GLUTEN AND ME
Mould tipped me over the edge into cognitive decline but other factors may have led me there in time, a main contributor being gluten. Having recovered cognition I felt more was needed and decided to work with someone who dealt with the root cause. Working with a practitioner for whom mould was a specialism, imagine my surprise when she suggested, looking at my timeline, - my health over this lifetime - she would have been looking for gluten as a causative factor. According to the gluten free society in the US, mould toxicity and gluten sensitivity can cause similar symptoms.
Despite following a gluten free diet for 4 years, gut tests showed a reaction to gluten. I chose to eat sandwiches at my friend's funeral 5 months earlier, and I learned gluten remnants can take over a year to leave the gut. I had blood tests done to investigate this further as it was necessary to know regarding my brain health. Underlying factors behind those results was the presence of extensive leaky gut. I'd been ill for two years, unable to get medical assistance due to the effects of the pandemic on services. Analgesia, IV and oral antibiotics had left their mark.
The blood results where high on a marker that would have previously led to a diagnosis of coeliac disease. The marker has since changed and I will be retested at a later date. Alarmingly the levels of gluteomorphin was also high indicating that for me, gluten can damage the brain. The practitioner shared there's a gut form and a brain form of coeliac disease. For anyone considering testing, by all means go with the doctor first, but the NHS has only a 52 - 57% success rate in diagnosis and can often get a false negative. My tests were done through Cyrex Labs.
Gluten proteins can cause the immune system to trigger inflammation in the body. It was apparently obvious in my history, as the functional approach delves deeper, that I had a chronic inflammatory response on and off since childhood. Anti gliadin antibodies (that would be me) react strongly to blood vessels in the brain. Its not unusual to have little or no gut symptoms with gluten sensitivity and for damage to occur in the brain and it only takes 1mg of gluten a day to trigger your immune system.
Some studies have shown a link between gluten and other autoimmune disease. Its also suggested extended exposure to gluten in coeliac disease may further the progress of other autoimmune conditions. And, in women, as autoimmune conditions are one of the top 10 causes of death, its worth knowing.
Despite following a gluten free diet for 4 years, gut tests showed a reaction to gluten. I chose to eat sandwiches at my friend's funeral 5 months earlier, and I learned gluten remnants can take over a year to leave the gut. I had blood tests done to investigate this further as it was necessary to know regarding my brain health. Underlying factors behind those results was the presence of extensive leaky gut. I'd been ill for two years, unable to get medical assistance due to the effects of the pandemic on services. Analgesia, IV and oral antibiotics had left their mark.
The blood results where high on a marker that would have previously led to a diagnosis of coeliac disease. The marker has since changed and I will be retested at a later date. Alarmingly the levels of gluteomorphin was also high indicating that for me, gluten can damage the brain. The practitioner shared there's a gut form and a brain form of coeliac disease. For anyone considering testing, by all means go with the doctor first, but the NHS has only a 52 - 57% success rate in diagnosis and can often get a false negative. My tests were done through Cyrex Labs.
Gluten proteins can cause the immune system to trigger inflammation in the body. It was apparently obvious in my history, as the functional approach delves deeper, that I had a chronic inflammatory response on and off since childhood. Anti gliadin antibodies (that would be me) react strongly to blood vessels in the brain. Its not unusual to have little or no gut symptoms with gluten sensitivity and for damage to occur in the brain and it only takes 1mg of gluten a day to trigger your immune system.
Some studies have shown a link between gluten and other autoimmune disease. Its also suggested extended exposure to gluten in coeliac disease may further the progress of other autoimmune conditions. And, in women, as autoimmune conditions are one of the top 10 causes of death, its worth knowing.