You’re not crazy, it’s just your sandwich talking
Posted By Vivian On November 8, 2011 @ 12:59 pm In Uncategorized | No Comments
Seizure disorders. Ataxia and cerebellar degeneration. Neuropathy. Schizophrenia. Depression. Migraine. Anxiety disorders. ADHD. Myasthenia Gravis. These health conditions are not conditions commonly associated with wheat, are they? Maybe they should be.
I’m not a doctor nor do I play one on TV, but I know that the medications prescribed for these conditions can be really helpful but frequently have undesirable side effects. If I could change my diet and see a very serious neurological or psychiatric condition improve, I know that I would prefer that route first. Would you? Does your doctor even know to consider it? Studies done since at least the 1950’s have confirmed that gluten can play an important role in lots of conditions not commonly associated with gluten intolerance or celiac.
A recent Psychiatric Quarterly article (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21877216) provided a survey of PubMed literature from 1953 to 2011:
located 162 original articles associating psychiatric and neurologic complications to celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. Thirty-six articles were located for seizure disorders, 20 articles for ataxia and cerebellar degeneration, 26 for neuropathy, 20 forschizophrenia, 14 for depression, 12 for migraine, and up to 10 articles each for anxiety disorders, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, autism, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, myopathy, and white matter lesions.
Human beings are amazing. We are all very similar, yet there is enough variation to make life interesting. Some of that variation shows up in our hair color, some of it shows up in our guts, and some of it shows up in our nervous system. We all know that what is right for one person isn’t always right for everybody. What I have come to understand is how true that is when it comes to food and diet. More people are coming to understand that food affects their gut and they modify their diets according to their gut needs, but far fewer people (including many doctors) understand that what they eat can cause neurologic and psychiatric effects.
I’m not sure why the medical community isn’t more aware of this information but I want to make YOU aware of it, dear reader, so you can take it to your doctor or share it with someone you know who may benefit.
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