The Gluten Effect

Have you heard about Gluten? It is in just about every food and could potentially wreak havoc on the human body. Thirty percent of Americans are Gluten sensitive, but a lot of people don't know they have the sensitivity to it. Symptoms are often undetected and could be for decades.

So what is Gluten? Gluten is the main protein in wheat which represents eighty-five percent of ALL wheat protein present. I'm sure you have heard people talk about Celiac disease, but this is only one form of Gluten intolerance. Celiac disease specifically damages the digestive tract and is the most well known Gluten related disorder, but by no means is it the most common. There are thousands of people that suffer from non-Celiac Gluten sensitivity.

As I mentioned earlier, the diagnosis of any Gluten sensitivity usually takes on average 11 years from the time the symptoms pop up. Since Celiac disease is the most common it is the first one to be diagnosed, but diagnosing the other Gluten sensitivities takes much longer. There are diagnostic tests to help with the diagnosis, but so often the symptoms are not detected. That makes for a very frustrated person who is looking for answers.

The problem in this country is that our medical community looks to solve every problem with medication. They provide a pill for every ill and until we get our system to dig deeper to find the cause of the problem then we should stop medicating our citizens to mask all challenges we have with our health! Some common symptoms are: fatigue, depression, stress and chronic pain and many many more.

I just wanted to bring this up so you can become more aware of the possibilities that Gluten could bring. If you have some of these symptoms and your doctor can't put his finger on it then please keep this in mind. Try not to let the doctor mask the issue with chemicals. I would try to get to the root cause of the issue and the first thing I would do is to analyze your diet. What are you eating? We can solve so many health issues in this country by changing our diet. I would start there first!!

The Isagenix protocol that I am currently on is 100% Gluten free and provides my body with all the building blocks it needs to create better health. I have not been diagnosed with Gluten sensitivity, but since I know that it can lay dormant for years, why take the risk? I would recommend a  great book called, "The Gluten Effect" written by a couple and they are both Dr's, Vikki and Richard Peterson. My goal is to try and educate people on issues like Gluten because I don't want people to go through life miserable when it could be something so simple as your diet. Change your diet and change your world.