Sunday, September 21, 2008

Ciliac and Gluten

Most of us are familiar with the fact that those who have ciliac disease have an allergy to gluten. Once gluten is removed from the diet these individuals do quite well. What many people do not know is that you can actually have a gluten sensitivity without having ciliac disease.

Many of the symptoms are the same and you can feel much better if you avoid gluten.

Most of us know that gluten is found in wheat. Rye and barley are two of the other big gluten grains to avoid. There is controversy over oats and it may be that oats are actually gluten free, but become contaminated in processing.

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