The Connection Between Gout And Celiac Disease Is Too Hard To Ignore

Wheat and Gluten seem to go hand in hand with Gout and Celiac Disease. Why is that?

For a while now I've been wondering what all the fuss was about with all the "wheat-free" this and "gluten-free" that.

Then I discovered how to shake my problem with gout and started building this site and Celiac Disease popped up all over my research.

To which I said; "Hmmmmm? I wonder if I should stop eating Wheat?"

So I did.

You'll never guess what happened . . . the pounds started coming off, I got more energy, more productive, thinking more clearly, (ski racing faster) better poops, better mood . . . in general, just feeling better! I was like; "what the hell! it works!"

Then I thought; "how come?" . . . which brings us to the present.

Check out what they say about it at labtestsonline.org:

• Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease characterized by an inappropriate immune response to dietary proteins found in wheat, rye, and barley (gluten and gliadin). This response leads to inflammation of the small intestine and to damage and destruction of the villi that line the intestinal wall. These villi are projections (small folds) that increase the surface area of the intestine and allow nutrients, vitamins, minerals, fluids, and electrolytes to be absorbed into the body. When the villi are destroyed, the body is much less capable of absorbing food and begins to develop symptoms associated with malnutrition and malabsorption.

Now what do you think? Not everyone gets Gout and Celiac Disease, but there is some logical connections that can be made about how eating too much wheat (rye, barley, oats) can help to create or aggravate an intestinal condition that could lend itself to causing gout. You be the judge.

It might be that some of you manly-man types might have a hard time taking advice from a woman but Holly Noonan seems to have the best advice about all this Gluten business.

So if you think you may have some sort of gluten sensitivity or think you need to study up on it, Going Gluten-Free is an excellent e-book resource on the effects of Wheat or Gluten and how it can be a huge contributor to Inflammation and how to get beyond it.

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