Does anyone have a gluten allergy?

[garance]

After my son spoke with a nutritionist about his terrible bouts of gas, she convinced him that he had a gluten allergy. He is a certified trainer in sports conditioning for a club called CATZ, and he is very health conscious. He wants to put on some muscle and cannot, no matter how much he lifts or eats, and this is, he says, symptomatic of such an allergy. Anyone here have this problem? Symptoms? Treatment?

 

[megadoo]

When my son was really little he had this, but grew out of it. I don't have much advice, but the website www.glutenfree.com has tons of food without gluten and more info. I did order from there once and it was good. Good luck.


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[dogs2birds]

I have 2 good friends and a boss who have Celiac disease - meaning they can't have gluten. I do believe that terrible bouts of gas is a symptom. It can be quite harmful long term if gluten is not cut out of the diet. Their lives become MUCH better once they do cut out gluten. There's a test they can have done to verify it. He might want to do that.

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[cjbate]

Yes that can be a symptom of a food intolerance. Sometimes people say "allergy" and that means that gives you hives, or whatever, an immediate response. Sometimes you have a food sensitivity/ intolerance which is often wheat (gluten), dairy, or corn, soy, peanuts, eggs are also common. I have a son (5) who is SENSITIVE (not allergic) to gluten and dairy, also has a problem with peanuts and eggs.

There is a test you can run, it is an IgG test NOT an IgE test (IgE test is a typical allergic response, IgG test is a delayed reaction). We ran one for my son, it was 96 foods, it was about $200. Your insurance may cover the one for gluten only. Or you can do a trial food elimination. Problem is we never would have suspected eggs and peanuts. Often, it is what you crave. That was true in my son's case.

My son is not celiac but did have some behavioral symptoms and some minor gastric ones. Food can have a huge impact on your system.

Hope this helps.
jen