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.

Lupus and Diet

I've had several questions over the past couple weeks about Lupus and diet, so thought I would take a few moments to address some of these.

There are studies that show a link between gluten containing grains, like wheat, rye, barley and oats, being a factor in lupus. People who were diagnosed and treated for lupus got much better when gluten was removed from their diet. While they may not have a full gluten allergy, there seems to be a gluten sensitivity.

More on this tomorrow.