Weakened Intestinal Barrier, Systemic Immune Activation Explains Symptoms in People with GS Without Celiac Disease- Columbia Researchers

Yes, I am talking about non celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS). If someone with NCGS eats gluten they get leaky gut and total body inflammation. That's what researchers found as the cause of the multiple illnesses that are provoked in sensitive individual with eating gluten even though they have negative bowel biopsies and negative blood tests. The syndrome has been recognized for decades, previously called latent celiac and the Oslo Conference  in 2013, put out a statement saying that non-celiac gluten sensitivity is a real identity. Dr. A. Fasano writes about it here. However there are still many physicians who don't believe it exists.

This understanding that there are people who are not celiac who get ill, sometimes very ill from eating gluten even in tiny amounts, and feel better if they abstain from any amounts of gluten is very important. Why? Because it is very, very common, especially in those who have chronic illness. I believe in starting with a diet, because that is what treats the cause. First, do no harm. I have personally observed people getting better or improving from symptoms of schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, mood issues, memory issues, eczema, ADD and ADHD, substance abuse, psoriasis, migraines, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, low nutrients, fatigue, carpal tunnel syndrome, joint pains including back pains, kidney failure, chronic pain syndromes like fibromyalgia, autoimmune diseases, balance issues, and osteoporosis when they have eliminated all gluten from their diet.

But here we have good news in getting closer to understanding NCGS. Dr. Peter Green and researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center, Celiac Disease Center have found that people with NCGS have more leaky gut than those without it. And body wide inflammation.

Dr. Umberto Volta MD and co-author of this study states:The study involved an international collaboration between researchers at CUMC and the University of Bologna in Italy. “These results shift the paradigm in our recognition and understanding of non-celiac wheat sensitivity and will likely have important implications for diagnosis and treatment. Considering the large number of people affected by the condition and its significant negative health impact on patients, this is an important area of research that deserves much more attention and funding.”

The study can be found here;

Read a good article on the subject here from Science Daily. 

And here: http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/blog/2016/07/26/columbia-researchers-find-biological-explanation-wheat-sensitivity-2.

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Dr. Barbara (TM)
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The Sleep Success Summit is free from August 8-15, 2016

A lot of you who are reading this blog, have sleep issues. It is quite debilitating when you realize just 1.5 hours less sleep in one night can lower performance by 32%. And resolving sleep issues can be quite complex and the answer often lies in your own hands. So  you need to educate yourself. 

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The 5 Worst Artificial Sweeteners by Dr. Axe

To stay well and be at your best stay away from artificial sweeteners and even some natural sourced sweeteners marketed to give you a "no-calorie" sweetness to the things you eat or drink. They are chemicals and interrupt your metabolism. Study after study has shown this. Dr. Axe explains this and more in his expose of artificial sweeteners. 

Eat real food and re acclimatize your taste buds (be patient as it takes time from the time you stop artificial sweeteners) to natural sweetness of the ingredients. If you crave sugar or carbs, take a teaspoon to a tablespoon of coconut oil and it should squelch your cravings. Avoid the trap of eating dates or other fruit thinking they are fruit so it is OK. They still have fructose and that feeds the pathological organisms of your microbiome and tips the balance away from health. 

  
Dr. Axe:[My bold]
If you haven’t stopped using artificial sweeteners, please do so immediately! Artificial sweeteners, or non-nutritive sweeteners as they are sometimes referred to, have been controversial since they were first introduced to the market in the 1950's, and scientific research shows they are associated with many dangerous side effects.

Introduced to satisfy consumers’ sweet tooth, these artificial sweeteners with no calories seemed, at the time, like good alternatives to refined sugars and natural sweeteners. However, the side effects simply aren’t worth it. These fake sweeteners cause symptoms that range from headaches and migraines to weight gain and even more serious conditions like cardiovascular disease [diabetes]. (1)

What many people don’t realize is that artificial sweeteners also can cause a dangerous addiction — an addiction to overly sweet foods. They retrain the taste buds to need more and more, sweeter and sweeter foods. This leads to even greater incidences of obesity, type 2 diabetes [this link gives a protocol for reversing it], kidney damage and so much more.

So how does the use of artificial sweeteners contribute to addiction? Researchers believe that part of the reason is that individuals will just find other foods to fill the calorie gap in order to become satiated. We’ve all seen people order diet sodas, only to then order one of the most calorie-ridden items on a menu. That’s because non-nutritive sweeteners provide virtually no sense of satisfaction. (2)

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