Does this sound familiar… You eat a big meal and you have so much gas that you have to “be by yourself” for a while in fear of exploding in front of your guests. Or your father belches like a steamship horn after every meal. Or you feel like your acidic food is backing up into your throat. All of these are signs of indigestion, and they are pretty common, but not at all necessary.

Indigestion is a pretty broad term. It can apply to acid reflux, burping, bloating, gas, vomiting, burning stomach and even constipation or diarrhea. If we all ate naturally, indigestion would be a rare occurrence instead of the common experience with which we are all acquainted.

Tips to get rid of indigestion

1. Eat real foods. Processed foods (foods that come in packages) are not real foods because they do not exist in nature. They put a tremendous burden on your enzymes, organs, stomach, intestines and glands. Real foods include fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, berries and a little meat, but not red meat if you have digestive problems.
2. Stop drinking coffee and every other drink except for purified water — at least until you’ve resolved your problems. Coffee is very acidic and can lead to reflux in many people. Soft drinks are loaded with sugar, which is inflammatory.
3. Combine your foods to reduce the chance of indigestion. Eat fruits by themselves and not with any other kinds of foods. Eat vegetables with meats (not red), do not eat carbohydrates with meats.
4. Avoid red meat. Red meat is difficult to digest, especially when you have acid issues.
5. Do not overeat. When you eat too much, your body cannot break down your food, use it efficiently then eliminate it. Not only does this result in indigestion, but it also puts a load on your pancreas, leads to weight gain and sluggishness. This is why Thanksgiving is usually followed by moans, groans, naps and gas.
6. Take digestive enzymes because they help break down foods, which takes some of the pressure off your endogenous (internal) digestive enzymes. DigestPlex is a highly recommended digestive enzyme.
7. Take GTF Complex to block sugar uptake and sugar spikes which lead to weight gain as well as both high and low blood sugar problems.

Dandruff may signal a need for good oils while eliminating bad ones.

Adjunctive Nutritional Schedule
Borage Oil: 4 capsules a day
FishOIls: 3 capsules per day
GreenNutrients: 8 tablets per day

The key to getting rid of dandruff is in the diet. Begin with an Alkaline Diet. Certainly, there are many foods (and nonfoods) that cause problems, including dandruff. They are:
• All artificial ingredients
• All bad oils, including margarine, fried foods, partially hydrogentated and hydrogenated oils
• Ice cream, milk, cheese (raw cheese is okay)
• All refined sugar. See Sugar article.
• A lack of foods in the diet that contain minerals
• Allergies
• Skin irritants

Give the supplements above a chance for at least two weeks. Also, maintain the diet for at least two weeks, and be strict about it. Do not use any hair products and resist the urge to scratch and rub your scalp.

When cooking, only use these fats and oils:
Coconut butter
Organic butter
Organic olive oil

Healthnotes Newswire — Good news for people with diverticulitis: it appears to be safe to fearlessly eat nuts, corn, seeds, and popcorn. What’s more, nuts and corn might actually protect against the disease. According to the authors of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “These findings refute the pervasive but unproven belief that these foods are associated with diverticular complications and suggest that the recommendation to avoid these foods in diverticular disease should be reconsidered.”

Nuts or no nuts?
Diverticulosis is a condition in which the walls of the colon develop out-pouchings, or diverticula. Sometimes, a person may have no symptoms of diverticulosis, but the pouches can become filled with fecal material, making them prone to infection. Once symptoms are evident—abdominal pain with bleeding or infection—the disease is called diverticulitis.

Traditionally, doctors have recommended that people with diverticular disease avoid nuts, seeds, corn, and popcorn, as these foods were believed to get stuck in the pouches and to irritate the tissue. Although this sounds plausible, there is no scientific evidence to support this idea.

The new study questioned the rationale behind certain dietary restrictions for people with diverticular disease. The study included 47,228 men ages 40 to 75 who were part of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. During 18 years of follow up, the men gave information about their dietary habits, including eating foods suspected of worsening diverticular disease.

During the study, 1,184 men developed diverticular disease. Contrary to the previous fears of the medical community, eating popcorn and nuts was associated with a decreased diverticulitis risk. Men who ate nuts and popcorn at least twice per week were 20% and 28% less likely, respectively, to develop diverticulitis than were men who ate these foods less than once per month. Eating corn did not increase the risk of diverticulitis, and diverticular bleeding was not associated with eating nuts, corn, or popcorn. Neither were tiny seeds found in blueberries and strawberries associated with complications of diverticular disease.

