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Gluten Sufferers now have a name for their problem. It is called: The Gluten Syndrome The Gluten Syndrome What is the Gluten Syndrome? Gluten can affect your gut, your skin and your brain. The Gluten Syndrome is the cluster of symptoms that you experience if you react to gluten. Only $34.95 NZD It includes coeliac disease and also the myriad of symptoms that can be experienced throughout your gastro-intestinal tract. It also includes many other symptoms that do not stem from your gut. These include brain and behaviour disorders, irritability and tiredness, skin problems, muscular aches and pains and joint problems. Click here to view TV1 News interview with Dr Rodney Ford
The affects of gluten are wide ranging and are now brought together under the term The Gluten Syndrome. In most instances, a simple blood test (the IgG-gliadin antibody test) can identify the people who are affected. 10% affected by gluten The Gluten Syndrome affects about one in ten people. However, most people who are affected are unaware that their life is being damaged by gluten. The gluten symptoms are most likely to be caused by damage to the nerves and brain. The earlier the problem is identified, the better the response to a gluten-free diet will be. Tummy pains and not growing Jonti is 3 years old. His gluten story is typical. His mother brought him to see me because she was concerned about his poor growth, and his distressing abdominal pains. His blood tests showed a high gluten test (his IgG gliadin was 94 units, usually less than 15 at this age). Other tests, including the gene test foe coeliacs, showed that he did not have coeliac disease. I suggested that he go on a gluten-free diet. Within days he began to eat better, and his tummy pains went. He is now growing again on a gluten-free diet. His mum wrote: “I really haven’t found the gluten-free diet that difficult. I found people to be incredibly helpful actually, both in the supermarket and in restaurants. In the supermarket there is a lot of normal type food that is gluten-free and it is all clearly labelled that it is gluten-free. Even if you go to the delicatessen department they will tell you which luncheon sausage if it is gluten-free. There are gluten-free sausages all labelled and its normal food that tastes great.
For the baking mixes and bread mixes, you don’t even have to go to the specialist health food shops. I go to no other shops other than the supermarket to get food for him and I haven’t really found it that difficult.” Amazed how Jonti has adapted I have been amazed, actually, by how easily Jonti has adapted to the gluten-free diet. I tell him it is special food for him and that it won’t hurt his tummy. We have got nice biscuits from a bakery and he is allowed to choose which one he wants for morning tea. He still has normal foods like chips as sweets like that. He is not missing out and the other biscuits he hasn’t even really asked for. The only thing is the bread! I have yet to perfect the making of the bread. Toast is about the only thing he asked for. You can get specialist cornflakes and cereals, porridge he loves. Again, at the supermarket. It has been surprisingly easy actually I’m so pleased that he is now well again. Gluten-free has made such a huge difference.” Could you have The Gluten Syndrome? One in every ten people is affected by gluten. If you have chronic symptom (feeling sick, tired and grumpy) then you should get checked for The Gluten Syndrome. Doctor Rodney Ford. To read more, you can purchase the book  |
