Non-Gluten is Going Mainstream

Steve Harvey, the comic and talk show host, announced that he has never felt more energetic in his life. Novac Djokovic  went from frequently not being able to finish out a 5 set tennis match and never being able to beat either Roger Federer or Rafa Nadal, to the world's number one player in less than a year. What do these two men have in common?  They both decided to go on a gluten-free diet resulting in experiencing much improved energy levels as well as performance levels.

Not so long ago, I was speaking to someone about decreasing the gluten content in her diet; her response was that she wasn't allergic to gluten and saw no reason to do that.  My response is that one doesn't need to have an allergic reaction to a food to be sensitive to it.  Some of the indicators that one has a sensitivity are:  lethargy, sleepiness after a full night's sleep, non-specific headaches, constipation or diarrhea, bloating and gas, even muscle aches.  The point is, one can be sensitive to a food, have symptoms and never connect the two.

Over two decades ago, our government saw fit to allow agricultural companies to develop a hybrid wheat grain that contained 50% more gluten than the wild grains.  As a result, we have all been eating more gluten than we ate when we were children.  While it is nearly impossible to determine a 1 to 1 relationship between the genetically modified wheat and the explosion of celiac disease, IBS, Chron's and a myriad of intestinal symptoms because we cannot cause disease in a scientific study, I believe there is a connection.  The reason I believe this is that it has been our experience that once a patient's diet no longer includes gluten, that patient's symptoms diminish or disappear.

Changing from a gluten based diet to a non-gluten based diet is easier and less expensive than one might think.  I believe this is something very important for us all as gluten is a substance that causes inflammation of the entire gut; we remember what happens to our bodies when this occurs....please check out previous blogs for details.... inflammatory changes affect the way we absorb and utilize nutrients, contribute to neurological imbalances, affect bacterial growth, contribute to anxiety and depression, cause antigen/antibody reactions and many more systemic problems.

I thought I might detail some ideas for those of you who would like to make either small, modest or complete changes in your gluten-containing diet in my next blog.  I'll also include some resources that I have found to be both reasonably priced and of very high quality.

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