Early on in an American child’s life we introduce them to wheat and other gluten containing cereals and processed products such as wheat, barley, rye and oats.

Wheat (and these other grains containing gluten) may not be you or your child’s friend. Research has shown that you could well be one of the estimated 1 in 10 people who have at least a sub-clinical intolerance to gluten protein. This is actually a food allergy.



Gluten is a protein that is found in wheat; it is the part of flour that allows leavening to occur and it is used to bind substances together. People who have wheat-gluten allergy usually react to one or more of the proteins within wheat, which are: albumin, globulin, gliadin, and gluten.

There are also foods that contain less obvious sources of gluten, such as: fermented beverages, bran, couscous, durham, groats, kamut, malt, oats, spelt, and triticale. Those with a wheat-gluten allergy need to avoid these foods. One would be amazed at the number of processed products that contain gluten. Just the other day I was walking past the process meat refrigerator at my market and a line on a Nathan’s hot dog package caught my attention. The line said Gluten Free hotdogs, I mean who would have ever thought there would be gluten in hotdogs?

Where a food allergy is involved, the immune system launches an abnormal response to an otherwise harmless substance and this response involves immunoglobulin antibodies. When you have a wheat allergy, your immune system is hypersensitive to one of the proteins in wheat, so your system reacts against the protein as though it were some foreign invader.

The symptoms of wheat-gluten allergy are not the same for everyone; they vary between individuals. Also, sometimes symptoms begin a few minutes after eating a wheat product, or it can take several hours for symptoms to appear. The most common factor and most recognizable symptom among patients is there is an impaired ability to digest wheat products. It is important to note that oat and barley are included within the category of wheat products, so these grains can cause symptoms as well.

Symptoms do typically involve the intestines and can include nausea, indigestion, stomach cramps, and vomiting. A more complete list of wheat-gluten allergy symptoms is as follows:
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•*********** Abdominal pain & cramps

•*********** bloating

•*********** headaches

•*********** foul smelling stools

•*********** vomiting

•*********** osteoporosis

•*********** diarrhea

•*********** allergic rhinitis

•*********** anemia

•*********** muscle cramps

•*********** eczema

•*********** swelling around the mouth

•*********** tingling in the feet and legs

•*********** irritability

•*********** depression

•*********** hives

So, as you introduce new foods to your child keep an eye open for negative responses from her and keep notes about your findings. Love those babies and remember, IM4U.



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