Re: Conventional allergic response to wheat/milk?

[Guest guest]

I guess I should have read today's messages before posting! I see you

people already know about this!

> Hi All,

>

> Please forgive me if this information has been posted here before.

I

> do not always read everything here.

>

> I came across the study pasted below yesterday, even though it was

> published a year ago. The authors seem to be concentrating on the

> IgG and IgA antibodies to gluten and casein. I believe that these

are

> indications of " conventional " allergies to these proteins and not

> necessarily of the opioid theory.

>

> Have any of you had your kids tested for a conventional allergic

> response to gluten or casein?

>

> This seems to me to be a very significant study! 90% of autistic

> kids having a conventional allergy to cow's milk seems at least as

> important as the recent Pfeiffer Treatment Center results on

> Copper/Zinc imbalances:

>

> http://www.hriptc.org/MetalMetabolism_and_Autism.htm

>

>

>

>

> Autism and Schizophrenia: Intestinal Disorders

>

> Nutritional Neuroscience, An International

> Journal on Nutrition, Diet and Nervous System,

> June 2000, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 1-16(16)

>

> Cade R.; Privette M.; Fregly M.; Rowland N.;

> Sun

> Z.; Zele V.; Wagemaker H.; Edelstein C.

>

> Departments of Medicine, Physiology, Psychology

> and Psychiatry, University of Florida,

> Gainesville, FL 32610-0204, USA

>

> Abstract:

> We examined Dohan's hypothesis that

> schizophrenia is associated with the absorption of

> " exorphins " contained in gluten and

> casein. In

> addition, because of the work of Reichelt et al.

> (Reichelt, K.L., Saelid, G., Lindback, J. and

> Orbeck, H. (1986) Biological Psychiatry 21:

> 1279–1290) and et al. (,

> Trav, A.L., Barreiro Marin, P., Galvez, Borrero,

> I.M., del Olmo Romero-Nieva, F. and

> Alvarez, A. (1994) Journal of Nervous and Mental

> Disease Aug; 182(8): 478–479), we carried

> out

> similar studies on a group of children with

> autism. In both syndromes we found similar

> patterns of peptide containing peaks (Ninhydrin

> positive) after molecular screening with

> Sephadex G-15.

>

> Immunoglobulin assay of IgA and IgG against

> gliadin and casein in serum was done. High titer

> IgG antibodies to gliadin were found in 87% of

> autistic and 86% of schizophrenic patients and

> high titer IgG antibodies to bovine casein were

> found in 90% of autistic and in 93% of

> schizophrenic patients. High titer IgA

> antibodies to gluten or casein were found in 30% of

> children with autism while in schizophrenic

> patients 86% had elevated IgA antibodies to gluten

> and 67% to casein; some normal children and

> adults have these antibodies but only in trace

> amounts. When schizophrenic patients were

> treated with dialysis or a gluten–casein free diet, or

> both (Cade, R., Wagemaker, H., Privette, R.M.,

> Fregly, M., , J. and Orlando, J. (1990)

> Psychiatry: A World Prespective 1: 494–500)

> peptiduria and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scores fell

> while abnormal behavior diminished. A

> gluten–casein free diet was accompanied by

> improvement in 81% of autistic children within 3

> months in most of the behavior categories. Our

> data provide support for the proposal that many

> patients with schizophrenia or autism suffer

> due to absorption of exorphins formed in the

> intestine from incomplete digestion of gluten and casein.

>

>

> Keywords: Gluten; Casein; Schizophrenia;

> Autism;

> Gliadorphin; -Casomorphin; Diet

>

> Language: EN Document Type: SA

>

>

>

> Publisher: Gordon and Breach Publishing Group

[Guest guest]

I hope I've got this right - the IgE (histamine response) is the

classic allergic response, rather than the IgG and the IgA (antibody

response). My child tested negative on the IgE tests, but positive

on the IgG tests. And he's had a great response to the diet.

N

>

> > Hi All,

> >

> > Please forgive me if this information has been posted here

before.

> I

> > do not always read everything here.

> >

> > I came across the study pasted below yesterday, even though it

was

> > published a year ago. The authors seem to be concentrating on the

> > IgG and IgA antibodies to gluten and casein. I believe that

these

> are

> > indications of " conventional " allergies to these proteins and

not

> > necessarily of the opioid theory....

> >