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47 Facts About the Gluten Free Diet That You May Have Never Learned From Your Doctor

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47 Facts About Gluten You Need to Know

Alright, I can hear you saying – “47 facts about gluten! Come on Dr. Osborne. There is no way that all of this can be true! My doctor never talked about any of these things!” Part of the reason this information is not main stream is because most doctors don’t go this deep. Their training on gluten is limited to a small segment about celiac disease. It is not common in medical schools for nutrition or non celiac gluten sensitivity to be discussed in any great detail. It is the researchers (PhD’s) who help us understand the science behind this intricate topic. And so I went to the research. I didn’t want you to go another day without having this information, because frankly, it could save your life… it could also save the life of someone you love. That is exactly why I put in the research links for you to follow. So if you are a gluten skeptic, or, if you on a science nerd and need to see the research, feel free to follow the links in the list below to learn more. Think you might be gluten sensitive? ==>>Take the Quiz Here <<==

Here Are The Gluten Facts

If while reading this list, you experience “Aha” moments around your health history, you should consider investigating a gluten free diet for yourself. Here goes, 47 Gluten Facts:
  1. Everyone with celiac disease is gluten sensitive, but not everyone with gluten sensitivity will develop celiac disease. That’s why Dr. Marsh created the term- NON Celiac Gluten Sensitivity.
  2. There are over 200 medical conditions that gluten can either cause, contribute to, or make worse.
  3. Gluten can cause autoimmune disease
  4. Gluten can cause leaky gut
  5. Gluten is a common cause of unexplained iron deficiency anemia
  6. Gluten can cause of vitamin B12 deficiency
  7. There is a form of gluten in corn that can cause inflammatory damage
  8. There is no such thing as a gluten free oat
  9. Excessive gluten consumption can cause both excessive weight gain or loss
  10. Lab tests for celiac disease aren’t specific and have a tendency to deliver false negatives
  11. Villous atrophy, the hallmark symptoms of celiac disease can be caused by corn, soy, dairy, viral, and parasite infections.
  12. Eating processed “gluten free’ food products contributes to malnutrition and diabetes.
  13. Some medications have been shown to mimic gluten sensitivity
  14. Gluten can cause asthma symptoms
  15. Vitamin C can help heal inflammatory damage caused by gluten.
  16. Gluten can cause dizziness and loss of balance (Ataxia)
  17. Gluten can cause seizures
  18. Gluten is a migraine headache trigger
  19. Gluten can contribute to testosterone problems in men.
  20. Gluten can cause thyroid disease
  21. Gluten can cause nerve pain and neuropathy
  22. Gluten can cause 6 types of skin disease
  23. Gluten can be a trigger in autoimmune arthritis
  24. Gluten can cause damage in doses as low as 20 ppm (1 breadcrumb)
  25. Gluten sensitivity is completely different from a wheat allergy
  26. Gluten can cause liver damage
  27. Gluten can cause your gallbladder to malfunction
  28. Casein, a protein in dairy, can mimic gluten
  29. There are hundreds of different kinds of gluten proteins found in grains
  30. Sometimes gluten gets blamed for health problems that are caused by exposure to pesticides
  31. Sometimes gluten gets blamed for health problems caused by other proteins found in grain.
  32. Children with learning disorders often respond well to a gluten free diet
  33. Processed food can be cross contaminated with gluten up to 41% of the time.
  34. As many as 92% of the people following a gluten free diet continue to have health problems because of cross contamination, processed food, and consumption of corn, rice, sorghum and other grains.
  35. Gluten can be found in braces and orthodontic materials
  36. It can take 3 years to fully recover from gluten induced disease.
  37. Gluten free on the label doesn’t make the food healthy.
  38. The best way to lab test for gluten sensitivity is with DNA Testing
  39. Most doctors are as in the dark about gluten because the learning focus in medical school is nutrition deprived
  40. Gluten can cause joint pain
  41. Gluten can cause acid reflux or GERD.
  42. Gluten can cause IBS
  43. The gluten free diet is not dangerous to follow if you don’t have gluten sensitivity
  44. Gluten in cosmetics and skin products can cause health problems
  45. Rice is a bad gluten free substitute because it contains toxic heavy metals
  46. Quinoa is a bad gluten substitute because it contains gluten mimicking proteins.
  47. You can take a quick and easy quiz to help you determine whether going gluten free is a good idea for you. Just click here <<===
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I could continue adding to this list. The only reason I stopped at 47 Facts About Gluten is because today is my 47th birthday!

