Rather than put money into labeling the source of this new "allergy" needs to be investigated. For example look into how glyphosate, which is in everything, affects the intestines.
Glyphosate appears to have another significant but much less discussed mode of impact. It appears that it can replace the amino acid glycine in the body. The brilliant researcher Stephanie Senneff explores the consequences in this article titled Glyphosate in Collagen at: https://www.greenpasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/203.pdf
Glyphosate can replace glycine in the relatively loosely regulated production of proteins, here in collagen formation. Collagen plays a key structural function.
I put this together with something I learned about in advanced study of acupuncture. Energetic communication in the body takes advantage of those collagen-based structural networks. I came to understand that the modus operandi of acupuncture and many other modalities that utilize energetic meridians works with the pathways of collagen in the body. I can't say that this is widely accepted, but it provides a deeper understanding of how these forms of treatment work.
Our bodies rely on all kinds of communication, via hormones, nerves, etc. but it appears that collagen also plays a key role, one that glyphosate may compromise. This may be an important part of the impact of glyphostate on healthy function. If anyone can flesh this out, please do.
Correct…in Europe glyphosate is not used and many gluten free USA visitors can consume gluten in Europe…upon returning to USA…the gluten sensitivities reappear…the issue is not only gluten…it is when gluten is poisoned with chemicals like glyphosate. There is a difference that most scientists purposely ignore.
Your child probably doesn’t have asthma, she has silent reflux, which causes asthma like attacks when the stomach contacts reflux into the back of the throat. Typically there is a tremendous amount of mucus produced in the lungs, and this looks a lot like an asthma attack. I would be skeptical of the usual approach to do that which would be a proton pump inhibitor rather than attention to a diet and possibly the use of famotidine temporarily just at night. The problem is not excess acid in the stomach. The problem is a neuromuscular dyssynergia involving the lower esophageal sphincter caused in this case by gluten.
I am sorry doctors treated you the way they did. I practiced Neurology for 30 years and was the 1978 University of Virginia Jefferson fellow in medicine.
Of patients I have seen over decades likely only 5 % of gluten issues are in celiac patients with the positive genes and 95 % are gluten sensitive by symptoms and IgG wheat and gluten positive. 95% of everyone I have tested is allergic to bananas and 100 % to black pepper. If you keep eating one allergic food your gut will never heal. It affects skin joints gut brain lungs and often thyroid and other organs. Must avoid wheat unless verified gluten free or processed with wheat. Must also be organic oats or is sprayed with round up which is also sprayed on all wheat before harvesting. 95% of autoimmune conditions related to IgG food allergies and improve when those are removed. www.abc-wellness.com. drculik@gmail.com. Culik MD
Before my sensitivities to wheat and dairy protein were identified [ALCAT blood test] I had severe IBS symptoms with almost everything I ate, including egg whites, onion, chicken . After my gut healed, I can eat anything as long as I dont eat wheat or dairy. But I CAN eat bread In EUROPE!!! It was wonderful. Please, MAHA, dont let the president force our GMO wheat on Europe!!!!
I hope one of the questions the RFI asks is, "Was the grain organically grown and harvested (i.e. free of pesticide and herbicide application)? In the U.S. especially, grains are sprayed with herbicide as a desiccant to speed up drying for quicker harvesting. Compare our agricultural practices with those of Europe, where they don't use these chemicals on their grain crops, and their rates of "gluten"-related illnesses are significantly lower, if any. This has led many in the health/wellness space to conclude that the culprit isn't gluten, it's the chemicals sprayed on the crops. Food for thought (pun intended).
And corn. Anything sprayed with herbicides and pesticides. Europeans don't have these health issues. Their agricultural practices are very different from ours. This has led to the conclusion that the culprit is the chemicals, not the foods themselves.
The FDA link is long and technical and it's not abundantly clear where to submit the information. This will dramatically reduce the number of people who submit comments. Personally, it doesn't pertain to me (we don't have anyone in our family with gluten issues) but a lot of people will just turn away rather than trying to figure out how to submit a claim.
