Gluten in the body for a year?

[Guest guest]

As long as there is a myth-busting train of thought going...

I asked Shattock this:

I hear some GFCF people say that 'gluten can stay in the body up to

a year'. Given that gluten is a protein, how is it physically

possible that any gluten can stay in the body intact for up to a

year? [This does not seem biologically sound or valid.] Isn't it

really that the body may feel the effects of gluten for up to a

year? For example, if there is gut injury, it may take that long for

the gut to heal or for antibodies to these foods to stop being

produced and clear out completely, and not that an actual molecule

of gluten or peptide chain is circulating about in the body for 12

months.

's reply:

I have not heard anyone say that gluten remains in the body for up

to a year and, like you, I would find it difficult to understand how

this would occur. I do not see how such a large molecule would get

absorbed for a start...We know (OK we read it in the textbooks) that

in the case of Coeliac Disease the elements getting into the

bloodstream are assaulted by antibodies and stuck away somewhere.

These gliadin/antibody complexes are reported as still being present

7 years after a GF diet is initiated. Reichelt has clearly

demonstrated the presence af certain anticasein (type) antibodies

and antigliadin (type) antibodies in SOME people with autism. This

would appear to confirm your earlier point and also demonstrate that

these [effects] could hang around a long time.

There was much more to the discussion but this shows, if anything,

it is a residual immune system reaction.

.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for bringing this up. I always though that was odd too.

As a mom of a celiac and autistic child, I see how the damages of

gluten has taken it's toll on their bodies however I never understood

how the gluten itself can remain in the body.

> As long as there is a myth-busting train of thought going...

>

> I asked Shattock this:

> I hear some GFCF people say that 'gluten can stay in the body up to

> a year'. Given that gluten is a protein, how is it physically

> possible that any gluten can stay in the body intact for up to a

> year? [This does not seem biologically sound or valid.] Isn't it

> really that the body may feel the effects of gluten for up to a

> year? For example, if there is gut injury, it may take that long

for

> the gut to heal or for antibodies to these foods to stop being

> produced and clear out completely, and not that an actual molecule

> of gluten or peptide chain is circulating about in the body for 12

> months.

>

> 's reply:

> I have not heard anyone say that gluten remains in the body for up

> to a year and, like you, I would find it difficult to understand

how

> this would occur. I do not see how such a large molecule would get

> absorbed for a start...We know (OK we read it in the textbooks)

that

> in the case of Coeliac Disease the elements getting into the

> bloodstream are assaulted by antibodies and stuck away somewhere.

> These gliadin/antibody complexes are reported as still being

present

> 7 years after a GF diet is initiated. Reichelt has clearly

> demonstrated the presence af certain anticasein (type) antibodies

> and antigliadin (type) antibodies in SOME people with autism. This

> would appear to confirm your earlier point and also demonstrate

that

> these [effects] could hang around a long time.

>

> There was much more to the discussion but this shows, if anything,

> it is a residual immune system reaction.

>

> .