The Doctor Gluten Project

Coeliac disease is not just a gut disease!   Yes, gluten does cause gut damage, and yes there are bowel symptoms.  However, coeliac disease is much more than a gastrointestinal disease.

This is a list of the well-documented conditions that are part of coeliac disease.  Most of these symptoms are caused by gluten or the damage that gluten causes on the nerves and brain.

Brains and nerves
Peripheral neuropathy and myopathy
Epilepsy, convulsions
Ataxia
Myelopathy
Psychiatric disturbances
Depression and mood disorders

Mouth and gut
Recurrent aphthous mouth ulcers
Defects in tooth enamel
Pharyngeal and oesophageal carcinoma
Reflux oesophagitis
Lymphocytic gastritis
Liver disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Ulcerative jejunitis
Adenocarcinoma of small bowel

Hormones
Type 1 diabetes
Infertility in men and women
Recurrent abortion
Thyroid disorders
Adrenal disorders (Addison’s disease)


Blood and immune
Anaemia (iron, folate and vitamin B12 deficiency)
Coagulation disorders from vitamin K deficiency
IgA deficiency
Hyposplenism
T-cell lymphoma
Cardiomyopathy

Bones and joints
Osteopenia
Arthralgia/arthritis
Osteoporosis
Growing pains

Skin and hair
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Eczema
Psoriasis
Brown pigmentation of face and cheek mucosa
Alopecia areata (hair loss)

To read much more about this read my book “Full Of It! – the shocking truth about gluten”.  This book documents the brain-grain connection.  This book explains how gluten can damage your brain.