Date: 2007-10-29 11:33 Subject: hot news - I have a wheat allergy! Security: Public Location: Work Tags: food, health

At least, it sure seems that way - I've been avoiding wheat for two weeks now, and my digestive annoyances, constants through the last 3 months, have almost entirely disappeared!  Note that this does NOT seem to be a gluten allergy, since I seem to be fine with rye, rice in all forms, etc.  But it does seem that Trader Joe's has gluten-free diets, and Whole Foods supports both wheat-free and gluten-free diets. Both web-sites also offer disclaimers that it's not their fault if you end up having a reaction :)

Here's a bit that just came up on Alternet about the gluten condition, Celiac Disease

AlterNet: Health and Wellness: Stomach Pain in a Slice of Bread: Gluten Is a Quiet Culprit:

Two companies are looking into a pill, a supplement to help celiacs metabolize gluten, but that'll take at least another six to eight years to develop, Monarch says. "For a disease that affects one out of 133 people in this country, that's latent in many people, you'd think our federal government would be pouring money into this," Switkes said. "But, it's not."

Seems like supplements are a couple years off. I wonder about the wheat equivalent?

Tomorrow I plan to test whether eating a big chunk of wheat bread does, in fact, wreak havoc.  Not today - I just found and removed a tick on return from the east-coast, and I need to wait out and see if there's any reaction to THAT. Gulp.

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