| What's the difference between gluten free & celiac | | | | Grandma's saying may sit quite comfortably on the |
| allergies? | | | | shoulders of a few manufacturers of Gluten Free |
| Okay, bet there are many reading this who are at a | | | | products. |
| loss to understand what is the difference between | | | | Especially one grain company that has made me really |
| the two. | | | | sick a couple of times, won't again because at last |
| First off not much (I THINK), other than a certain | | | | I've got my head around this contamination factor. |
| snob effect I've noticed when touring around forums | | | | We can call our selves slack when we fall ill through |
| run by. Perhaps its because the word Celiac | | | | not acknowledging that one particular company must |
| originated from Greek language and means abdominal | | | | be avoided like the plaque. But in truth, life moves at |
| wall and was first acknowledged as far back as the | | | | such a pace when entering into a shopping mart, we |
| second century. | | | | simply want to get it over as quickly as possible. The |
| Over the years Celiac have been heard to say that | | | | really bad news is that the offending company is BIG |
| their allergy is to wheat not gluten. My mind boggles | | | | and usually fills the "health food" shelves with their |
| at such talk; I mean, it's simply impossible to have | | | | product. |
| one without the other. The protein in wheat is called | | | | Back to difference, I repeat there ISN'T one. suffer |
| 'gliadin aprolamin' and is the Gluten protein factor. | | | | from the same allergic reaction to the gliadin protein |
| The may say that they can separate the two | | | | in wheat as GI (Gluten Intolerant ) people do. |
| allowing them to eat wheat free of gluten. I DON'T | | | | I've also read on one of the Celiac forum pages that |
| THINK SO. To attempt to separate the 2 would | | | | oats are okay for us too. |
| require an extremely specialized process. | | | | See here we have a classic example of LOW gluten |
| If for no other reason than the contamination factor. | | | | sneaking in. Seems there are varying degrees of GI |
| Speaking for myself I've fallen sick many times | | | | and if you are one who has a high reading of |
| directly due to this contamination factor. Are we | | | | intolerance to the Gliadin protein then even a little bit |
| really meant to believe that grains are handled in | | | | will make you really ill. Where others who rate a low |
| same way as they are in a micro lab,.white coats and | | | | intolerance level may well be able to eat the sticky |
| all. | | | | food stuff. "Better to be safe than sorry", my |
| My grandma used to say "what the eye doesn't see, | | | | grandma always said. How true when it comes to |
| the heart doesn't grieve over". Its my belief that | | | | having a gluten attack. |