad when going "Gluten Free"?

Concerning oats, certain brands of steel cut oats contain gluten, but it's a different type of gluten than the type found in wheat, barley and rye which all celiacs are intolerant to. One example is McCann's steel cut oats, which is tolerated by many people with gluten problems. Bob's Red Mill also carries a gluten free oatmeal. :)

Celiac disease does not always cause "noticeable" physical symptoms but extreme problems with emotions and mood. Many people are misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, IBS, clinical anxiety, depression, and worse if it goes untreated.

How come some sources say there is gluten in oats and some do not?

Gluten intolerance is not an allergy - it is an auto-immune disease (like arthritis, lupus, diabetes, AIDS, etc.) There is a wheat allergy and there may be a gluten allergy, but celiac disease is NOT an allergy.

I'm someone who just went through a severe gluten reaction. Over a year ago I went to my doctor and had a blood test which showed gluten allergy, however a specialist when approached with this information said oh no it's IBS. From Dec 14 through January 11 I lost 32lbs, was totally malnourished and having seizures before another doctor and hospital found out. In my research about 70% of women who are told they have IBS, doctors are wrong. Simple blood test and a biopsy of the small intestine can confirm what it really is. Now I'm told it will take 6 months to a year to get healthy again. The Celiac Foundation is a great resource for everything from Medication to foods and personal products that contain gluten.

after doing some research i have found that even gluten free oats seem to contain between 1-20ppm (parts per million) gluten. other oats which are sold not claiming to be gluten free appear to contain up to if not more than 1000ppm gluten. I know people who will react to even 1ppm gluten. Also be careful depending which country you are in as to whether or not a label saying its gluten free is actually gluten free in the uk anything less than 200ppm is labeled as gluten free whereas in australia its anything less than 5ppm.

Ive never heard of gluten attributing to prostate problems - herbally saw palmetto is great at helping reduce the size.

as for gluten on labels: maltodextrin is worth looking out for - its ok if its from corn otherwise not.

in my experience people who are gluten intolerant as also dairy intolerant - so it is definitely worth seeing how dairy affects you.

hope some of that helps - enjoy :)

How come some sources say there is gluten in oats and some do not?

I am a vegetarian and have been suffering prostate problems. My PSA was high and the Dr. wants to do a biopsy. A good friend of mine said that the brother of a friend of hers had a high PSA and it turned out Gluten was the culprit. Is this true? Can this happen?

what are the foods that a person can eat that don't have gluten in them, a person in my family got estoma cancer and i want to know what she can eat or not?

What is organic vital gluten?

I am new to this topic and want to know what are the key words to look for when looking for ingredients listed on food labels. What I need to find vs. what I don't want?