Great article and the next discussion would be why is our wheat and grains so much more harmful than in Europe? I have heard over and over that people with celiac here are able to eat gluten there. I’m hoping that this is another one of the investigations going on with good healthy solutions. I’m celiac and taking my son to the allergist this week for chronic sinus issues, digestive, and headaches. I hope that our food gets healthy quickly in America for the sake of so many.
Let me add something to your list of symptoms/reactions to gluten. This was not always true, I am now 70, but over the last two years things have changed. When I eat something with significant gluten in it, I experience what I call a UNE, or Unplanned Nap Event. I fall asleep sitting up at my desk for half an hour. It took me a long time to sort out what was going on...
I'm curious, much like autism, gluten intolerance have really only spiked in the last decade or two. I personally don't blame ignorance miss diagnosis. There is a reason these health issues are fairly young compared with other ailments. I love checking into Tylenol, I'm curious what might be effecting gluten intolerant 🤔
But has this been tested? Is gluten intolerance localized to America? I feel bad for these people. I love great bread, however by choice I eat a mostly fiber and protein diet. I'm very healthy at 46 considering my other bad habits. I'm sure my physical exercise through work and life, minimum 8 miles a day mostly stairs and inclines. However something must me triggering this new allergy?
Why is it and how come the FDA has the power to say a product is safe when it has not been thoroughly, due diligently dissected to determine whether it’s safe or not? Does that make sense? I hope so.
Rather than put money into labeling the source of this new "allergy" needs to be investigated. For example look into how glyphosate, which is in everything, affects the intestines.
I vote for both improved labeling and lots more investigation into causes. Glyphosate is at the top of my personal list of suspects.
Glyphosate appears to have another significant but much less discussed mode of impact. It appears that it can replace the amino acid glycine in the body. The brilliant researcher Stephanie Senneff explores the consequences in this article titled Glyphosate in Collagen at: https://www.greenpasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/203.pdf
Glyphosate can replace glycine in the relatively loosely regulated production of proteins, here in collagen formation. Collagen plays a key structural function.
I put this together with something I learned about in advanced study of acupuncture. Energetic communication in the body takes advantage of those collagen-based structural networks. I came to understand that the modus operandi of acupuncture and many other modalities that utilize energetic meridians works with the pathways of collagen in the body. I can't say that this is widely accepted, but it provides a deeper understanding of how these forms of treatment work.
Our bodies rely on all kinds of communication, via hormones, nerves, etc. but it appears that collagen also plays a key role, one that glyphosate may compromise. This may be an important part of the impact of glyphostate on healthy function. If anyone can flesh this out, please do.
Thank you for such an interesting post. It makes perfect sense that of collagen is disrupted or contaminated, many bodily systems would suffer.
Correct…in Europe glyphosate is not used and many gluten free USA visitors can consume gluten in Europe…upon returning to USA…the gluten sensitivities reappear…the issue is not only gluten…it is when gluten is poisoned with chemicals like glyphosate. There is a difference that most scientists purposely ignore.
Great minds! I just posted a similar comment, highlighting the use of herbicide as a desiccant for harvesting grain crops.
Your child probably doesn’t have asthma, she has silent reflux, which causes asthma like attacks when the stomach contacts reflux into the back of the throat. Typically there is a tremendous amount of mucus produced in the lungs, and this looks a lot like an asthma attack. I would be skeptical of the usual approach to do that which would be a proton pump inhibitor rather than attention to a diet and possibly the use of famotidine temporarily just at night. The problem is not excess acid in the stomach. The problem is a neuromuscular dyssynergia involving the lower esophageal sphincter caused in this case by gluten.
I am sorry doctors treated you the way they did. I practiced Neurology for 30 years and was the 1978 University of Virginia Jefferson fellow in medicine.
