All Entries in the "Gluten and Celiac" Category
If Your Tongue Burns, It Could Be From Gluten
Deciding if you are sensitive to gluten can be confounding because gluten can cause so many physical problems. If your body reacts to gluten, it can lead to digestive upset, skin rashes, headaches and nerve damage. And now you can add a burning tongue to the list of possible symptoms.
Clear The Mystery Over Gluten Misery
Lingering, troubling health problems often stem from gluten. Gluten reactions can include digestive symptoms like gas, bloating, constipation or diarrhea; peripheral neuropathy (numbness or tingling in the extremities); mental and emotional imbalances; or autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and psoriasis. But your misery doesn’t have to remain a mystery: If a gluten-free diet improves your health or a lab test is positive, you can declare gluten the source of your difficulties.
Losing Weight By Going Gluten-Free
Nutrition experts continue to debate the effects of gluten on weight. Some argue that giving up gluten-containing foods made from wheat, barley and rye can help you shed pounds. Others maintain that if you don’t have celiac and aren’t gluten sensitive, forgoing gluten is senseless. But I know that when I gave up gluten I lost five pounds in three days effortlessly. And the weight has stayed off.
A Gluten-Free Diet May Promote Fertility In Women With Celiac Disease
A study conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Center for Women’s Reproductive Care reveals that celiac disease may be behind unexplained infertility in some women, and that a gluten-free diet can help.
Gluten May Threaten Your Brain
One in 10 children reportedly suffers Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and millions are taking ADHD medication. At the same time, the memories of many older Americans have started to falter as they begin to experience the mind meltdown known as dementia. The possible common factor: our boundless appetite for bread and other gluten-containing foods.
When An Athlete Gives Up Gluten
Search for studies on how gluten affects athletic performance, and you’ll probably come up empty-handed. Researchers just haven’t paid much attention to how gluten influences exercise. But in the real world, outside of the controlled environment of the laboratory, athletes are finding that going gluten-free seems to give them an extra edge.
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