Foods Which Contain Gluten:

Gluten is a highly complex protein that occurs in grains like: Wheat, rye, barley and oats. Gluten is present in all types of Wheat grain like whole grain wheat, wheat bran, spelt, kamut, triticale and others.

Because we grind grains to make flour - Gluten is contained in baked foods made from grains: bread, pies, cake, pasta, cereals, oatmeal (porridge), cookies and pizza. Also there are thousands of processed foods which contain Gluten as thickeners and additives.

Gluten damages the small intestine

Gluten is one of the largest and most complex proteins consumed by man - so is difficult for our digestive system to process. Thay is why it is actually a toxin.

Problems begin when Gluten protein fragments Gliadins and Glutenins reach the small intestine. In sensitive people Gliadins actually tear holes in the tissue lining, leading to Leaky Gut Syndrome - and a raft of ensuing diseases.

The damage allows foreign particles (whatever is in the gut, including bacteria and yeasts) into the bloodstream. Of course that sets the body's immune system on 'high alert' - resulting in your symptoms – and eventually chronic inflammatory diseases like arthritis, pancreatitis, thyroiditis and others.

If you think you might have Gluten Intolerance - we recommend the Journal method for best relief - as in foodintol® LoTox Living

Gluten Intolerance is Common

Around 5% of the world's population suffer from diagnosed gluten-related disorders, GRDs^

However new evidence shows Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance (NCGS) is around 30 times more prevalent. Up to 15% of people or 1 in 7 are Gluten Sensitive and suffer the same symptoms*. These are people who test negative or inconclusive for Celiac Disease. The most accurate and clinically effective way to identify NCGS is the Journal Method.

All Gluten sensitive people improve on a Gluten-Free diet. However gluten is JUST ONE of more than twenty food toxins. So we recommend a low-toxin diet instead.

Gluten Intolerance is Frequently Not Diagnosed Until Later in Life

Diagnosis of Gluten intolerance in elderly patients is disproportionately high - because it is so often misdiagnosed or under-diagnosed. The symptoms of Gluten intolerance become worse with age if left undiagnosed.

But gluten is just one thing that could be causing your symptoms. There are more than twenty FOOD TOXINS – and they act in concert to damage cells and provoke the immune system. Therefore we recommend trying a LOW TOXIN DIET (reducing all food toxins) – as this is more likely to address all your ailments.

Learn more with the Free ebook about Food Toxins

Gluten intolerance causes dozens of symptoms which are varied - and usually have a delayed onset - up to 2 or 3 days later. This is why Gluten Intolerance is traditionally difficult to diagnose via clinical testing. They can be:

• Gastro-intestinal symptoms: Stomach Bloating, nausea, Diarrhea, also Irritable bowel
• Lowered immune system: frequent infections - colds and 'flu, bacterial, Yeast infections, thrush
• Malabsorption symptoms: like low iron or anemia; low calcium or bone density loss
• Headache or Migraine symptoms: frequent headaches - or 'cluster' headaches
• Inflammatory symptoms or chronic disease: back ache, Rheumatoid Arthritis, thyroiditis
• Neurological symptoms: behavioural difficulties, memory loss
  
• Skin symptoms including Eczema, Dermatitis Herpetiformis, Psoriasis.
• Low energy symptoms: lethargy or Chronic Fatigue
• Depression symptoms or 'feeling the blues'
• Infertility, miscarriage - or diffculty conceiving

Gluten Intolerance is Often Mistaken for Other Conditions

But gluten is just one thing that could be causing your symptoms.

There are more than twenty FOOD TOXINS – and they act in concert to damage cells and provoke the immune system.

Therefore we recommend trying a LOW TOXIN DIET (reducing all food toxins) – as this is more likely to address all your ailments.

All Gluten intolerance is easily and accurately identified by avoiding gluten.

However many people turn to blood tests as a first resort, expecting it will be more accurate and quicker. Unfortunately most testing for Gluten intolerance is not reliable. Most of these tests are looking for markers of Celiac Disease (blood tests and intestinal biopsy).

But the prevalence of Celiac Disease is just a tiny fraction of Gluten intolerance. Celiac Disease (CD) was the first type of Gluten intolerance for which a diagnostic testing procedure was devised - back in the 1940s. Although that same type of Celiac testing is still used in many clinics as a first test for Gluten intolerance, it only picks up the small percentage of Gluten-sensitive people who are Celiac.

It misses the Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitive patients. Therefore this latter group is poorly diagnosed and never gets to take advantage of the brilliant and free-of-drugs remedy - the Gluten-Free diet. Once on the right diet these people could begin getting well within days.

Learn more with the Free ebook about Food Toxins

Gluten intolerance - is 'in the family', or genetically inherited. You have the genes for it - so you got it from your parents and grandparents and other ancestors. And iof you have cchildren - you have already passed on the same genetic material toyour sons and daughters. If you are Gluten sensitive, then other immediate family members (sisters, brothers) will also likely be affected, even if they don't yet have symptoms.

Some Gluten intolerance is sometimes identified in children. But for others, it is not until much later in life that Gluten intolerance is actually suspected. Frequently it is triggered by some ‘life event’ like divorce, job loss, death in the family or serious illness. One indicator can be persistent low iron or anaemia.

No drugs or therapies are needed to treat Gluten intolerance. The best treatment is to substitute all Gluten-bearing foods in your diet for life ... a Gluten-free diet. Luckily - thousands of great new Gluten-free products become available every year in your supermarket - as manufacturers scramble to provide options and variety for consumers.

For best relief - we recommend a LOW TOXIN DIET.

Here at foodintol^® we don’t view ANY food intolerance as a ‘disease’. Food intolerance is genetic – like having blue eyes or brown skin. . . . and we cannot change our genes or our ancestry.

Would you want to 'cure' blue eyes or beautiful brown skin? Similarly - Gluten intolerance is not a disease - so you don't need a 'cure'. But you do need a diet that accommodates it.

After just a few weeks on a LOW TOXIN diet symptoms diminish or disappear completely. Most people report feeling better than they have for years.