PREVENTION—the best medicine
The prevalence of diverticular disease has increased in stride with the shift from plant-based, high-fiber diets to those high in processed foods. Dietary fiber helps waste to pass more easily through the colon. Eating lots of meats and low-fiber processed foods makes the colonic muscles work harder to move fecal material along, and a chronic increase in colonic pressure may lead to the development of diverticula.

To help prevent diverticular disease, emphasize fiber-rich foods such as vegetables, nuts, fruits, and legumes in your diet. Beans and lentils are particularly rich in fiber, and, when eaten with a grain, they are great protein sources for those wishing to cut down on meat.

(JAMA 2008;300:907–14)

It’s a great system if your body is working optimally, and if the foods that you are eating are natural. Otherwise, you may need some help. This is where digestive enzymes come in. If you’re having trouble digesting, then digestive enzymes can be just what the doctor ordered. How do you know if you’re having digestive problems? Some possible heath hints include one or more of the following:

• gallbladder problems (especially gallbladder removal)
• indigestion
• bloating and burping after eating
• excessive mucus from eating

Further, there are times we overeat or eat the wrong foods and want to help our bodies out, like when you eat too much pizza, too many fatty foods, too much of a rich dessert, etc. While it’s not a good idea to chronically pop digestive enzymes after every meal, there are times when digestive enzymes can help. If you have a chronic problem with your digestion, it’s best to have your doctor check you out.
Adults may take one or two DigestPlex following each meal (maximum 4 tablets per day unless otherwise recommended by doctor).

Other than candy, peppermint is available in the form of tea, peppermint oil and of course the peppermint leaf itself.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School report:

Peppermint has fared a bit better than many herbal medicines in clinical trials. Several studies have shown that peppermint oil seems to be fairly effective at relieving irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a collection of symptoms that includes abdominal cramping and pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. In 2007, Italian investigators reported that 75% of the patients in their study who took peppermint oil capsules for four weeks had a major reduction in their IBS symptoms, compared with just 38% of those who took a placebo pill.

The oil that’s extracted from the peppermint plant contains lots of compounds. Menthol is the most abundant and pharmacologically important.

Menthol is an ingredient in many conventional over-the-counter products, including cough lozenges and muscle pain ointments like Bengay. Menthol creates that familiar cooling sensation by stimulating nerves that sense cold (your mouth has some of these nerves, which is the reason products containing menthol “taste” cool); it also inhibits those that react to painful stimuli. The effect doesn’t last long, but sometimes a brief reprieve or distraction from a cough or a muscle ache does wonders.

Peppermint oil also relaxes the sphincter that keeps the contents of the stomach from backing up into your esophagus. That’s why people troubled by heartburn (gastroesophageal reflux) are advised to avoid peppermint. It’s also the reason peppermint oil is often sold these days in enteric-coated capsules designed to bypass the stomach and dissolve in the small intestine.

One more word from the Farmer’s Almanac:

Peppermint acts as a regulator and has a relaxing or invigorating effect, depending on the circumstances under which it is used. Here are just a few of the everyday health benefits peppermint oil can offer you and your family:

• Rubbing peppermint oil on the temples can provide relief from migraine headaches.
• Chewing on peppermint candy can soothe a nagging cough or irritated throat. Menthol, a substance present in peppermint, is an effective decongestant.
• For a therapeutic bath, put some drops of the diluted peppermint oil into tepid water to relieve stomach problems, nasal congestion, headaches, or cramps.
• For insomnia or anxiety, drinking a cup of peppermint tea, or placing a tissue treated with a few drops each of peppermint oil and lavender oil, will provide a calming effect.
• Drinking peppermint tea or sucking on real peppermint candy can also relieve an upset stomach and/or gas.
• To soothe tired, sore, aching feet, try soaking in a tub of warm water containing few drops of peppermint oil. The essential oils can also help to heal dry, cracked skin.

Although negative reactions to foods are obvious to some people, they are not to the majority. People eat junk foods, artificial ingredients, chocolate, milk, margarine and altered fats and oils without even understanding that they cause side effects. Waking up with stuffy sinuses, an itchy back, pimples, inflamed gums and cold sores is not at all uncommon. But few connect such maladies to the foods they eat. So the moral of the story is that if you have any health problem, look first to your daily diet, from pizza to cola to tomatoes to sulfite-stuffed hot dogs.

