The limitations of currently available conventional testing are very real as most physicians who do a «Celiac panel» are only testing
for alpha gliadin, tissue transglutaminase 2, and endomesial antibody.
You could have a
negative alpha gliadin antibody test, but have a positive response against another form of gliadin.
Most mainstream doctors run only
basic alpha gliadin labs, which causes many to hear that gluten is not an issue for them.
The main issue with standard gluten intolerance blood testing is that it only looks at antibodies to one component of gluten
called alpha gliadin.
But again, this study
isolated alpha gliadin and it was again, only on 10 patients, but this was kind of a platform moving forward.
Just because your immune system is not reactive to the 33 - mer peptide of
deamidated alpha gliadin does not mean gluten is not damaging your body.
This is important because not all who are gluten intolerant test positive
for alpha gliadin.
Some researchers and experts would have you believe that Kamut would cause the greater gluten reactivity, because it has twice the amount of the «problem» gluten protein (
alpha gliadin) as compared to other kinds of wheat, like durum.
Kamut not causing inflammation calls into the question the theory that
alpha gliadin is the cause of gluten sensitivity, and forces us to reconsider if hybridization is the issue.
So they found that 10 % of these new discovered gluten proteins actually interacted and caused an inflammatory response in celiac cell lines greater than — than
alpha gliadin.
As mentioned earlier, standard testing for gluten intolerance only tests for antibodies to one component of gluten,
alpha gliadin.
This is problematic because if gluten is in fact destroying someone's health and he or she does not test positive for
alpha gliadin but is in fact sensitive to the other components (for example Gluteomorphin), then that person who should avoid gluten, would be cleared to eat gluten containing foods.
Research has shown that components other than
alpha gliadin can cause damage.
This new test catches a gluten intolerance in the patient with Hashimoto's hypothyroidism who reacts to a component other than
alpha gliadin.
Your doctor's «celiac panel» is only testing for
alpha gliadin, tissue transglutaminase 2, and endomesial antibody, a small portion of the potential immune responses to this food.
Until now, testing for gluten intolerance has only been against one of those components,
alpha gliadin.
Standard tests only screen for one,
alpha gliadin.