Gluten intolerance is a broad term which includes all kinds of sensitivity to Gluten. A small proportion (0.5% or 1 in 200) of Gluten intolerant people will test positive to Celiac Disease.
Most Gluten sensitive people return negative or inconclusive results upon Celiac testing. However new evidence shows
Non-Celiac Gluten intolerance is around 30 times more prevalent. Up to 15% of people or 1 in 7 are Gluten Sensitive and suffer the same symptoms.
Gluten is a highly complex protein that occurs in four main grains: Wheat, rye, barley and oats. This means Gluten is also present in all baked foods that are made from these grains and there are thousands of processed foods which contain Gluten.
No drugs or therapies are needed to treat Gluten sensitivity.
The best treatment is to exclude Gluten for life. This means
a Gluten-free diet and the exclusion of all foods and pharmaceuticals that contain Gluten.
After a few weeks on a gluten-free diet Gluten sensitive people find they are free of a raft of other symptoms as well which for years had compromised their lifestyle: abdominal cramps, tiredness and their tendency to catch ‘bugs’ and
viruses easily are just to name a few. Stick to this diet and in no time you will start feeling well again!
Information sourced from www.foodintol.com