In the meantime, take notice of the new study that shows that the potato is a friendly food. Not the potato chip, french fry or deep fried hash browns, but the wholesome baked potato.

A new British study has identified the lowly potato as the safest food on the menu, saying it is the least likely food to cause fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, eczema, and migraine.

The study, which involved giving food intolerance tests to over 8,000 volunteers, found that less than one percent of the participants tested positive for potatoes. “When you consider that each and every person in the UK eats on average 200lb of potatoes a year, this is really quite surprising,” said study spokesman Les Rowley. “Whereas some food intolerances appear to be caused by too much of the same food, on a too regular basis, it seems that the potato is the exception to the rule.”

Rowley said he believes the potato causes few problems because it breaks down easily in the digestive system, and added that the three foods which most often cause reactions are cow’s milk, yeast, and egg white. (Source: Newsmax Health Alert, Feb 2008)

Let’s all give Mr Potato Head more respect and invite him to dinner.

Image from Hasbro: Mr. Potato Head, by the way, was born in 1952 at the Pawtucket, RI-based toy company, Hasbro, Inc., and began making history at an early age as the very first toy to be advertised on television.
The original Mr. Potato Head contained only parts, such as eyes, ears, noses and mouths, and parents had to supply children with real potatoes for face-changing fun! Eight years later, a hard plastic potato “body” was included with Mr. Potato Head to replace the need for a real potato.

In this study, 18 people agreed to increase their weight by 5 to 15% by eating at least two fast-food meals per day, doubling their daily calories, and adopting a sedentary lifestyle for four weeks. After one week, the majority of the people developed significantly higher levels of a liver function test called alanine aminotransferase, or ALT, compared with their previous dietary habits and with a control group of people who made no changes in their diet. The fast food group also experienced increased triglyceride levels, weight gain, and increased insulin resistance.

Fredrik Nystrom, MD, PhD, the study’s lead author and a professor at the Department of Medical and Health Sciences at the University Hospital of Linkoping in Linkoping, Sweden, believes that the change in the liver test was caused by following the high-fast-food diet and increasing calories but, more specifically, from increased carbohydrate and sugar intake.

When a person has a medical checkup, the doctor often orders blood work that measures a variety of body functions including liver function. Abnormal liver function tests are not an unusual finding in a doctor’s office and there is some evidence to suggest that the prevalence of these abnormalities is increasing. Elevated levels of certain enzymes may indicate liver injury or inflammation which, if they persist for long periods of time, can lead to cirrhosis of the liver. Common causes of elevated liver enzymes are thought to be drinking too much alcohol and using certain medications.

With this new information, Nystrom and colleagues make the point that a week of overindulgent eating and being sedentary has the capacity to affect liver function. And while alcohol consumption can create a similar picture, the elevation in lab tests may not be from alcohol but rather excessive food. “We suggest that in the clinical evaluation of [people] with elevated ALT, physicians should include not only questions about alcohol intake, but also explore whether recent excessive food intake has occurred,” they concluded.

Healthy lifetsyle tips

In fact, moderate drinking has been associated with heart health and longevity, as have the other points on this list:

• Eating generous amounts of fruits (2 servings daily), vegetables (4 servings daily), whole grains (3.4 servings daily), legumes (.5 servings weekly), and fish (2.5 servings weekly)
• Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol (2.5 drinks weekly)
• Maintaining a healthy body weight
• Exercising regularly (for best results, according to one study, 40 minutes of daily walking or biking plus one hour of additional physical activity each week—but talk to your doctor before beginning a new exercise regimen)
• Not smoking

The new study suggests that “limiting sugar and carbohydrates” may be added to these tips, though more research is needed to understand which amounts and sources pose the most risk.

Source: Healthnotes, Feb 2008

(Gut doi:10.1136/gut.2007.131797)

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ONE MORE THING. Take 6 tablets a day of:

VitaLiv and BFood Complex

Have you ever thought of uttering these words over candelight, wine and music, “Honey, I love you, but your breath could knock a camel off its feet.”

Bad breath is a huge problem. Especially if you’re on the receiving end. Even more especially if you encounter a close-talker who loves cheese, coffee and herring and enjoys smoking too much and thinks that brushing his/her teeth is not really that necessary. I read an article that stated, “If you are not sure if your breath smells bad or not, ask a good friend to let you know.” I can’t disagree more. It would be better to ask someone you don’t like. Why do that to a friend? What kind of friend would that make you?
Bad breath is a big problem that few people want to talk about. Although it can’t kill you, it can kill a relationship pretty fast.

