I'm not sure if
I actually have Celiac disease or not but anytime I would have a food product with wheat in it, I would get a really bad stomach ache and be constipated for days.
If you're not eating gluten at the time of testing, the blood tests will be negative even if
you actually have celiac disease.
I strongly suspect that some of these «gluten intolerant» people
actually have Celiac Disease.
The aim of the current study was to find out how many of those with self - reported gluten intolerance
actually had celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity or wheat allergy.
Not exact matches
I
have celiac disease (going on almost 20 years GF) but because it's so trendy, I find it difficult to make people believe me that I
actually can't eat gluten and am not just doing it for the fame.
Anyway, the
celiac ended up being a misdiagnosis — it was
actually Crohns
Disease, but we did nt find that out until 2012, and the untreated crohns may
have caused my TM (or at least was likely a strong contributing factor).
I
have tons of free time with all my auto - immune
diseases —
celiac actually having stemmed from a failing liver my senior year in high school.
While only about one half of 1 percent of Americans
actually suffer from
celiac disease — which involves damage to the intestines that
has been related to gluten — the number of people who are following gluten - free diets far outstrips that number, perhaps out of a public belief that a gluten - free diet is generally healthier, according to a 2016 study published by the American Medical Association.
If any part of that statement is in any way factual or makes any sense, I will go on to say this: unless someone
actually has real - deal
Celiac's
disease (in my lifetime I
have known three), the gluten - free diet, over the long term, is not healthy.
Going gluten - free may be a popular trend, but unless you're
actually gluten - intolerant or
have celiac disease, plenty of reasons exist to continue eating whole grains.
A third of those haven't
actually been diagnosed with
celiac disease.
Although this study
has a very small sample size, it demonstrates that there are some «gluten intolerant» patients who
actually have subclinical
celiac disease.
If you
've read my previous gluten post you know that I think going gluten free is nonsense unless you
actually have the autoimmune disorder
celiac disease.
Research
has actually connected
celiac and thyroid
disease, so if you
have one of these, you most definitely should be tested for the other.
One study looked at the blood test EMA - IgA, considered the most specific to
celiac disease, and found that 58 percent of diagnosed
celiacs (people who already
had confirmed
celiac diagnoses)
actually tested negative on the EMA - IgA after three months of eating gluten - free.
Again, if you're not ingesting gluten, there may not be as much damage to find, and samples might test negative for
celiac disease, even though you
actually have the condition.
Although most people consider
celiac disease and non-
celiac gluten sensitivity to be conditions that involve mainly their digestive systems, research indicates these conditions
actually may
have wide - ranging effects on your body, including on your joints, your hormones, and even your brain.