Of patients I have seen over decades likely only 5 % of gluten issues are in celiac patients with the positive genes and 95 % are gluten sensitive by symptoms and IgG wheat and gluten positive. 95% of everyone I have tested is allergic to bananas and 100 % to black pepper. If you keep eating one allergic food your gut will never heal. It affects skin joints gut brain lungs and often thyroid and other organs. Must avoid wheat unless verified gluten free or processed with wheat. Must also be organic oats or is sprayed with round up which is also sprayed on all wheat before harvesting. 95% of autoimmune conditions related to IgG food allergies and improve when those are removed. www.abc-wellness.com. drculik@gmail.com. Culik MD
Off gluten and dairy about 20 years myself.
Before my sensitivities to wheat and dairy protein were identified [ALCAT blood test] I had severe IBS symptoms with almost everything I ate, including egg whites, onion, chicken . After my gut healed, I can eat anything as long as I dont eat wheat or dairy. But I CAN eat bread In EUROPE!!! It was wonderful. Please, MAHA, dont let the president force our GMO wheat on Europe!!!!
I hope one of the questions the RFI asks is, "Was the grain organically grown and harvested (i.e. free of pesticide and herbicide application)? In the U.S. especially, grains are sprayed with herbicide as a desiccant to speed up drying for quicker harvesting. Compare our agricultural practices with those of Europe, where they don't use these chemicals on their grain crops, and their rates of "gluten"-related illnesses are significantly lower, if any. This has led many in the health/wellness space to conclude that the culprit isn't gluten, it's the chemicals sprayed on the crops. Food for thought (pun intended).
Correct..man made forever chemicals that we ingest…remove or minimize from your diet and everything improves…generally.
I wish they would do this for soy.
And corn. Anything sprayed with herbicides and pesticides. Europeans don't have these health issues. Their agricultural practices are very different from ours. This has led to the conclusion that the culprit is the chemicals, not the foods themselves.
Correct.
The FDA link is long and technical and it's not abundantly clear where to submit the information. This will dramatically reduce the number of people who submit comments. Personally, it doesn't pertain to me (we don't have anyone in our family with gluten issues) but a lot of people will just turn away rather than trying to figure out how to submit a claim.
Great article and the next discussion would be why is our wheat and grains so much more harmful than in Europe? I have heard over and over that people with celiac here are able to eat gluten there. I’m hoping that this is another one of the investigations going on with good healthy solutions. I’m celiac and taking my son to the allergist this week for chronic sinus issues, digestive, and headaches. I hope that our food gets healthy quickly in America for the sake of so many.
This writer is spot on the list of symptoms. Outwardly, hives for me. No gluten, hives resolve. Eat gluten, hives appear.
Let me add something to your list of symptoms/reactions to gluten. This was not always true, I am now 70, but over the last two years things have changed. When I eat something with significant gluten in it, I experience what I call a UNE, or Unplanned Nap Event. I fall asleep sitting up at my desk for half an hour. It took me a long time to sort out what was going on...
The access to Federal Register comments is hinky at best. Can you provide something more direct?
I'm curious, much like autism, gluten intolerance have really only spiked in the last decade or two. I personally don't blame ignorance miss diagnosis. There is a reason these health issues are fairly young compared with other ailments. I love checking into Tylenol, I'm curious what might be effecting gluten intolerant 🤔
They spray glyphosate on wheat before they harvest it. This destroys the gut bacteria.
Also, about 50 years ago American wheat was hybridized to be shorter with bigger seed heads( and double the gluten).
But has this been tested? Is gluten intolerance localized to America? I feel bad for these people. I love great bread, however by choice I eat a mostly fiber and protein diet. I'm very healthy at 46 considering my other bad habits. I'm sure my physical exercise through work and life, minimum 8 miles a day mostly stairs and inclines. However something must me triggering this new allergy?
Yes, America leads the world in gluten intolerances/sensitivities.
That’s a huge step forward
Why is it and how come the FDA has the power to say a product is safe when it has not been thoroughly, due diligently dissected to determine whether it’s safe or not? Does that make sense? I hope so.
I've been trying to push tests for milk and wheat allerges for school-kids. I haven't seen any action yet.
MJG, retired ombudsman