THE GLUTEN CURE
Scientifically Proven Natural Solutions to Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivities
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DO YOU HAVE A GLUTEN ALLERGY OR SENSITIVITY?
DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS DIGESTING GLUTEN?
OR PERHAPS YOU ARE JUST AVOIDING GLUTEN BECAUSE YOU HEARD IT WAS BAD FOR YOU?
DO YOU WONDER IF THE GLUTEN SCARE IS HYPE OR TRUTH?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT GLUTEN IS?
BUT WAIT - HAVEN'T PEOPLE BEEN EATING WHEAT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS?
SO WHY DO GLUTEN SENSITIVITIES SEEM TO BE INCREASING NOW?
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT CELIAC DISEASE ONLY BEGAN TO OCCUR AFTER THE 1940s?
COULD SOMETHING WE BEGAN DOING TO OUR BODIES THEN BE AT LEAST PART OF THE PROBLEM?
GLUTEN SENSITIVITY IS, IN FACT, A MODERN MYSTERY - BAFFLING MEDICAL RESEARCHERS FOR THE PAST HALF CENTURY
DISCOVER THE REAL FACTS ABOUT GLUTEN
AND LEARN ABOUT THE SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED CURE FOR GLUTEN SENSITIVITIES - AND POSSIBLY EVEN CELIAC DISEASE.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1One: Just the Facts Please 11
Bobby 12
Sam 14
Who Gets Food Sensitivities? 15
Who Has Gluten Sensitivity? 16
Are Food Sensitivities Increasing? 18
What is Gluten? 22
Wheat and Flour 30
Foods With and Without Gluten 34
What is Celiac Disease? 42
What is Non-celiac Gluten Sensitivity? 44
What is a Wheat Allergy? 47
What’s the Difference between Allergy and Intolerance? 49
What are the Symptoms of a Wheat Allergy? 52
Multiple Food Sensitivities 58
How do I Know if I Have a Wheat Sensitivity? 59
Two: Are Gluten and Wheat Toxins? 73
Correlation versus Causation 73
Disease Associations with Gluten Sensitivity 75
Is Wheat Genetically Modified? 95
Does Gluten Cause Weight Gain? 99
Amylopectin 103
Wheat Germ Agglutinins 106
Phytic Acid 110
Wheat Amylase Trypsin Inhibitors 111
A Case of Mistaken Identity? 113
Three: Health Benefits of Whole Wheat 123
Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes 125
Whole Wheats and Colon Cancer 127
Whole Wheat Nutrition 129
Whole Barley Nutrition 131
Alkylresorcinols 132
Beta Glucans 134
Sterols 135
Aleurone Antioxidants 137
Lignans 139
Isoflavones 140
Arabinoxylans 142
Wheat Bran and Cancer 145
Fiber 148
The Million Year Old Food 151
Conclusion: Gluten/Toxin Thesis 158
Four: Hypersensitivity and Gluten 161
Intelligent Recognition 161
Non-specific Immunity 164
Humoral Immunity 166
Cell-Mediated Immunity 167
Probiotic Immunity 168
The Immune Cells 171
The Communicators 175
The Inflammatory Mediators 177
The Immunoglobulins 180
The Thymus 185
The Liver 186
Intestinal Permeability 189
The Inflammatory Process 193
The Hypersensitivity Responses 196
The Role of Probiotics in Immune Responses 199
Five: The Causes for Gluten Sensitivities 203
Breaking Down Glutenins and Gliadins 204
Exposure to Glyphosate 215
Increased Intestinal Permeability 216
Candida Overgrowth 228
Mucoid Plaque 229
Dietary Causes of Food Sensitivities 230
Wheat Allergen Exposures 239
Early Life Causes 244
Early Hygiene 246
The Role of Obesity 248
Anxiety, Stress and Depression 249
Vitamin D and Sun Exposure 249
Autoimmunity 250
Toxin Exposure and Immunosuppression 254
Six: Probiotics and Gluten Sensitivities 259
The Diet of Our Microbiome 259
The Microbiome Enterotypes 260
Microbiome Enterotypes and Disease 261
The Rise of Pathogenic Bacteria 263
Our Microbiome Inner World 265
Probiotic Diversity and Diet 266
Probiotics and Food Tolerance 268
Killing Probiotics 272
Intestinal Dysbiosis 274
Clinical Findings on Probiotics and Allergies 276
Probiotics and Intestinal Permeability 282
Probiotics, IBS and Crohn’s 285
Probiotics and Other Digestive Problems 289
Probiotics and Inflammation 295
The Gluten-Probiotic Conclusion 295
Seven: Natural Solutions for Gluten Sensitivities 299
Reversing Increased Intestinal Permeability 301
Early Diet Strategies 302
General Diet Strategies 308
Herbal Medicine for Gluten Sensitivities 322
Enzyme Strategies 348
Prebiotic and Probiotic Strategies 350
Colon Health Strategies 366
Lifestyle and Environment Strategies 368
Oral Immunotherapy 372
The Healthy Gluten Diet 378
Keeping Track: The Food Diary 398
The Gluten Cure 400
References and Bibliography 407
Index 465