Most bad breath is curable. It’s the result of a lifestyle of eating certain foods that cause bad breath both locally and systemically. The medical community likes to blame it on bacteria and poor dental hygiene, but this is too simple an answer for a complex problem. You can have perfect teeth and gums but eat enough dairy products to make your sinuses stuffy and drip into your mouth. One thing has nothing to do with the other.

Here are seven of the worst foods to eat if you’re prone to bad breath.

1. Cheese
2. Garlic
3. Onions
4. Fishy fish
5. Excessive meat eating
6. Coffee
7. Eggs

There are other factors to think about as well. Certain medications can cause bad breath. So can certain illnesses. Sinus drip is often a contributing factor, but if you look deeper, you’ll find that sinus drip is the result of eating foods that affect the sinuses which, in turn, secrete mucus that is swallowed. Sinus mucus makes for bad breath.

If you have chronic bad breath, the best thing to do would be to go on a special alkaline diet.  You need to get the offending foods out of your system and clear out your sinuses. Also, of course, if you smoke, you have to stop.

One group of researchers have shown that yogurt can combat bad breath:

A new study suggests that a daily dose of yogurt may keep your breath fresh and fend off offensive odors.

Researchers found that eating 6 ounces of yogurt a day reduced levels of odor-causing compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, in the mouth.

They say the results suggest that the active bacteria in yogurt, specifically Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, may have a beneficial effect on odor-causing bacteria in the mouth.

During the study, the participants ate about 3 ounces of yogurt twice daily for six weeks.

At the end of the study, researchers took samples again. They found that odiferous compounds, namely hydrogen sulfide, decreased in 80% of participants.

In addition, levels of plaque and the gum disease gingivitis were also significantly lower among yogurt eaters. (webmd)

Other foods that help include apples, carrots, mints and parsley.

Many ethnic foods have been blamed for causing bad breath, but if we look a little closer, we find that the common denominator is garlic. Garlic is one of the most healthful foods you can eat, but if you cherish your love life, eat it when you’re not going to be in intimate quarters.

Sources:

1. webmd, Jennifer Warner, Yogurt: An Antidote to Bad Breath? Active Ingredient in Yogurt May Fight Bad Breath
   WebMD Medical News, Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD

By Vic Shayne, PhD

For some people, the thought of enemas and colonics is so distasteful that they won’t even consider them. This is ironic, though, because if you are unfortunate enough to end up in the hospital, in many cases, the hospital staff will administer one for you. So the question is: Can enemas or colonics help prevent illness, treat disease or expel toxins? The answer is yes if you ask several doctors who have written articles and health books examining this ancient practice.

There are all sorts of articles and descriptions of enemas and colonics, so we won’t go into the logistics (how to) of the practice. Instead, let’s focus on whether these two practices are viable solutions to health problems and disease prevention. First, for reference sake, an enema and a colonic are essentially the same thing, but a colonic reaches deeper into the bowel. The basic premise behind employing enemas and colonics is to

1. clean out the contents of the bowels and thereby detoxify the body of poisonous substances
2. ease digestion by taking stress off the bowel
3. relieve constipation
4. exercise the gallbladder improve the condition of the intestines
5. indirectly heal the body and relieve symptoms

Generally speaking, water is the main ingredient of enemas and colonics. However, other substances are also suggested such as organic coffee, various herbs, bentonite clay, organic olive oil or chlorophyll solutions.

The use of enemas as a medical treatment is steeped in history. Cancer researcher Ralph Moss, PhD, writes: “The word itself comes from the Greek en-hienai, meaning to “send or inject into.” The enema has been called “one of the oldest medical procedures still in use today.” Tribal women in Africa, and elsewhere, routinely use it on their children.

The earliest medical text in existence, the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus, (1,500 B.C.) mentions it. Millennia before, the Pharaoh had a “guardian of the anus,” a special doctor one of whose purposes was to administer the royal enema. “The Greeks wrote of the fabled cleanliness of the Egyptians, which included the internal cleansing of their systems through emetics and enemas. They employed these on three consecutive days every month said Herodotus (II.77) or at intervals of three or four days, according to the later historian Diodorus. The Egyptians explained to their visitors that they did this because they “believed that diseases were engendered by superfluities of the food”, a modern-sounding theory! “Enemas were known in ancient Sumeria, Babylonia, India, Greece and China. American Indians independently invented it, using a syringe made of an animal bladder and a hollow leg bone. Pre-Columbian South Americans fashioned latex into the first rubber enema bags and tubes.

