Re: Re: Age 40 was: the cause(s) of gluten sensitivity

July 15, 2005

Connie:

>Who know when the " gene

>expressed " ? How many years does it take for the intestinal track to

>finally just not heal?

That's the weirdness all right!

> And meanwhile my thyroid has been trashed

>(that showed up when I was in my 20's with my first baby - I just

>was not producing enough milk - Synthroid helped that - and I think

>the milk before that may have been dependent on the circulating

>prolactin that is high in celiac children (and adults??))

I had the same issue: I haven't heard it discussed, but I think

one becomes " prolactin insensitive " like one becomes " glucose insensitive " .

Oh, I had the big fat belly too. At the time though, I wasn't ill

at all, felt fine.

>And migraines, and " psoriasis " and arthritis and ....

>But I thought they were all unrelated and did not have anything to

>do with the " staff of life " .

If it were, say, tuna fish causing all this, not bread, there

wouldn't be any controversy! Docs would just say, " don't

eat gluten " like they tell pregnant women " don't eat tuna

fish " . But wheat is so beloved, so central to our culture, it's

like giving up automobiles or blue jeans or football or something.

Even some of the research doctors believe it's not good to

tell someone who is basically " ok " that they are gluten intolerant,

because it is so " devastating " to their social life. And the Catholic

Church refuses to have a non-wheat host for communion, because

it HAS to be wheat bread. Some historian is going to have a field day

with this one!

Personally I couldn't connect that *wheat* would be a problem: it's

always been the " ok " food while everything else is suspect. Along

with milk, the other " basic " . Ironically, migraines for me come from milk, and

my brother

now says he's pretty sure his canker sores come from milk too (not

that he's giving up dairy, much less gluten).

>

Heidi Jean

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