Gluten Conference

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy and All,

I have been busy trying to get a new business up and running before

the end of the year, but have a couple of tidbits that I have been

wanting to share with you from a recent conference about gluten

sensitivity that I attended.

Without having had time to review my notes as I had wanted, the first

is that it is that gluten sensitivity should not be regarded as a

disease of the bowel. It is implicated in a small but significant

(maybe 3-7%) number of persons with any kind of health problem whether

it be autoimmune, psychological, other organ-related such as thyroid,

gallbladder etc., even cancer.

There is now a good, rather inexpensive saliva test that I and maybe

some of our other practitioners might be offering.

Celiac disease requires lifelong abstinence from gluten. No cheating!

Most people with gluten sensitivity can tolerate oats, but you need to

get ones that have not been processed in a factory with wheat and thus

contaminated. Bob's Red Mill has these (they must be labeled at such).

I haven't been able to find them yet though.

And lastly, (I think this is a big one since I am so into prevention!)

there has been research to show that if you introduce gluten to an

infant between 4-6 months of age, you may keep them from developing a

gluten intolerance in their lifetime. I don't have info about how, how

much or anything else, but there you have it parents of young babies!

Start digging to figure it out! (I thought this was most interesting

as parents of breastfed babies who are doing it " right " , usually don't

introduce solids until at least 6 months which would mean that the

window has been missed.)

Hope to see you all at the Swap tomorrow!

Kathy RN

Optimal Health Connection

Woodbury, MN