Neurological Disorders and hidden Gluten Sensitivity

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This may have been posted before, if not, all of you who are

interestied in the effects of gluten will find it interesting. This

information is from the orthomolecular physicians web site. There are

a few other free papers to read on line there too. If you have never

looked around there you might want to check it out. Fascinating.

Sheila

Neurological Disorders and hidden Gluten Sensitivity

One hundred and ninety-seven persons, including fifty-three with a

neurological disorder of unknown origin were studied for gluten

sensitivity They were tested for anti-gliadin antibodies––gliadin

being a fractional part of gluten which in turn is a part of wheat.

Fifty-six percent of the fifty-three people with a neurological

disorder of unknown origin showed an antibody response to the

gliadin. When the 56 percent were retested with duodenal biopsies––

the definitive diagnostic test for celiac disease/gluten sensitivity––

there was evidence of celiac lesions in 35 percent, and non-specific

duodenitis in 38 percent. Only 26 percent had no lesions. In other

words 74 percent were wheat sensitive.

Whether it is actually the wheat gluten that aggravates the

neurological disorder or the uptake of gut toxins and/or protein

fragments from increased intestinal permeability is unknown. The

question is, what other mental disorders may be affected by diet

through gluten sensitivity? This could have potential impact on

mental disorders throughout North America, which has always been a

wheat dependent society.

Clinical Pearls News April 1996