Gluten...

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....May not necessarily be the direct culprit for Chron's or Celiac, please read this article .Some people who have followed a gluten-free diet but see no improvement, very likely have the mycotoxins in corn or other foods (which are allowed in the diet) to blame; corn is notoriously high in mycotoxins AND tons of products a lot of us consume (or used to) are made out of corn.This reminds me of a discussion I once saw in a celiac forum about Lay's Stax potato chips, which have no gluten, yet several people reported feeling "glutened" after eating them. Well, potatoes can contain fungus, and therefore, mycotoxins too, so now I believe those people were reacting to that.Raquel>> Connie,> > Yes, I could not agree more! Gluten is very bad for everyoner health!> Some more information about gluten and hashimoto:> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16358091> "The factors that make difficult the normalization of TSH in> hypothyroidism need special attention because some patients on> thyroxine replacement do not maintain a normal TSH. We report a 50> year-old woman with autoimmune hypothyroidism of difficult> compensation, associated with anemia, hypocalcemia with a previous> episode of tetany, hypomagnesemia, psychologic alterations and> important weight loss. After compensation of the hypothyroidism with> doses of L-thyroxine as high as 325 microg/day, the hypothesis of a> malabsorptive syndrome was raised. Celiac disease was confirmed by> elevated serum antigliadin antibody. A gluten-free diet was instituted> which improved the symptoms associated with malabsorption and reduced> the L-thyroxine requirement to 125 microg/day. Because several studies> have shown an association of both diseases, a routine screening for> celiac disease has been widely proposed in patients with autoimmune> thyroid disease"> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12625811> "Latent celiac disease may lead to impaired resorption of> therapeutically administered levothyroxine, calcium, or other> substances."> > Markers of potential coeliac disease in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis:> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11916614> > Celiac disease in North Italian patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases:> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18176874> > Prevalence of celiac disease in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis:> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18091661> > Celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease:> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18056028> > Regards,> > > > 2009/8/14 Connie chillyconconnie@...:> >> >> > Meredith,> >> > I had multinodular goiter for 8 yrs. last Nov. I started LDN and within 6> > months all my nodules were gone. That was before I was gluten free. Now I do> > gluten-free, soy-free, milk-free, sugar-free. That took away bloating,> > distended belly. There is a book, Dangerous Grains, that explains why> > autoimmune disease is probably caused by gluten.> >> > It took me several attempts over a year before I could stick with the GF> > diet, but my gluten antibodies were 37 (on saliva test for adrenal fatigue)> > and my homeopath told me gluten was definitely causing inflammation and> > malabsorption of nutrients even if I wasn't aware of any symptoms. This> > struck a cord with me, as I have tested low, deficient, or severely> > deficient in at least 5 nutrients. and I was prone to diarrhea, but it> > wasn't bad enough for me to think it was Crohn's. I sometimes had as many as> > 6 or 7 bowel movements a day. Now I average 2.5.> >> > highly recommend the book Dangerous Grains (which I first heard about on> > this forum, I believe).> >> > Best,> >> > Connie> >> >>