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When I suggest elimination of gluten to patients, they sometimes tell me that they have already been tested, and “don’t have Celiac”. The limitations of currently available conventional testing are very real as most physicians who do a “Celiac panel” are only testing for alpha gliadin, tissue transglutaminase 2, and endomesial antibody, a small portion of the potential immune responses to this food. In a grain consisting of 6 sets of chromosomes, capable of producing greater than 23,000 proteins, this testing may just be too small a window into a very complex space. In one study, inflammatory response was noted in healthy volunteers, suggesting that gluten may cause reactions in everyone.
Beyond direct brain stimulation and poor digestion with local inflammation, cow dairy may also be a source of folate antibodies which can gum up receptors responsible for transporting this critical nutrient to the brain. This study established a linear relationship between these antibodies and exposure to milk – demonstrating resolution of antibodies on a milk-free diet and return with reintroduction of milk.
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
That appears to be a very well-written, very informative and comprehensive article. The only thing that concerns me is that she doesn't seem to recognize the problem with soy. In this phrase, for example:
Cross-reactivity and stimulation of antibody response by foods like dairy, oats, corn, millet was examined in this study, suggesting that there is important overlap between grains and dairy. Why and how would these foods cause the problems that they do?
This obviously (to me at least) implies that virtually all neolithic (non-paleo) foods are a problem. But soy is definitely a neolithic food, so that even though it wasn't included in the study she cited, it should be viewed as equally problematic. Of course she does mention avoiding soy in some diets later in the article, but I believe the connection that she's overlooking is the fact that these are all neolithic foods (that were not present in the diet on which Homo sapiens evolved).
Otherwise, she's right on target.
Thanks for the link.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I've heard and seen Dr. Brogan on several online "summits" on various topics, and I really like her. She explains things well and seems to really know her stuff. If only there were more mental health professionals like her! It's sad how many people are on really scary meds and might not need to be (including people I know).
I remember her telling a story once about a patient with severe, debilitating mental health issues who was returned to normal functioning with B-12 injections (turned out the person was very B-12 deficient). That stuck with me, and it still kind of blows me away.