  Always looking out for you, Dr. Osborne – The Gluten Free Warrior gluten free warrior P.S. The links in this post are extremely valuable and may help someone you Love. Please don’t be stingy and share the knowledge by passing this post along. And if you have experienced any of the above as a result of gluten, please share in the comments below. Your story has power to help others heal!

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  4. I had begun the process of becoming gluten-free mAnY years before I found Dr Osborne on YouTube. Thanks to finding Dr Osborne I found out about the other kinds of gluten’s found in grained other than wheate, oats, Bali and Rye. Since I have become grain free my life has been a lot better. I was diagnosed when I was 12 with what they called at the time and ulcerated stomach. I have since learnt that that really meant I had a leaky gut. For many years I have had extreme health issues but since I have become grain free those issues have completely subsided. Unfortunately just recently I was sold some multi vitamin tablets by a chemist who knew that I was gluten Allergic. By that I mean the moment I have gluten within 20 minutes I am almost paralysed lying in bed unable to move for over a day. I unknowingly kept taking the tablets of course making things worse every day. I finally started to work things out but only just in time. I felt that I was losing my brain as well as everything else. Luckily I have now got multivitamin tablets that do not contain Gluten from any grains. What I am trying to say is please, always be so very careful to read the labels on everything that you buy even if you have bought it before and it has been gluten-free in the past. Because every time you have something with some gluten in it, whether it be once or days and days on end, it is doing incredible damage to your whole body.
    Thank you Dr Osborne for this very important List of facts on gluten. The efforts that you make it to educate us all a very very very much appreciated.

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  6. Happy Birthday to you! Your list answered a question. Since going gluten-free, I have had trouble with heavy metals in my system. I never knew rice could be the culprit! Thank you!

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  8. Happy Birthday Dr Osborne. Hope you had a very blessed day. Thank you for everything you do to help us take care of our health. So many of us rely on your articles and videos. Please know how much we all appreciate you.

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  10. Happy Birthday, Dr. Osborne! Thank you so much for everything you do to help all of us around the world! You are truly a gift from the Lord! May the Lord bless you abundantly in Christ Jesus! Psalm 139 🙂

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  11. Thank you again. I was directed to you a few years ago and you have been a huge help. Being grain free is difficult but l have managed and reaped the benefits.
    Many more happy happy birthdays to you!

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  12. Happy Birthday Dr Osborne! Thanks so much for this amazing list of science-backed research, I feel like it’ my birthday!

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  18. Happy 47th. I remember well being 47 as it was when I did my OE. I have had glue ear for the last 7 years and have had 3 grommets with no improvement. I have to wonder if this is to do with gluten. I’ve only just started looking at how gluten affects us. Keep up the good work.

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  19. I was diagnosed with celiac 2014. I have not knowingly ate anything with gluten in it since then. Now that I read this article I’m not so sure. I know that I now have a problem with my sugar and the strange thing is my sugar is always high in the morning when I first get up but drops during the day. I had know idea that gluten might be the reason. I eat a lot of rice because I was told it was a good gluten free meal. I’m nearly starving my self to death because of trying to eat gluten free.i hated reading your list since I have quite a few things in this list. Thank you for caring enough about our disease to let us know what our own Dr. has never been able to tell us. Looking forward to reading more of your articles.

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  22. What about “Udi’s” brand? They have a GF oat cereal and as far as I know it is “Certified gluten free.” Also what about “Red Mill” products that are also certified GF? Are oats safe to eat if they are in theory “certified” GF or is it a lie?

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