These symptoms are similar toceliac disease, but while both are related to eating gluten, they aredifferent conditions.
When you eat these foods, your body reacts with inflammation.
The inflammation often affects your intestines, but you might have gluten intolerance and not have digestive issues.
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Symptoms of gluten intolerance include:
Everyone’s experience of gluten intolerance is different.
For some people, the first signs of gluten intolerance are bloating or diarrhea after a big pasta meal.
Gluten intolerance can begin at any age and symptoms may change with time.
Causes of Gluten Intolerance
Scientists don’t fully understand the cause of gluten intolerance.
In fact, they can’t even confirm if gluten is truly the cause of these symptoms.
Another protein in grains and the carbohydrate fructans have also been suspected.
Certain triggers are being researched as well, including gastrointestinal infections, medications, and surgery.
You may start out with a different autoimmune disorder and then develop celiac or vice versa.
Check thepackage labelto be sure.
It’s normal to struggle to adjust to a gluten-free diet.
Consider seeing adietitian who specializes in the gluten-free dietto help you with this process.
Testing typically involves the following:
People with gluten intolerance will test negative on blood tests and biopsies.
However, they still have a suspected response to eating gluten.
A dietitian and gastroenterologist specializing in gluten-related disorders can help you with this.
About 6% of the general population have been diagnosed with non-celiac gluten intolerance.
People with gluten intolerance do not have the same internal damage when they eat gluten.
The only treatment for gluten intolerance is a gluten-free diet.
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