SV: Gluten in the body

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The best data that I've seen on this, come from Dr. Cade. His graphs

show how the protein fragments that are probably derived from gluten, disappear

gradually from the patient's system after appropriate diet intervention has been

started. The speed of the process depends on several factors. One of the most

important was, I believe, chain length: Some molecule fragments are more likely

than others to get stored in body tissue in ways that delay the " detoxification "

process. The speed should also depend on enzyme activity (in supplement form,

or if natural production of proteases picks up again). Dr. Cade demonstrated

that the process can be accellerated by dialysis, this is apparently how his

interest in the peptide issue started: Some schizophrenic kidney patients

improved remarkably from their schzophrenia each time they went through

dialysis.

Ordinarily, this kind of protein fragment is very short-lived in the body. The

half-life of morphine is just a matter of hours. When the normal protease

enzymes are missing, it takes longer. We'be been through hundreds of small diet

infringements as well as some big ones (up to half a glass of milk). To judge

from my son's pupils and his general behaviour, the first phase (with strongly

elevated peptide levels) will normally take 1-4 days, and the second phase (with

peptide levels still higher than average) will take at least 1-3 weeks. For a

patient that has been on a " normal " G & C diet, the quantities stored in the body

in less accessible form will be much higher, but I would expect most of the

peptide excess to disappear within 2-4 months. This is just a guideline: We've

seen several examples where peptide levels have not appeared to drop AT ALL

during the first year on GFCF diet, while the parents made every effort to do

everything right.

One very important reason why it can take very long to get rid of the last

protein fragments, is that it takes time to do the diet properly.

* We believed that it took us a couple of weeks to go 100% GFCF.

* In actual fact, we kept giving him up to 1000 milligrams of gluten every day

for the first 5-6 years. There were several hidden sources.

It's concievable that even a very small, steady intake (10-100 mg/day or even

less) is all that it takes to maintain peptide levels that are significantly

elevated.

Yours sincerely

n Klaveness

Gluten in the body

> I recently took my son to an experienced allergist who is au fait with the

casein/gluten issues, but claimed that there is no evidence that the effects of

gluten can take months (some say up to a year) to leave the body - he says it

would happen much more quickly. Does anybody know where this theory originates

from and whether there is any scientific evidence to back it up?

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> Thanks

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> Anne