Ask others who have gluten intolerance or celiac disease what to do when you inevitably, accidentally ingest gluten, and the answers you come up with will be varied. Some will tell you to induce vomiting, others will implore you not too, some will say to drink pineapple juice, take enzymes, even smoke some medical marijuana [...]
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Associated Conditions, Skin Care, Symptoms
Healthy Gluten-Free Skin
You’ve heard it – “If you want healthy skin you need to be healthy on the inside.” And you’ve seen it – Have you ever tried to “look healthy” when you feel sick? Not an easy thing to accomplish. The skin is our largest organ, but because it’s hanging on the outside we tend to [...]
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Gluten Sensivity vs. Celiac
We live in a society where medical treatment efficacy is gauged by two major standards: (1) make a diagnosis and (2) find the drug best suited to treat the symptoms associated with that diagnosis. With as much as 80% of all medical research funded by pharmaceutical companies, where does celiac disease fit into this paradigm? [...]
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Associated Conditions, Hair Care, Symptoms
Gluten Can Cause Hair Loss
As someone who has personally suffered from unexplained temporary hair loss in the past, I was not at all surprised to learn of the many correlations between gluten sensitivity and hair loss. Personally speaking, I know that when I maintain a strict gluten-free diet, my hair is thick and lovely, and when hidden gluten sneaks [...]
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