There is hardly a region of the world where people did not discover or adapt the enema. It is more ubiquitous than the wheel. Enemas are found in world literature from Aristophanes to Shakespeare, Gulliver Travels to Peyton Place.

“In pre-revolutionary France a daily enema after dinner was de rigueur. It was not only considered indispensable for health but practiced for good complexion as well. Louis XIV is said to have taken over 2,000 in his lifetime. Could this have been the source of the Sun King’s sunny disposition? For centuries, enemas were a routine home remedy. Then, within living memory, the routine use of enemas died out. The main times that doctors employ them nowadays is before or after surgery and childbirth. Difficult and potentially dangerous barium enemas before colonic X rays are of course still a favorite of allopathic doctors.” Dr. Moss writes:

“Coffee enemas were an established part of medical practice when Dr. Max Gerson introduced them into cancer therapy in the 1930s. Basing himself on German laboratory work, Gerson believed that caffeine could stimulate the liver and gall bladder to discharge bile. He felt this process could contribute to the health of the cancer patient. Although the coffee enema has been heaped with scorn, there has been some independent scientific work that gives credence to this concept. In 1981, for instance, Dr. Lee Wattenberg and his colleagues were able to show that substances found in coffee—kahweol and cafestol palmitate—promote the activity of a key enzyme system, glutathione S-transferase, above the norm. This system detoxifies a vast array of electrophiles from the bloodstream and, according to Gar Hildenbrand of the Gerson Institute, “must be regarded as an important mechanism for carcinogen detoxification.” This enzyme group is responsible for neutralizing free radicals, harmful chemicals now commonly implicated in the initiation of cancer. In mice, for example, these systems are enhanced 600 percent in the liver and 700 percent in the bowel when coffee beans are added to the mice’s diet.

Dr. Peter Lechner, who is investigating the Gerson method at the Landeskrankenhaus of Graz, Austria, has reported that “coffee enemas have a definite effect on the colon which can be observed with an endoscope.” Another cancer researcher, Nicholas Gonzalez, MD, writes, “Coffee enemas have been discussed in the orthodox medical literature for the better part of this century.

Many nursing texts routinely recommended coffee enemas, and the Merck Manual advocated coffee enemas as a stimulant in all editions from the first in 1898 through 1977. During the 1920’s and 30’s, coffee enemas were prescribed for a variety of conditions. In terms of their physiological effect, studies have shown that the rectal instillation of fluids will stimulate gallbladder contraction and emptying.” (Gonzalez) It has been the experience of this author that enemas have had tremendous success in several case studies. First was the case of a woman in her late 40s, a college dean, who came to me with a severe case of arthritis in which she was unable to walk more than a block, was in constant pain and was progressively losing her health. Her doctor placed her on a Detoxification Diet adding BFood Complex, Green Nutrients and ProMin Complex and she did daily enemas with water followed by organic coffee. Within a few weeks she reported greater mobility; within a few months she was walking for miles without the use of a cane.

Another situation involved a 22-year-old young man with flu-like symptoms who was vomiting with diarrhea and a severe migraine-type headache without relief for five days. On the sixth day, still in pain without relief from symptoms, Acupuncture and herbs from a Chinese medical doctor did not help. His doctor suggested a course of: Immune Support, CalMag Balance and of water enemas followed by three flushes with organic coffee. By the end of this session, all symptoms were eradicated to the complete amazement and appreciation of the patient.

The capability of detoxification and recovering from illness with coffee enemas is not to be underestimated. But be certain to use only organically grown coffee, as the typical store-bought variety is laden with many toxic substances. The water used should be filtered and never tap water. Always be sure the temperature of the enema contents is not hot nor cold. If you have colon problems, consult your doctor first.

References:

1. Moss, PhD, Ralph W., COFFEE: THE ROYAL FLUSH, The Cancer Chronicles #6 and #7, 1990, http://www.ralphmoss.com/coff.html
2. Nicholas J. Gonzalez, M.D., P.C., February 22, 2005, http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/history_of_treatment_txt.htm

Gluten intolerance is often the key to many other types of health problems. Why is this? As you will read, when the small intestines are damaged by gluten, the body can be poisoned and an autoimmune problem initiated. It is good to see a physician who understands this problem. If you have a skin problem, your dermatologist should also be familiar with gluten problems.

