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(TMI warning) I'm not celiac, but if I eat gluten my stool gets screwed up and I have to wipe like (seriously) 10 times to get "clean enough". That's the most o

by newobj 12y ago

(TMI warning) I'm not celiac, but if I eat gluten my stool gets screwed up and I have to wipe like (seriously) 10 times to get "clean enough". That's the most obvious effect. Foggy, bloating, yes, to a lesser degree. But the screwed up stool is like a night and day thing. No gluten, clean shot. Gluten, mud butt. I did register as highly sensitive to gluten (and dairy and soy) on an IgG test. That's not celiac though. Also, as these things seem to be correlated, I am homozygous for MTHFR 677T mutation.

petercooper 12y ago
I don't think I was as bad as that, but I had a similar issue. I tested negative for celiac twice, although my father is confirmed, but I have to roll my eyes at anyone who claims non-celiac gluten sensitivity doesn't exist because it clearly does for some of us (that said, I have never suffered from bloating or pain which are allegedly the most common symptoms).
themagician 12y ago
The response your body has to gluten, like many things, is going to be highly dependent on a combination of your gut flora and genetics. And while your genetics won't change over time, your gut flora will. There is this strange myth that exists in nutrition that food is somehow "designed" for the human body and that there are absolute answers as to what is good for you and what is bad for you. The gluten-free movement of sorts is just another step in a long running misunderstanding of how food is processed by the human body. The result of which is always, "<food> is not good for you, this study proves it!" The reality is much more personal. It's possible that the rise in gluten sensitivity has more to do with changing gut flora than anything else. That may be a result of long term gluten consumption, too much gluten consumption or something else completely unrelated.
bhayden 12y ago
Maybe look into taking psyllium husk for those awesome no-wipe poos.

by newobj 12y ago

petercooper 12y ago

I don't think I was as bad as that, but I had a similar issue. I tested negative for celiac twice, although my father is confirmed, but I have to roll my eyes at anyone who claims non-celiac gluten sensitivity doesn't exist because it clearly does for some of us (that said, I have never suffered from bloating or pain which are allegedly the most common symptoms).

themagician 12y ago

The response your body has to gluten, like many things, is going to be highly dependent on a combination of your gut flora and genetics. And while your genetics won't change over time, your gut flora will. There is this strange myth that exists in nutrition that food is somehow "designed" for the human body and that there are absolute answers as to what is good for you and what is bad for you. The gluten-free movement of sorts is just another step in a long running misunderstanding of how food is processed by the human body. The result of which is always, "<food> is not good for you, this study proves it!" The reality is much more personal. It's possible that the rise in gluten sensitivity has more to do with changing gut flora than anything else. That may be a result of long term gluten consumption, too much gluten consumption or something else completely unrelated.

bhayden 12y ago

Maybe look into taking psyllium husk for those awesome no-wipe poos.