Adjunctive Nutritional Schedule:
DigestPlex : 2 per meal
Detox Formula: 3 per day
Fish Oils: 4 per day
GreenNutrients : 6 per day
GLUTEN-FREE DIET

Note: GreenNutrients contains wheat grass, which is not the same thing as the mature wheat plant, and therefore does not contain gluten. Alfalfa is also deemed safe for gluten sensitive people.

Allergies (in contrast to food intolerance), by and large, are immediate, or almost immediate, reactions to food, environmental or sensitivities. Food intolerance is related to a slower process whereby symptoms often present themselves either chronically, or at least with more of a lapse of time from the moment an offending food is consumed to the actual manifestation of a reaction. Therefore, symptoms are bound to become chronic.

GLUTEN: “Gluten is an amorphous ergastic protein found combined with starch in the endosperm of some cereals, notably wheat, rye, and barley. It constitutes about 80% of the proteins contained in wheat, and is composed of the proteins gliadin and glutenin. Gluten is responsible for the elasticity of kneaded dough, which allows it to be leavened, as well as the “chewiness” of baked products like bagels. It is the glutenins (specifically, high molecular weight glutenins) that are especially critical to gluten quality.” (wikipedia.com) “A gluten-free diet is a diet completely free of ingredients derived from gluten-containing cereals: wheat (including Kamut and spelt), barley, rye, oats, and triticale.

The gluten-free diet must be strictly followed by sufferers of coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. Some medical practitioners also believe the diet may be helpful for persons with multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders, as well as autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and some behaviourial problems, but this has not yet been conclusively proven through medical studies.”(wikipedia.com)

Gluten is made up of proteins classified in two groups, the Prolamines and the Glutelins. Gliadin, a prolamine, seems to be the catalyst in Celiac Disease. For a gluten intolerant person, this offending substance damages the lining of the intestines and flattens or atrophies the small airlike projections that normally protrude from the intestinal surfaces to absorb food.”
source

ENZYMES: Apparently the part of the gliadin in gluten that causes problems to a person with celiac is not the protein or peptides derived from the protein, it is portions of gliadin carbohydrate. Although the protein can antagonize the situation (and cause the peptide probelm), the enzymes needed to break down the part of gliadin reactive to celiacs are the amylases and some subgroups of amylases (other enzymes that work on starch bonds such as glucoamylases).

GLUTEN INTOLERANCE: Because gluten affects the small intestine (creating small holes in the lining causing “Leaky Gut Syndrome”), among intolerant patients, digestion will be adversely affected which can lead to bowel problems, nutrient malabsorption, and even internal poisoning. Some sources also claim colon cancer can be the eventual result. Leaky Gut Syndrome allows foreign particles (whatever is in the gut, including bacteria) into the bloodstream. This leads to symptoms which are signs that there is something amiss.

“Gluten intolerance is a broad term which includes all kinds of sensitivity to Gluten. A small proportion of Gluten intolerant people will test positive to Celiac Disease test, and so are called Celiacs (~0.5% of the population). But most Gluten sensitive people return negative or inconclusive results upon Celiac testing. The correct term for these people is Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitive (NCGS) and may be as many as ~15% of all people or 1 in 7. The most accurate and effective way to identify NCGS is to do an Elimination Diet.” (foodintol.com)

Recommended for people suffering from food intolerance is the website foodintol.com which features a great deal of information on food sensitivities, an elimination diet for food intolerance, a symptom matrix and more.

CELIAC DISEASE: “Celiac Disease (CD) was the first type of Gluten sensitivity for which diagnostic testing was devised – in the 1940s. Although Celiac testing is still used in many clinics as a first test for Gluten sensitivity, it only picks up the small percentage of Gluten-sensitive people who are Celiac. It misses the NCGS patients. Consequently this latter group is poorly diagnosed and misses out on discovering the simple and drug-free remedy of a Gluten-free diet for a dramatic recovery.” (foodintol.com)

“The symptoms of Celiac Disease can vary with each individual. They can range from no symptoms at all to severe gas, bloating, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. If untreated, malnutrition can occur. If left untreated too long it can be life-threatening. Symptoms do not always involve the digestive system. It can cause irritability, depression, muscle cramps, joint pain, fatigue, and menstrual irregularities, to name a few.” Source

REPAIRING VILLI: There seems to be a consensus among medical researchers that a gluten free diet will allow the normalization of villi so that they once again become effective in their function.